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Originally posted by AlphaGamAlie
about ebay is that they have tons of rules about listing brand names, trademarks,etc, but they do nothing to stop the selling of badges by persons who don't legally own them, and have no right to sell them.
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I think you might be confused...I've seen tons of things listed by brand name on ebay. The only time you can be in trouble for using a brand name is if it's a fake (like fake Prada bags & such) or if the name misleads. So if someone was selling an "Alpha Omicron Pi" pin and it was a safety pin with those Greek letters gliued on it, they would be in trouble.
Whether a pin "belongs" to a national org might be up for debate - apparently everything that says "all badges are the property of Alpha Phi" or whoever aren't legally binding or there wouldn't be selling of pins on ebay.
I don't agree with it either, but the issue of selling Greek badges on ebay has nothing to to with brand names or trademarks unless the GLO is misrepresented.
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