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mp, I doubt there's patent infringement, but this seller is illegally using other people's trademarks and brands to promote his merchandise. We call that "counterfeiting," and EBay will probably be responsive to complaints from the trademark holders.

As a strong believer in the strength of communities and social pressure, I encourage people to report this stuff to EBay when they see it, let the trademark holders know, and for goodness sake, do NOT help out people who post here trying to promote, develop, or fix pirated merchandise.
 
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Sy is – as usual – correct.

Some of us have already reported the Ebay listing but Ebay doesn’t seem to care much for now.
Perhaps we need more reports.
If we’re serious about acting, we need to cooperate.

For those among you who don’t know how to report an Ebay listing:
1) You need to be registered and logged in at Ebay.
2) Go to: http://cgi.ebay.com/Power-Amplifier...5295402QQihZ015QQcategoryZ39783QQcmdZViewItem
3) Scroll down the page and click ‘Report this item’
4) Next window Step1 click ‘Counterfeit and Copyright violation’
5) Step 2 Subtopic ‘Potential trademark infrigement’
6) Step 3 ‘Other replica or counterfeit items’
7) Click Continue.
8) Next window click ‘Email us’ and enter these listings:
250145295402, 250121864607, 250121863825, 250121859461, 250121858316, 250121841045
These are all Nelson’s copied products. As only 10 items can be reported at a time Nelson's items have been chosen. You are of course encouraged to report any other infringement.
9) Click ‘Send’

/Hugo
 
There has to be a valid patent on the circuit and the device sold must infringe on one of the claims of the patent (e.g., it actually has to be the patented circuit, not a workaround, "based on," or some other circuit). It's not clear that this is the case here, but the infringement on trademarks is obvious.
 
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After the auction ends, items are re-listed. That makes the report system quite useless.

In any case, here are the new numbers.
I included other brand name listings, that makes ten, the maximum to be reported in one mail.
Lets not relent, my report has been sent!

Pass
250121859461
250121863825
250121864607
250145295402
250121841045

JeffRowland
250121864613

Jadis
250121864511

McIntosh
250121853512

Audio Research
250121864521

Mark Levinson
250121864461

Here's the copy and paste list for ease of use:
250121859461,250121863825,250121864607,250145295402,250121841045
250121864613,250121864511,250121853512,250121864521,250121864461

/Hugo
 
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