eBay.com Is Allowing & Profiting From The Sale Of Trademark Infringing Domains
eBay.com has been active in defending its trademark filing and winning at least 3 UDRP in just the past year including on the domains:
ebaycatwalk.com; ebayip.com and ebayofip.com; watch-ebay.com;
While spending fees and costs to go after trademark infringing domains, its allowing domains that infringe on its own trademark to be sold on its own site.
eBay.Hu.com is proudly listed for sale right on ebay.com for the bargain “buy it now” price of $628,000. (.hu is the ccTLD for Hungary)
Also for sale on eBay.com currently are:
eBayGuidelines.com for the “Buy it Now” price of $5,000
eBaySavings.com also for the “Buy it Now” price of $5,000
eBayMotorSales.com for just $49.95
DealsofeBay.com, for just $.99
Sure eBay has every right to file UDRP’s against domains that clearly violate its trademark, but how about policing their own site?
How can eBay possibly allow these domains to be sold on their own auction platform?
Moreover, why isn’t eBay held responsible for facilitating the sale of trademark domains?
Doing a quick check on eBay, I found a ton of clear trademark infringing domains including:
VerizonWirelessSales.com on sale for $10 Million Dollars
VERIZONWIRELESSBLACKBERRYSTORM.COM a nice domain which infringes on the trademarks of 2 companies, with an asking price of $1 Million Dollars.
Microsoft infrgining domains, sure ebay.com got them too:
PoweredbyWindows.com, advertised by the owner as being “a windows Microsoft Domain” and offered for $75K.
Bing4u.com and several others are advertised as being “the new search engine of Microsoft”.
I literally could go on for days giving examples of other infringing domains offered for sale on ebay.com
I believe eBay.com gets paid a percentage of the sales price, so if any of those domains sold, ebay.com would profit from the sale of trademarked domains.
Why is eBay.com permitted to make a commission on the sale of trademark infringing domains?
How much money does eBay.com make a year just from listing fees for trademarked domains?
Now, what about those thousands of Michael Jackson domains that eBay is allowing to be sold.
This is a huge problem