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Fluke took down my Ebay listing for Trademark infringement

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EEVblog:
Fluke have reported and had the ebay listing for my EEVblog meter removed because they didn't like that I dared mention Fluke in the listing.
So you aren't allowed to say a meter is "better spec than" "cheaper than" "better value than" etc.
And I can't edit the listing either, I have to create a whole new one.

EDIT:
Fluke seems to have used the "comparative disparagement" aspect of Australia trademark law:
https://www.mmwtrademarks.com.au/blog/using-a-competitors-brand-is-it-legal/#blog-alert-modal
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/fluke-took-down-my-ebay-listing-for-trademark-infringement/msg5410703/#msg5410703

BrianHG:
Are the rules in Australia different?

I believe if you are no lying, you are allowed to make a comparison chart between your product and someone else's, so long as you give equal comparison with equal functions.  Otherwise, some brochures/magazine adds I've seen in the past should have all been sued against.

I guess the 90's was a different era.

What happens when you read online a comparison between TI DSP's and Analog Devices DSPs?  Or, have those all disappeared?

Or, a comparison between TI's lowest power MCU VS Microchip's?

All that aside, you have been zeroed out and fluke will be watching you.  I don't think you will ever be able to compare your meter to Flukes on any Ebay ads ever again.  Unless you come up with a clever way and convince Ebay you never used Fluke's logo.

It's like those news or docu shows with live outdoor public filming, where some people on the street may be wearing a t-shirt with some popular registered logo or company name, and the editors on the video had to blur out the view of that t-shirt, or blur out the names on the soda cans someone may be carrying.  Are they doing it because they will get in trouble, or is it just in case...

Halcyon:
So your meter is better than a "Certain yellow, big brand meter, but for ridiculous policy reasons can't be named here. Starts with an "F" ends in "Luke"."

IanB:
This is a kind of problem that happens in the modern world. Complaints can be made and action taken, without ever getting review by lawyers or independent arbitrators. Ebay can do what they choose, whether justified or not. Sucks, but not much you can do other than boycott Ebay.

EEVblog:

--- Quote from: BrianHG on March 24, 2024, 03:38:08 am ---All that aside, you have been zeroed out and fluke will be watching you.  I don't think you will ever be able to compare your meter to Flukes on any Ebay ads ever again.  Unless you come up with a clever way and convince Ebay you never used Fluke's logo.
--- End quote ---

FYI, I never used the logo, it was simply the text Fluke used in a comparative sense.

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