I am tired of other eBay sellers copying my listing style

[happycamperdan]

[size=18][/size]I am very tired of other eBay sellers blatantly copying my listing descriptions such as my original phrases and sentences. They are also imitating my own, original listing style. Copycats in the US, Canada, the UK, and France really try my patience. I suppose their cheap imitation is a backhanded compliment that I would rather not have. To protect my eBay seller account and the privacy of my account and that of my eBay customers, I have taken to using private buyer identiites but the damage has already occurred. I guess I need to speak to an IP attorney and post my copyright clearly in my eBay descriptions to deter copycats. I guess I must do a reasonably decent job writing my item descriptions and titles using my God given creative juices. Perhaps listing the year and copyright and making it very straight up that violators will be subject, under the pains and penalties of perjury, to be libel for plaintiff's damages and attorney's fees. Besides "lifting" verbiage original to me, all too many buyers are also looking at where, who, what, and how I am purchasing items from other sellers on eBay and these pirates who lack imagination but excell in copycatting are ruining my purchasing markets. The eBay UK used to be a satisfactory buying market for me but those
darn copycats have rendered that market saturated so I have moved on to other undisclosed markets. Off the top of my head, I
know of about ten eBay sellers who are borrowing my techniques.
I have original marketing concepts that are being lifted by illegitimate users of said IP. Besides the legality, I am also subject
to unnecessary jealousy and hatred. When you create and develop a market that previously did not exist, the eBay leeches swoop in and ride on your coattails, with benefit at your expense. This makes me absolutely livid. Perhaps I should just create a marketing program and sell it to theses bloodsuckers. Even if I do
not distribute much of as volume, I will then, at least, have the well deserved satisfaction of killing their market. As a creative person,
it is second nature for me to conjure up new markets and marketing
concepts. Yes, I know I am venting but how would you feel to be in
my position. This fertilizer has actually been going on since the early 1980's, not on eBay, of course, but still taking place, nonetheless. One small dividend is my scarfing up my share of arbitrage before others circle overhead like buzzards. They get greedy and only end up competing against themselves. eBay representatives have told me to open up clandestine eBay buyer accounts. If you have any suggestions, I would be most grateful to listen. My favorite copyright and patent attorney, a family friend, passed away but I still know two IP lawyers I can turn to. Perhaps I should retain Click and Clack's Dewey Cheetum and Howe firm in
Cambridge, Ma.

[tabberone]

I guess I need to speak to an IP attorney and post my copyright clearly in my eBay descriptions to deter copycats

You are wasting your time talking to an IP attorney, an auction description is not copyrightable under the law. Without a registered copyright you can't protect it in court which would mean, if your listing were copyrightable you would have to register and pay a fee on each and every listing.

It's not worth the effort, what's the big deal?

When you create and develop a market that previously did not exist, the eBay leeches swoop in and ride on your coattails, with benefit at your expense.

this happens everywhere, spend your time working on your business and don't worry about what other people are doing. People who can only copy ideas will not succeed in the long run. Whereas you being creative can adjust to the changing market place.

[happycamperdan]

You are most decidedly correct that others may copy somebody else yet the copiers will not likely be able to always replicate said concepts, nor extrapolate or interpolate from what they imitate.

I admit and plead guilty to venting and on a level, I just wanted to
air my frustrations with other people who are sellers on the internet, eBay or elsewhere.

Thank you for listening and the subject is closed on my end.

Sincerely,
Dan

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