VeRO-Verified Rights Owners Program

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VeRO-Verified Rights Owners

This is the eBay description of the VeRO Program. It was taken from their web site May 2003 at http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/vero-program.html. It may have been modified some since but it's unlikely any changes would be major. Links to other eBay pages have been disabled but are shown as links as in the original.

eBay's Verified Rights Owner (VeRO) ProgramTM:
Protecting Intellectual Property

In keeping with its status as the internet's largest venue for person-to-person trading, eBay does not and cannot verify that sellers have the right or ability to sell or distribute their listed items. However, we are committed to removing infringing or unlicensed items once an authorized representative of the rights owner properly reports them to us. eBay's Verified Rights Owner (VeRO) Program works to ensure that items listed for sale do not infringe upon the copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights of third parties. VeRO Program participants may identify and request removal of allegedly infringing listings.
Any person or company who holds intellectual property rights (such as a copyright, trademark or patent) which may be infringed by eBay auction listings is encouraged to become a VeRO Program Member. It's fast and its simple to do so. Current Program Members include hundreds of individuals, local, state and federal law enforcement, and companies from a wide array of industries.
Program participation entitles you to the following benefits:

Dedicated eBay staff to assist you in getting the most out of the Program
Rapid response by eBay in ending auctions reported by you as allegedly infringing
Dedicated priority email queues for reporting alleged infringements
The ability to obtain identifying information about eBay users
eBay member rights and privileges as described in the eBay User Agreement and Privacy Policy
Automatic updates on new benefits available under the Program

How to Become a VeRO Program Member
It is fast and simple to join the VeRO Program. We require only that you fill out and fax to us a Notice of Infringement form specifying the allegedly infringing listings and infringed works, complete with an o riginal authorized signature. The information requested by the Notice of Infringement is designed to ensure that parties reporting items are authorized by the rights owners, and to enable eBay to correctly identify the material or listing to be ended. After your first Notice of Infringement is received by us, you'll be able to transmit future notices to eBay by email. Click here to download the Notice of Infringement and explanatory materials. You will need Adobe® Reader to view and print these documents. Free downloads are available at Adobe's web site by clicking on this button:
If you are unable to download a PDF file, please click here to view and print a copy of our Notice of Infringement.
Automated Searches
eBay offers to all users a feature called Favorite Searches. You can use our Favorite Searches feature to conduct automatic searches for potentially infringing items. Favorite Searches enables you to create up to fifteen automatic searches using search terms you provide. You can designate three of these searches to be automatically emailed to you. Our system will automatically notify you on a daily basis of any new listings posted which contain any terms in your three selected searches. You can use sophisticated boolean logic searches just like our main search engine. The easiest way to set up this feature is to perform a search using eBay's main search engine here, and then clicking "save this search" at the bottom of the search results. You'll need to be a member of eBay to use Favorite Searches. You can go directly to your Favorite Searches by clicking here.
How to Report Listings that Use Your Copyrighted Text and Images Without Your Permission
If you are a community member, and another member is using your text and/or images in their listings without your permission, you can now report their listings to eBay by following our descriptions and image guidelines.
How to Report Items if You are Not an Intellectual Property Owner
If you are not an intellectual property owner, you will not be able to join our VeRO Program. However, you can still help by getting in touch with the relevant rights owner and encouraging them to contact us. Also, if you want to report suspected infringing items to eBay, Contact Rules & Safety. We are happy to receive such information, but must advise that we may be limited in our ability to respond to your request absent formal notice from an authorized rights owner.
Please click here for a list of VeRO Program Member About Me Pages.
For More Information

Community members can report listings that use their copyrighted text or images without permission through our description and image guidelines.
If you are an IP rights owner and have questions about the VeRO Program or our infringing items policies, please Contact Rules & Safety.
If you are a seller and had an auction ended, click here to learn more. You may also want to reread our Privacy Policy and User Agreement.
For additional information about prohibited, questionable, and infringing items on eBay, click here.

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