Distribution agreements are not intellectual property issues. Distribution does not amount to intellectual property on Amazon. If it’s distribution that you’re trying to control, there are proper ways to go about this, but the intellectual property complaint system is not one of them. Lacking permission to sell is NOT an
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There has been a marked increase in counterfeit complaints and suspensions. Counterfeit complaints are a type of trademark complaint. Most counterfeit complaints are baseless; most sellers do not sell counterfeit goods. If you are selling genuine products, there is likely no basis for the complaint. You can be in violation
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The intentions of Amazon’s transparency program are tremendous. Amazon has a big counterfeit problem on their platform. The transparency code system was designed to reduce the amount of counterfeit products seen and distributed on their platform. Going forward, brands will start labeling a code on their product and before it
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Egyptian Goddess Standard: Design Patent Issues & Plans of Action for Suspended Sellers In terms of design patents, the standard that Amazon refers to is called the Egyptian Goddess Standard. Basically, what Amazon wants to know is whether an ordinary observer can tell the difference between two products. Are they
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Private Label Sellers & Rejected Trademark Applications – Generic Marks When the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) says a trademark is generic in nature, it means that the trademark you are trying to get simply describes the product rather than the seller. For example, if you are selling
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Intellectual Property Suspensions: Why Travis Loves Fighting BS Complaints Asserted Against Sellers When individuals and Amazon sellers get hit with Intellectual Property Complaints, most are unable to defend themselves against the rights owners without assistance. Many people are unaware of how IP Law works and even if you are aware,
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The most important thing a seller needs to know about IP complaints is to immediately address any complaint you receive. Don’t let it linger on your account; they do not go away by themselves. A seller needs to get an appeal or reach out to the rights owner for a
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Basic trademark law for Amazon sellers in the United States: A trademark is a name, logo, word that identifies a brand. Basically, when you see the Nike check mark or the ‘M’ for McDonald’s on any product you know exactly what company that is and what kind of products they
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Intellectual Property Complaints, also known as Rights Owner Complaints, can accumulate on a seller’s account. In general, if you have an IP complaint on your account but you did not get a listing suspension, keep in mind that refraining from selling a product will not resolve the issue. That IP
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When brands try to protect their prices, we see intellectual property complaints come in waves. Often, the complaints occur when a company has recently gotten their IP registered and then try to enforce it all at once. Amazon’s Brand Registry 2.0 makes it very easy to assert complaints against multiple
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Rob Segall and CJ Rosenbaum sit down to talk about how our firm handles Amazon sellers who receive Intellectual Property Right Complaints (otherwise called Rights Owner Complaints). The first step is to analyze the complaint and product, and establish if the complaint is valid. We look at the listing identified
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Top 5 issues for an Amazon seller worried about intellectual property right complaints: #1. Know your distributor: Know where you are getting the product(s) from. You want to know where your distributor sources from, where they are getting their products from. You want to show to Amazon that it was
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How to apply for a trademark: When you come up with a logo, you file for that trademark under the United States Patent and Trademark office. You can fill out the application yourself at USPTO.gov. If a seller has a problem with his or her application or if someone else
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CJ Rosenbaum and David Miller, one of our associate lawyers here at the firm, helping private label sellers all over the United States and abroad. Brand Protection for Private Label Sellers: Top 5 Issues #1. Registering your Trademark: Essentially for trademark law, you do not have to register your rights
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CLIENT TESTIMONIALS “I am recording this video to say a big thank you to CJ and his team for helping us with any legal stuff we have had in the last 3-4 years. We are a seven digit Amazon seller and we have had a few issues in the past
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Hacked & Suspended Amazon Seller Accounts & Preventing Your Account From Getting Hacked “Oftentimes, when an Amazon seller has their account suspended for hacked accounts, it comes down to simple errors made by the suspended Amazon seller. At the end of the day, the only thing we can say is
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How suspended Amazon sellers can handle intellectual property complaints & get their sellers accounts reinstated after a rights owner complaint suspension When selling on Amazon, an Amazon seller should be aware of the Intellectual Property (IP) issues that regularly arise on the platform. For Amazon sellers, intellectual property involves copyright
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CJ Rosenbaum has always represented entrepreneurs and businesses way before even Amazon existed. Sellers need somebody who could write great Plans of Action with college educated writers who not only know the legal issues, but also the non-legal issues. If you have an inauthentic suspension, used sold as new, or
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Dan M. “I want to share a little about my recent experience with CJ Rosenbaum and the Amazon Sellers Lawyer team. We had a pretty unfortunate circumstance where we had multiple IP infringement complaints issued against our account. We reached out to the manufacturer and they didn’t even know what
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Lee H: “When I came to eCom Chicago, I didn’t really know exactly how I would go about protecting my brand from hijackers while at the same time staying really compliant as it came to copyrights and trademarks. But now I feel that I have a reliable answer when it
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Do Not Ignore an IP Complaint! Intellectual property complaints (both valid and baseless) have become somewhat of a regularity on the Amazon platform, and a common cause for seller suspensions. For Amazon Sellers, intellectual property issues can be complex, but more importantly, they can cause your business to shut down completely
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