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jenjenk
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What is the name of your state? NJ
I sell my artwork on eBay. The paintings are designed by me and most of them are painted to coordinate with kids bedding sold by a well known company (not sure if I can say this company's name). At first, I was including this company's name in my auction title so that when a consumer did a search for that name, my paintings would come up. Then, I find out that eBay has a policy prohibiting sellers from including name brands in their auction title just to attract attention. So, to fix this, I started auctioning my artwork along with a small, inexpensive item sold by this name brand company so that, as far as eBay is concerned, I wasn't violating any policies. Now, I am being accused of copyright infringement by a representative of this name brand company. She tells me that "It is (name brand company)'s view that selling a (name brand company)'s product with
your non-(name brand company) item constitutes trademark infringement." But she also tells me that this policy is not posted anywhere. I understand why she may feel that this is "cheating" but I don't see how it is infringing on copyrights. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!
I sell my artwork on eBay. The paintings are designed by me and most of them are painted to coordinate with kids bedding sold by a well known company (not sure if I can say this company's name). At first, I was including this company's name in my auction title so that when a consumer did a search for that name, my paintings would come up. Then, I find out that eBay has a policy prohibiting sellers from including name brands in their auction title just to attract attention. So, to fix this, I started auctioning my artwork along with a small, inexpensive item sold by this name brand company so that, as far as eBay is concerned, I wasn't violating any policies. Now, I am being accused of copyright infringement by a representative of this name brand company. She tells me that "It is (name brand company)'s view that selling a (name brand company)'s product with
your non-(name brand company) item constitutes trademark infringement." But she also tells me that this policy is not posted anywhere. I understand why she may feel that this is "cheating" but I don't see how it is infringing on copyrights. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!