I recently had some gillette wilkinson sword blades for sale on the bay and they were kicked off by ebay stating this
"[FONT=Arial, Verdana]Your listing was removed after the rights owner reported it as counterfeit. We urge you to contact the rights owner directly for more information about why they requested the removal of your listing and whether you can relist the item."[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Verdana]I was fairly intrigued and very positive that I did not have any for of a counterfeit blade so I attempted to contact the person listed as the rights owner which turns out to be the [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Eveready Battery Company. Today I finally received a response from them and it is as follows.
"[/FONT]Thanks for your email. The subject items infringe Eveready Battery Companys WILKINSON SWORD trademark in all countries where we have rights to the mark (including the US). See United States Trademark Registration Nos 613015, 3059573, 2944019, 3245338, and 2976022 for examples of a few of our registered trademarks.
Specifically, these listings features razor blades made by Gillette displaying the WILKINSON SWORD trademark. Gillette is listed as the trademark owner of the WILKINSON SWORD mark in India. In the United States, the Eveready Battery Company owns the WILKINSON SWORD trademark. To be clear, the sale of these blades would not infringe our rights in India but it does in the US (and everywhere else we own the mark). Given that these products are being made available for sale in the US, these listings infringe on our trademark rights and we cannot allow the continued sale of these products."
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It is a nice enough response I guess but it is very surprising to me that a big company like that is browsing ebay looking for people using there name. Does anyone know of any similar scenarios where its not legal to use certain blades in certain countries??[/FONT]
"[FONT=Arial, Verdana]Your listing was removed after the rights owner reported it as counterfeit. We urge you to contact the rights owner directly for more information about why they requested the removal of your listing and whether you can relist the item."[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Verdana]I was fairly intrigued and very positive that I did not have any for of a counterfeit blade so I attempted to contact the person listed as the rights owner which turns out to be the [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Eveready Battery Company. Today I finally received a response from them and it is as follows.
"[/FONT]Thanks for your email. The subject items infringe Eveready Battery Companys WILKINSON SWORD trademark in all countries where we have rights to the mark (including the US). See United States Trademark Registration Nos 613015, 3059573, 2944019, 3245338, and 2976022 for examples of a few of our registered trademarks.
Specifically, these listings features razor blades made by Gillette displaying the WILKINSON SWORD trademark. Gillette is listed as the trademark owner of the WILKINSON SWORD mark in India. In the United States, the Eveready Battery Company owns the WILKINSON SWORD trademark. To be clear, the sale of these blades would not infringe our rights in India but it does in the US (and everywhere else we own the mark). Given that these products are being made available for sale in the US, these listings infringe on our trademark rights and we cannot allow the continued sale of these products."
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It is a nice enough response I guess but it is very surprising to me that a big company like that is browsing ebay looking for people using there name. Does anyone know of any similar scenarios where its not legal to use certain blades in certain countries??[/FONT]