The Pokemon Company and Yahoo Japan have announced the signing of an agreement to make trading Pokemon TCG cards safer for users in Japan.
Yahoo Japan is owns and operates two platforms for users to buy, sell, and auction products, namely Yahoo Auctions and PayPay Flea Market.
The agreement outlines the following responsibilities of the partners to make buying and selling trading cards safe:
Main responsibilities and countermeasures of both parties
The Pokemon Company
- Provide Yahoo Japan information on new products and other products
- Report products listed on Yahoo Auctions or PayPay Flea Market that infringe on The Pokemon Company’s copyright and trademark to Yahoo Japan
Yahoo Japan
- Based on the information provided by The Pokemon Company, make announcements to users on Yahoo Auctions and PayPay Flea Market about observing the terms of service
- Removing product listings that infringe the terms of service
Examples of products that infringe the terms of service
- Products listed before their release date, and products that couldn’t be guaranteed to be fulfilled as they are not on-hand
- Products that infringe copyright, such as counterfeits
- Listings with unclear or unknown contents for multiple trading cards
It is also worth pointing out that The Pokemon Company concluded a similar agreement with Mercari, one of the most popular flea market apps and websites in Japan, earlier this year.
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