adam beecher wrote:
>> The abuse is registering ebay.ie, not ebid.ie. ebay is a well-known -
> registered - tradmark for a well-known online auctioning site. Doesn't a
> competitor of ebay.com registering ebay Ltd and then ebay.ie strike you as a
> little dodgy? Granted, they're not using it, but only because ebay.com would
> *eat* them if they tried.
Yes but only if Ebay was on some kind of starvation diet. ;-) Ebay has a
big audience for their service. Ebid.ie does not and according to some
of the reports in the press recently are looking for a second round of
financing. Given the downturn in the tech stocks this would be harder to
sell.
Regards...jmcc
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