Is there anything in the merchant submission rules about not copying stuff from movies, toyshops, games etc?

Like, "If product X is found to be a copy of vehicle Y from movie Z - this will result in not only the removal of the offending product but also the merchants entire store" - the hard but fair approach?

If 20th Century Fox comes A'Knockin, it's doubtful they'll be satisfied with only rending the offending merchant in twain - Rendo itself will be a target and lack of proper QC procedures and store/vendor agreements will only make it easier to tear you up in court.

So what's happening with that Jupiter 2 spaceship and the APC now they've been mentioned?

Do the mods have instructions to pass on any info like that which comes up in the forums?

I remember Steven Stahlberg wasn't too happy about the Mag-Lev bike in the store as it was too close to the design in one of his 3D images from years ago...he's a highly respected 3D Artist and doesn't come near Rendo as a result.

I've seen a heap of Babylon 5 fighters in the store too, even things I recognise from toyshops - It's everywhere, so it suggests there's something systematic going wrong. 

If you want to rely on your site users/customers to spot-the-swipe:
Maybe each product page needs a "report this product" button on each page? Where the complainant would be able to write a short message explaining where the might recognise an infringement.

Cheers