01-31-2022 12:34 PM
My title is the message I got back from Corsearch Inc, indicated as a "Trademark Abuse". Are they telling me I can't include an image of a clothing brand logo in my listings. To me, that is what they are essentially saying. How is that legal. I sold a used jacket, so I should be able to do what I want with it. This is absurd.
01-31-2022 04:32 PM
Using a trademark owner's logos without permission is not allowed.
- If you believe a mistake has been made, you will need to contact the rights owner directly. If the rights owner approves your appeal, please have them contact us directly to reinstate your listing(s)
You can send an email to:
wplavori.ipr@ybrandprotection.com
G. & G. S.r.l. is the title holder of the HARRINGTON products.We may be contacted at wplavori.ipr@ybrandprotection.comTruthfully,Corsearch Brand Protection on behalf of WP Lavori in Corso
01-31-2022 04:37 PM
OK, so I finally figured this out. After analysing every word of their response and my listing, I see that the use of the word Harrington was the problem. That word is associated with a jacket made by an Italian clothing company, which made the complaint. How am I at fault when this is the name of a style of jacket that was made by Polo Ralph Lauren.
01-31-2022 04:46 PM
@goldrushfinds wrote:So, whats your point? If they want I can provide a recent generic Goodwill receipt, that does not identify what a particular item is on the receipt. They can't prove if the receipt was for a specific item or not. I still say they would have zero chance to prevail in court. Law is common sense and this falls way outside of that realm.
Until it is taken to court ... we're all just spinning our wheels.
Law is not equivalent to 'common sense'. If it were ... there would be no need to enact laws in the first place. We'd just have to consult our brains. [This is not at all to say I don't agree that the whole process is ludicrous BTW.]
The bottom line is that you're not listing items on your own ... like in a local newspaper or Craigslist. You are listing them on eBay ... which has agreed to take down listings at VeRO member's request ... no questions asked. [AND sellers have agreed to abide by eBay's decisions in such matters.]
You would have to find a way to go head-to-head with a VeRO member personally to see who will prevail in court.
02-11-2022 11:20 PM
Corsearch is nothing more than a cyber cop who acts as a bounty hunter. Corsearch casts their nets out as far as they can so they can haul in as many listings as they can to remove them. The bounty hunters are usually paid a fee per listing removed or they get a commission on the billed amount or final amount collected. Corsearch and their bounty hunters hide behind abandon disregard: “fair use”, DMCA, Right of First Sale Doctrine, International exhaustion and the Lanham Act. The bounty hunters have a financial incentive to remove listings so they earn income. Corsearch has an incentive to have listings removed so they can pad their billings to their clients. Corsearch employees cheap and unskilled labor to be the bounty hunters and “busy bee”workers. They have little to no experience in trademark law and put forth no effort to vet or perform due diligence prior to removing a listing.
Corsearch does more damage to brands than they do helping brands. Corsearch is a bottom feeder right there with cyber cop “bounty hunters, trademark attorneys, personal injury attorneys, Joel Osteen and family law attorneys. Corsearch has removed bona fide and legitimate seller listings for: HP, HP Ink, Wella, Clairol, Briggs & Stratton, The North Face, and Warner Brothers to name a few.
Stand up to them. Demand evidence and legal case law. Speculative and conclusory allegations will not stand up in court nor will they survive a Motion to Dismiss, Motion for Summary Judgement and you can file a Rule 11 Motion for Sanctions if they try to file a frivolous suite against you. Send 2-3 emails a day. Also email the CEO, CFO and previous CEO. Watch how fast they go crying and running to “daddy”, their outside attorney, when you stand up to them. Have been ordering Corsearch for 2 months to file a lawsuit against me and provide evidence and proof of parallel imports. They have refused because they know they have no evidence or case against me when they have not even made a “test buy” from me.
Corsearch targets small sellers and banks on them 100% complying and not resisting the item(s). Corsearch also banks on small, weak and vulnerable sellers not having the financial resources to hire legal counsel and not understanding or having knowledge of trademark law. Corsearch and attorneys have to be stood up to by the lions and the lions need to awaken the other lions. Corsearch is just like trademark attorneys as they try to act all tough and bad until you stand up to them and challenge them. Once you stand up and challenge Corsearch or the trademark attorneys, watch how fast they run and cower down. Trademark bullies and bottom feeders like trademark attorneys, OpSec Security and Corsearch are not used to being challenged. They are used to barking orders and threatening, scaring and intimidating people so they don’t know what to do when they are challenged or stood up to. Just remember, attorneys get paid big bucks to threaten, scare and intimidate people daily. Family law attorneys accomplish this by threatening to take the kids from the other spouse or threatening to make sure the other spouse gets no property. Trademark attorneys threaten people by sending baseless cease and desist letters, filing baseless lawsuits to get you to settle and by threatening to sue you. 99% of these threats never materialize.
I’m working on a lawsuit to sue Corsearch and enjoin certain employees of Corsearch. Can’t name them because than they will have my posts removed, under European law, for actually naming them by name and calling out for their behavior. European law doesn’t allow this type of free speech like America. Since Corsearch has offices in various parts of Europe, they can report the posts and have them removed. Corsearch has already reported several of my posts on various forums and gotten them removed. Corsearch doesn’t want the truth to be told about them. Don’t believe me, go read all the negative employee reviews posted on Glassdoor and Indeed. Obviously, Corsearch has to offer incentives and bonuses, like Amazon does, in exchange for insiders and employees to post 5-star reviews to counter the negative.
The opinions and statements stated in this post are my own and constitute free speech and are protected by the First Amendment. The statements in this post are based on my experiences personally dealing with Corsearch and cyber cop “bounty hunters”.
02-12-2022 01:18 AM
Great answer! I'm bookmarking this.
06-21-2022 09:40 PM
Your problem is using the word "Polo" as an noun instead of a sub brand. The words "Ralph Lauren" are adjectives and they describe the Ralph Lauren brand "Polo". Your listing should have read " Ralph Lauren Polo shirt" or "Polo by Ralph Lauren". The context of your description, you are using Polo as a generic noun such as polo shirt.