The eBay VeRO API allows owners of an intellectual property, such as a copyright or trademark, to report eBay listings that infringe on their intellectual property rights.
Important! The VeRO API is only available to members of the Verified Rights Owner (VeRO) Program.
For more information about using RESTful APIs, see Using eBay Restful APIs.
Technical overview
The VeRO API allows third-party developers to retrieve VeRO supported codes, create VeRO reports, and retrieve status information on submitted VeRO reports using the resources listed in the following section.
Resources
This API contains the following resources:
- vero_reason_code
- Retrieve a list of supported VeRO reason codes and their details, or the details of a specified VeRO code.
- vero_report
- Create a VeRO report to report items that allegedly infringe on copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights.
- Retrieve the status of submitted VeRO reports.
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vero_report_items
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Retrieve status information for each item you have reported for an infringement.
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Business use cases
Below are the high-level use cases addressed by the VeRO API:
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Retrieve a list of VeRO infringements with their reason code details
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Report items that allegedly infringe on a brand's copyright, trademark, or intellectual property rights
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Retrieve report process status of a VeRO case reported to eBay for brand infringement
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Retrieve a list of items you have reported for brand infringement
API restrictions
This section outlines the restrictions for use of the eBay VeRO API.
VeRO program
This API is only available to members of the Verified Rights Owner (VeRO) Program. For more information on this program, see Verified Rights Owner (VeRO) policy.