Archive for March, 2009

Heathrow Manager Sacked for Auctioning Off Lost Property on eBay

Monday, March 30th, 2009

A security manager at Heathrow Airport has been sacked for taking lost property to sell on eBay. Roberta Gordon, is alleged to have taken items left behind by first class passengers in Terminal 5. She is said to have collected designer jewellery, cosmetics and electrical goods over several months and sold them on eBay. Gordon, [...]

eBay Teams up With Intellectual Property Office

Friday, March 27th, 2009

eBay U.K. has teamed with the Intellectual Property Office in the UK to combat counterfeiting and piracy on its site.
eBay is after the support of rights owners, anti-piracy units and representatives from the music, film and computer games industry, including FACT, the BPI and ELSPA, to work more closely with the eBay to tackle the [...]