02-15-2007, 02:45 PM
Quote:BuySafe filed a lawsuit against eBay in U.S. District Court for trademark infringement on November 9, 2006. The dispute centers on eBay's new "Buy safely" section on the Item page and whether the term causes shoppers to confuse the section with the BuySafe service, which guarantees BuySafe-bonded items for up to $25,000 and displays "BuySafe seals" on eBay Item pages...
eBay spokesperson Hani Durzy said eBay uses the phrase "buy safely" in a descriptive manner. "Obviously we think it is totally baseless and we intend to fight it," he said of the lawsuit, adding that eBay has not yet been served...
full article: http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y07/m02/i15/s01