EU Rights Owners and Internet Retailers Sign Historic Agreement

May 5, 2011

This week, following two years of negotiations between Internet platforms and rights owners, 29 participants have signed an EU Memorandum of Understanding on the sale of counterfeit goods over the Internet. eBay, Amazon, LVMH, L\'Oréal, Adidas and other prominent brands agreed on a set of cooperative best practice principles.

It is the first Memorandum of Understanding of its kind brokered by the European Commission. While the Memorandum of Understanding is not a legally binding document, it reinforces eBay\'s commitment to building trust between buyers, sellers and rights owners on the Internet.  See below for the entire list of participants and read eBay\'s policy paper on stolen goods.

Currently confirmed signatories:

1. The Adidas Group

2. AIM (European Brands Association)

3. Allianz Deutscher Produzenten - Film & Fernsehen e.V

4. Anti-Counterfeiting Group (ACG)

5. Amazon

6. BIEM (International Bureau of Societies Managing Recording and Mechanical Reproduction Rights)

7. Burberry

8. Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP)

9. eBay

10. European Textile and Clothing Confederation (EURATEX)

11. Federation of Sports and Play Associations  (FSPA)

12. Federazione Moda Italia

13. FESI - Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry

14. Gant

15. Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE)

16. International Video Federation (IVF)

17. Italian Association of Foreign Trade (AICE)

18. Lacoste

19. Lego group

20. LVMH group

21. Microsoft

22. MIH group

23. Motion Picture Association (MPA)

24. Nike

25. Nokia

26. PriceMinister/Rakuten

27. Procter & Gamble

28. Richemont

29. Unilever