Verified Rights Owner Program at Ebay

1. Capture the page (s) that do not that have permission to use your art. (File/ Save Page As / Web Page Complete)

2. Make several hard copies of the pages as well to keep on file. Your attorney will need these.

3. Below is the VERO form that must be filled in and faxed in to ebay. All reports after can be emailed to vero@ebay.com

VERO (Verified Rights Owner) program form
Auctions are generally removed within 12 to 24 hours of getting your fax.

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Notice of Claimed Infringement

Date: __________________________

eBay Inc.

Attn: eBay VeRO Program

2145 Hamilton Ave.

San Jose, CA 95125

Fax Number: (408) 516-8811

Dear eBay:

I, the undersigned, state UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY that

• I am, the owner, or an agent authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of certain intellectual

property rights ("IP Owner");

• I have a good faith belief that the listings identified (by item number) in the addendum attached

hereto, offer items or contain materials that are not authorized by the IP Owner, its agent, or the

law, and therefore infringe the IP Owner’s rights; and

• The information in this notice is accurate.

Please act expeditiously to remove the listings identified in the addendum.

I May Be Contacted At (*required)

Name of IP Owner:* ____________________________________________________________

Name and Title:* _______________________________________________________________

Company: _____________________________________________________________________

Address:* _____________________________________________________________________

City, State, and Zip:*____________________________________________________________

email address (for correspondence with eBay): _______________________________________

email address (to be given to eBay sellers):* _________________________________________

Telephone:* ___________________________________________________________________

Fax: _________________________________________________________________________

In addition to the undersigned, the following persons have the proper authority to sign future Notices of

Claimed Infringement on behalf of the IP Owner:

Name: ____________________________________ Email: ________________________________

Truthfully,

________________________________________

Signature

Addendum to Notice of Claimed Infringement

List of Allegedly Infringing Listings, Items, or Materials

A Note on Reason Codes: When identifying item numbers please use the reasons contained in

the shaded box. When choosing "other" please provide a detailed explanation of the alleged

infringement. When removing items from the site, eBay will inform sellers of the specific reason

for the removal of their items. We believe providing sellers with this information benefits all

parties. Please print as many addenda as needed to send with the Notice of Claimed

Infringement.

Select the most appropriate reason. Please associate each item you report with only one reason

code.

Reason Codes

Trademark – Item infringement
1.1. Trademark owner doesn’t make this type of product
1.2. Item(s) is unlawful replica of a product made by the trademark owner
1.3. Item(s) is unlawful importation of product bearing trademark

Trademark – listing content infringement
2.1. Listing(s) contains unlawful comparison to trademark owner’s brand name
2.2. Listing(s) contains unlawful use of trademark owner’s logo

Copyright – item infringement
3.1. Software offered for sale in violation of a license
3.2. Item(s) is a bootleg recording of live performance
3.3. Item(s) is an unlawful copy of media (software, games, movies, etc.)
3.4. Item(s) is unlawful duplication of printed material
3.5. Item(s) is an unlawful copy of other copyrighted work (paintings, sculptures, etc.)

Copyright – listing content infringement
4.1. Listing(s) uses unauthorized copy of copyrighted text
4.2. Listing(s) uses unauthorized copy of copyrighted image
4.3. Listing(s) uses unauthorized copy of copyrighted image and text

Other infringement
5.1. Item(s) infringes a valid patent (requires patent registration number)
5.3. Item(s) violates a celebrity’s right of publicity
5.4. Listing(s) content violates a celebrity’s right of publicity

8. Other:______________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

Reason Code: _____

Work(s) infringed (e.g. "Acme" trademark, Rabbit 5.0 software): _________________

______________________________________________________________________________

Item Number(s): ________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

Reason Code: _____

Work(s) infringed:___________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

Item Number(s): ________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

This is eBay's new VERO form so save this to your draft files for future use.
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Just because the image is online doesn't make it free to use or profit from. Educate yourself... Assume all images are copyright protected and you can avoid being in a copyright lawsuit.	Understanding the VERO Process At this time, Ebay is the primary venue that many of us have experienced theft of our livelihood. With such an unguarded venue to sell wares, infringements abound. As a group, we will guide our members through the VERO process to suspend the auctions of the sellers who infringe upon our intellectual copyrights and trademarks. The League will notify found copyright infringements for non members as well, when we recognize their work, and educate those artisans about VERO and provide them the paperwork to cancel infringing auctions. VERO is taken seriously by ebay and sellers can lose the right to sell on ebay for life when a VERO action is taken against them. The League will be monitoring all sales of all equine related products listed on ebay daily, and infringing auctions will be captured as they exist at the time of the current auctions, as well as all that were listed within the past 30 days. If you are a seller of Equine art or photos, do not risk using images that you do not have a license to use. Our league has closed thousands of auctions in the past 2 years through the VERO program, and Our members take International Intellectual Copyrights seriously and forward all necessary information for the original artisans to recoup monetary loses from listings found on ebay through their respective attorneys. Those sellers who infringe upon the equine community of artisans are being carefully monitored by the EAP League. VERO Number 801-545-1724 VERO Fax Number 408-516-8811 Below are the steps to take when finding your stolen image on ebay.
	The Vero form for reporting from the UK is at this link: http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/community/copyright-infringement.pdf FAX the form to +44 (0) 870 458 4522 You can also express mail it to: eBay VeRO Program 2145 Hamilton Ave. San Jose, CA 95125
Just because the image is online doesn't make it free to use or profit from. Educate yourself... Assume all images are copyright protected and you can avoid being in a copyright lawsuit. Just because the image is online doesn't make it free to use or profit from. Educate yourself... Assume all images are copyright protected and you can avoid being in a copyright lawsuit. Just because the image is online doesn't make it free to use or profit from. Educate yourself... Assume all images are copyright protected and you can avoid being in a copyright lawsuit. Just because the image is online doesn't make it free to use or profit from. Educate yourself... Assume all images are copyright protected and you can avoid being in a copyright lawsuit. Just because the image is online doesn't make it free to use or profit from. Educate yourself... Assume all images are copyright protected and you can avoid being in a copyright lawsuit.	1. Capture the page (s) that do not that have permission to use your art. (File/ Save Page As / Web Page Complete) 2. Make several hard copies of the pages as well to keep on file. Your attorney will need these. 3. Below is the VERO form that must be filled in and faxed in to ebay. All reports after can be emailed to vero@ebay.com VERO (Verified Rights Owner) program form Auctions are generally removed within 12 to 24 hours of getting your fax. ============ ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= ====== Notice of Claimed Infringement Date: __________________________ eBay Inc. Attn: eBay VeRO Program 2145 Hamilton Ave. San Jose, CA 95125 Fax Number: (408) 516-8811 Dear eBay: I, the undersigned, state UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY that • I am, the owner, or an agent authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of certain intellectual property rights ("IP Owner"); • I have a good faith belief that the listings identified (by item number) in the addendum attached hereto, offer items or contain materials that are not authorized by the IP Owner, its agent, or the law, and therefore infringe the IP Owner’s rights; and • The information in this notice is accurate. Please act expeditiously to remove the listings identified in the addendum. I May Be Contacted At (required) Name of IP Owner: ____________________________________________________________ Name and Title:* _______________________________________________________________ Company: _____________________________________________________________________ Address:* _____________________________________________________________________ City, State, and Zip:____________________________________________________________ email address (for correspondence with eBay): _______________________________________ email address (to be given to eBay sellers): _________________________________________ Telephone:* ___________________________________________________________________ Fax: _________________________________________________________________________ In addition to the undersigned, the following persons have the proper authority to sign future Notices of Claimed Infringement on behalf of the IP Owner: Name: ____________________________________ Email: ________________________________ Name: ____________________________________ Email: ________________________________ Name: ____________________________________ Email: ________________________________ Truthfully, ________________________________________ Signature Addendum to Notice of Claimed Infringement List of Allegedly Infringing Listings, Items, or Materials A Note on Reason Codes: When identifying item numbers please use the reasons contained in the shaded box. When choosing "other" please provide a detailed explanation of the alleged infringement. When removing items from the site, eBay will inform sellers of the specific reason for the removal of their items. We believe providing sellers with this information benefits all parties. Please print as many addenda as needed to send with the Notice of Claimed Infringement. Select the most appropriate reason. Please associate each item you report with only one reason code. Reason Codes Trademark – Item infringement 1.1. Trademark owner doesn’t make this type of product 1.2. Item(s) is unlawful replica of a product made by the trademark owner 1.3. Item(s) is unlawful importation of product bearing trademark Trademark – listing content infringement 2.1. Listing(s) contains unlawful comparison to trademark owner’s brand name 2.2. Listing(s) contains unlawful use of trademark owner’s logo Copyright – item infringement 3.1. Software offered for sale in violation of a license 3.2. Item(s) is a bootleg recording of live performance 3.3. Item(s) is an unlawful copy of media (software, games, movies, etc.) 3.4. Item(s) is unlawful duplication of printed material 3.5. Item(s) is an unlawful copy of other copyrighted work (paintings, sculptures, etc.) Copyright – listing content infringement 4.1. Listing(s) uses unauthorized copy of copyrighted text 4.2. Listing(s) uses unauthorized copy of copyrighted image 4.3. Listing(s) uses unauthorized copy of copyrighted image and text Other infringement 5.1. Item(s) infringes a valid patent (requires patent registration number) 5.3. Item(s) violates a celebrity’s right of publicity 5.4. Listing(s) content violates a celebrity’s right of publicity 8. Other:______________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ Reason Code: _____ Work(s) infringed (e.g. "Acme" trademark, Rabbit 5.0 software): _________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Item Number(s): ________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Reason Code: _____ Work(s) infringed:___________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Item Number(s): ________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ This is eBay's new VERO form so save this to your draft files for future use. ============ ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= ======