Isn't OAMI's (OHIM's) jurisdiction limited to the internal European Union market? Calling it an "international" design patent is a bit of a stretch.

I am sure ebay is quite responsive. Do a search yourself. As of 16:30 GMT Aug 23, at least a dozen listings, including one proudly shipping from USA. Get your legal team to work!

Hi there, you cannot patent a letter in the alphabet but you can get what is called a "design patent" on a three-dimensional object that has not existed as a commercial product before. Thus the shape of a piece of formwood and it's dimensions with the idea of using it as a headphone holder and having the corners in just a certain way can be a design patent. Now if you did make another headphone stand that is maybe similar but nobody would confuse the two of them as one is made of wood and the other one is acrylic of made of metal the design-patent does not cover this. However, the products here are sloppy copies of the original Sieveking Sound stand and that one does hold a design patent. And YES: e-bay does take them down whenever we ask them to. Unfortunately the Chinese copycats are back a few days later and we have to start all over again. I also have to say that e-bay is quite responsive in this issue once they see the design patent declaration and it is painfully obvious that these are illegitimate copies. Jan Sieveking