Ebay Drowned My One Million Dollar in a Day

[jomokenyatta]

I got this email from Ebay today after putting some work to earn a million dollar in one year...

Subject; Your Unauthorized and Infringing Domain Name Registration - ebaybillionaire.com and others [Case #298674


We are writing concerning your registration and use of the domain name ebaybillionaire.com
ebaybillions.com, which contains the famous eBay trademark.

As you undoubtedly know, eBay is the leading provider of online person-to-person trading services and related goods and services. eBay adopted the name and trademark eBay in September 1995 and, since that time, eBay has actively used the eBay name and trademark in connection with its online trading and related services, including maintaining the web site www.eBay.com. The coined term eBay is one of the most famous trademarks on the Internet. eBay owns exclusive trademark rights to the eBay name in the United States and internationally, including related common law rights and has registered the EBAY name as a trademark in many jurisdictions around the globe. Accordingly, eBay enjoys broad trademark rights in its name.

eBay has made a substantial investment in developing and providing its services. As a result of eBay’s pioneering efforts and devoting substantial effort and resources to providing only high quality services, the eBay name and trademarks are widely known among the consuming public worldwide, and the name and trademarks embody substantial and valuable goodwill.

Accordingly, we were concerned when we learned of your registration and use of ebaybillionaire.com
ebaybillions.com. As we hope you can appreciate, protection of its trademarks is very important to eBay. Your registration and use ofebaybillionaire.com
ebaybillions.com violates the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.) because it infringes and dilutes the famous eBay trademark.

Infringement occurs when someone, without authorization, uses a trademark that is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark owned by someone else. Trademark infringement occurs when this unauthorized use confuses consumers to falsely believe that the two parties are related to one-another, or that the true trademark owner is either endorsing or sponsoring the activities of the infringer. Trademark dilution occurs when the unauthorized use is likely to lessen the distinctiveness of the true trademark owner’s famous trademark.

We have filed several successful federal court actions in the United States against companies and individuals employing the famous eBay trademark in their domain names, as well as a large number of proceedings before the World Intellectual Property Organization's arbitration panel. eBay has prevailed in each case and the domain names at issue were all ordered to be transferred to eBay.

In addition to the above, the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") has recently denied registration of the mark "ebaysecurities" by a third party. Like your domain name, "ebaysecurities" incorporated the entire eBay trademark, adding only a generic term to eBay's famous mark. The USPTO recognized that eBay is a famous trademark and therefore denied registration of ebaysecurities. eBay is concerned that your unauthorized use of the eBay name is likely to cause confusion as to whether you or your company’s activities are authorized, endorsed or sponsored by eBay when, in fact, they are not.

We understand that you may have registered ebaybillionaire.com
ebaybillions.com without full knowledge of the law in this area. However, eBay is concerned about your use of the eBay trademark in your domain name. As you may know, the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act provides for serious penalties (up to $100,000 per domain name) against persons who, without authorization, use, sell, or offer for sale a domain name that infringes another’s trademark.

While eBay respects your right of expression and your desire to conduct business on the Internet, eBay must enforce its own rights in order to protect its valuable and famous trademark. For these reasons, and to avoid consumer confusion, eBay must insist that you immediately stop using ebaybillionaire.com
ebaybillions.com and disable any site available at that address. You should not sell, offer to sell, or transfer the domain name to a third party and should let the domain registration expire.
Just to be clear, eBay does not desire to interfere with any legitimate business you may be conducting. We are simply asking that you offer those legitimate services under a name, mark and domain name that is not likely to confuse consumers to believe that your company on one hand and eBay on the other hand are related and/or affiliated.
Please reply to this email and confirm that you will comply as requested. If we do not receive a response from you, we will have no choice but to escalate this further and take whatever action that may be required to protect eBay's trademark rights.
Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.

Sincerely,
Edith
eBay Legal Department
I put my website down and this was my reply:
Ok, Edith I put my website down.
God Bless

Ebay replied back:

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. We appreciate that you may have registered the domain name with the best of intentions and without full knowledge of the law in this area.

We will consider this matter closed as long as the domain name remains completely inactive for the remainder of the registration period. Please be reminded that you should not sell, offer to sell or transfer the domain name in the meantime.

We appreciate your cooperation and understanding in this matter and wish you the best of luck in your future business endeavors.


Sincerely
Edith
eBay Legal Department

So my millions are gone for good!
RIP Ebay

[JamesVinc]

Using ebay in the domain name not exactly your cleverest moment. LOL

JamesVinc

(10-17-2013 06:46 AM)jomokenyatta Wrote:  I got this email from Ebay today after putting some work to earn a million dollar in one year...

Subject; Your Unauthorized and Infringing Domain Name Registration - ebaybillionaire.com and others [Case #298674


We are writing concerning your registration and use of the domain name ebaybillionaire.com
ebaybillions.com, which contains the famous eBay trademark.

As you undoubtedly know, eBay is the leading provider of online person-to-person trading services and related goods and services. eBay adopted the name and trademark eBay in September 1995 and, since that time, eBay has actively used the eBay name and trademark in connection with its online trading and related services, including maintaining the web site www.eBay.com. The coined term eBay is one of the most famous trademarks on the Internet. eBay owns exclusive trademark rights to the eBay name in the United States and internationally, including related common law rights and has registered the EBAY name as a trademark in many jurisdictions around the globe. Accordingly, eBay enjoys broad trademark rights in its name.

eBay has made a substantial investment in developing and providing its services. As a result of eBay’s pioneering efforts and devoting substantial effort and resources to providing only high quality services, the eBay name and trademarks are widely known among the consuming public worldwide, and the name and trademarks embody substantial and valuable goodwill.

Accordingly, we were concerned when we learned of your registration and use of ebaybillionaire.com
ebaybillions.com. As we hope you can appreciate, protection of its trademarks is very important to eBay. Your registration and use ofebaybillionaire.com
ebaybillions.com violates the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.) because it infringes and dilutes the famous eBay trademark.

Infringement occurs when someone, without authorization, uses a trademark that is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark owned by someone else. Trademark infringement occurs when this unauthorized use confuses consumers to falsely believe that the two parties are related to one-another, or that the true trademark owner is either endorsing or sponsoring the activities of the infringer. Trademark dilution occurs when the unauthorized use is likely to lessen the distinctiveness of the true trademark owner’s famous trademark.

We have filed several successful federal court actions in the United States against companies and individuals employing the famous eBay trademark in their domain names, as well as a large number of proceedings before the World Intellectual Property Organization's arbitration panel. eBay has prevailed in each case and the domain names at issue were all ordered to be transferred to eBay.

In addition to the above, the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") has recently denied registration of the mark "ebaysecurities" by a third party. Like your domain name, "ebaysecurities" incorporated the entire eBay trademark, adding only a generic term to eBay's famous mark. The USPTO recognized that eBay is a famous trademark and therefore denied registration of ebaysecurities. eBay is concerned that your unauthorized use of the eBay name is likely to cause confusion as to whether you or your company’s activities are authorized, endorsed or sponsored by eBay when, in fact, they are not.

We understand that you may have registered ebaybillionaire.com
ebaybillions.com without full knowledge of the law in this area. However, eBay is concerned about your use of the eBay trademark in your domain name. As you may know, the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act provides for serious penalties (up to $100,000 per domain name) against persons who, without authorization, use, sell, or offer for sale a domain name that infringes another’s trademark.

While eBay respects your right of expression and your desire to conduct business on the Internet, eBay must enforce its own rights in order to protect its valuable and famous trademark. For these reasons, and to avoid consumer confusion, eBay must insist that you immediately stop using ebaybillionaire.com
ebaybillions.com and disable any site available at that address. You should not sell, offer to sell, or transfer the domain name to a third party and should let the domain registration expire.
Just to be clear, eBay does not desire to interfere with any legitimate business you may be conducting. We are simply asking that you offer those legitimate services under a name, mark and domain name that is not likely to confuse consumers to believe that your company on one hand and eBay on the other hand are related and/or affiliated.
Please reply to this email and confirm that you will comply as requested. If we do not receive a response from you, we will have no choice but to escalate this further and take whatever action that may be required to protect eBay's trademark rights.
Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.

Sincerely,
Edith
eBay Legal Department
I put my website down and this was my reply:Ok, Edith I put my website down.
God Bless

Ebay replied back:

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. We appreciate that you may have registered the domain name with the best of intentions and without full knowledge of the law in this area.

We will consider this matter closed as long as the domain name remains completely inactive for the remainder of the registration period. Please be reminded that you should not sell, offer to sell or transfer the domain name in the meantime.

We appreciate your cooperation and understanding in this matter and wish you the best of luck in your future business endeavors.


Sincerely
Edith
eBay Legal Department

So my millions are gone for good!
RIP Ebay

[Seve69]

You had no choice but to surrender the domain. Taking Ebay on would be senseless.

[aswan30]

Its Not Real I will tell you why its the same Letter Facebook sent me for my site
facebooksite.org Its a scam to get your domain name

[senoob]

Edith sounds like a hot babe. Well at least try to pick her up will ya.

[zigistar]

Ohhh... LoL!!
Funny as hell !!!!
Sounds like fake !!

[MY5TERYA]

Edith sounds like a ridiculous fake!

[SEO Allstars]

transfer to offshore hosting and re-register under a a fake name.

[iprotectcorp]

What is the email Address this guy send to you, if the address is not end with ebay.com, then I think this email is fake, you can just ignore it!

[Wile E. Coyote]

Its for sure a fake. Check the email ID and the IP range.