Amazon Sellers, have you ever been suspended for an intellectual property complaint ? In order to get your account reinstated after an IP suspension on Amazon, you need to know intellectual property law. IP law can be broken down into four categories: Copyright Trademark Patent Trade Dress Amazon Seller Intellectual
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Amazon Sellers’ News 1/24/20 with CJ Rosenbaum: Trouble Selling Books on AMZ? New Button to Get Call About a Plan of Action, Restricted Products, Trademark & Patent Accusations, Brand Protection Services for Private Label Sellers Sellers are having trouble selling books, which is kind of ironic. That’s how Amazon was first
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Guide to AMZ Suspensions: Sellers must tread carefully to avoid suspensions. CJ Rosenbaum talks with Briana about updating our book: Your Guide to Amazon Suspensions There’s been a lot of new information added for sellers on how to avoid suspensions: Articles, Videos, Webinars.. Amz sellers must tread carefully to avoid
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Amazon Sellers’ News 1/23/20 with CJ Rosenbaum: Not as Described suspensions, KDP suspensions, VORYS baseless claims against third-party sellers Listing suspensions are up for products that are not as described. Whatever you are delivering to Amazon’s consumers, you better make sure that what is arriving on the doorstep is exactly
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Amazon Sellers’ News 1/22/20 with CJ Rosenbaum: Used sold as new suspensions increasing, Late shipment complaints, Related AMZ seller accounts, Intellectual property rights complaints by VORYS law firm. Used sold as new suspensions have increased over the past couple of days. We think it is part of the returns going
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Amazon Sellers’ News 1/21/20: Doggie Dental dropping lawsuits on sellers, Accounts suspended for lingering IP complaints, Inauthentic complaints leading into suspensions. Doggie Dental dropping lawsuits on sellers. If you’re selling anything that is similar to this product, you may want to be careful because you could be susceptible to the lawsuit that
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Amazon Sellers’ News 1/20/20 with CJ Rosenbaum: Distributors selling counterfeit products, “Returnuary” slaughtering sellers, Related accounts suspensions off the charts, Business verification issues, Suspected intellectual property issues. Distributors are selling Amazon sellers counterfeit products. To no fault of the Amazon sellers, they’re getting counterfeit products, they’re putting them into FBA,
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Amazon Sellers’ News 1/17/20 with CJ Rosenbaum: Bots triggering restricted product suspensions, Influx of sellers accused of having more than 1 account, Baseless trademark complaints made against sellers Influx of AMZ sellers accused of having more than 1 account and violating the terms of service. We source sellers who clearly
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Amazon Sellers’ News 1/16/20 with CJ Rosenbaum: Intellectual Property Rights Complaints Difficult to Remove from Accounts, IP Complaints from Big Companies on the Rise, Inauthentic Complaints Coming from Buyers Intellectual Property Rights Complaints Difficult to Remove from Accounts Amazon is making it more and more difficult to get complaints off
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eCom Sellers’ Rights when FALSELY ACCUSED of Selling Counterfeits Amanda is an Amazon seller. Recently, Amanda’s seller account received multiple false counterfeit complaints from brands, but her products are genuine. Amanda’s account got suspended by Amazon and she didn’t know what to do. She was losing thousands of dollars in
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Amazon Sellers’ News 1/13/20: Dog Toy Sellers Receiving VORYS Letters, Setting Lawsuits & TROs, Seller Business Verification Business Verification For the new sellers out there trying to open accounts, we are seeing Amazon crackdown on the registration process when it comes to a physical address. We do know that in
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REINSTATEMENT SUCCESS: Winning Appeal for Suspended Seller: Getting Proof of Authenticity from Supplier’s Website Hi Sellers, my name is Dana Rodriguez. I’m a paralegal at Rosenbaum Famularo, PC. I’d like to give sellers a tip with dealing with the notice-dispute team. So we’ve been saying when the notice-dispute team responds
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Amazon Sellers’ News 1/6/20 with CJ Rosenbaum: Sellers not selling pesticides suspended for not being compliant with Amazon’s pesticide rules, Sellers getting suspended when they change credit cards, Rights owners’ complaints on third-party sellers. Sellers who are not selling pesticides are being suspended for not being compliant with Amazon’s pesticide
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Amazon Sellers’ News 1/3/20 with CJ Rosenbaum: 1. Amazon sellers continuing to get stuck with business verification issues. 2. Inauthentic suspensions rising since December, and now it’s at a critical point. 3. If selling branded products or your own, know about the 1st sale doctrine. Amazon sellers are continuing to
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Amazon Sellers’ News 1/2/2020 with CJ Rosenbaum: Sellers Suspended for Seeking Feedback Removal, Jumping into a Product that is Restricted, Rights Owners with Trademarks/Brand Registry Make sure you’re not jumping into a product that is restricted. Be careful. Amazon is right on this at the beginning of the year. We
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Amazon Sellers’ News 12/31/19 with CJ Rosenbaum: Amazon “RETURNUARY,” A to Z Claims, Related Accounts, 3 IP Issues for Sellers January is the #1 month for returns from all those Christmas sales. You have to evaluate these returns and sellers, you should expect returns for nonsense reasons. Also, be prepared
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Amazon Sellers’ News 12/30/19 with CJ Rosenbaum: POWER TO AMAZON SELLERS, Related Accounts, Avoid Selling HEMP/CBD Products That Cause Suspensions If you received an intellectual property right complaint, I want sellers to know today and throughout 2020 that sellers have tremendous power and tools at your disposal. Please stay with
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Amazon Sellers’ News 12/27/19 with CJ Rosenbaum: Lawsuit Against NFL PA & Dallas Cowboys Merchandising, IP Complaints & Plan of Action Rejections Killer Amazon seller going after the NFL. We have started the lawsuit. We are going after them. They waited too long, they messed with the wrong seller. NFL
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Amazon Sellers’ News 12/24/19: Intellectual Property Issues, Business Verification, Related Amz Seller Accounts, Suing NFL for Baseless Complaints Intellectual property rights complaints. You do not need any brand’s permission or authorization to sell their product. In the United States, the first sale doctrine applies, and as long as the consumer
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We are in the process of updating our book, Your Guide to Amazon Suspensions to make sure that the sellers all over the world who rely upon us in guiding them on how to avoid having their accounts / listings suspended and who rely upon us to guide them
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Amazon Sellers’ News 12/23/19: Amazon FBM Sellers Manipulating Shipping Weight, Flagged for ‘Maybe’ Inauthentic Suspensions, Threatened with Lawsuits for Trademark Infringement The first story is for the FBM sellers out there that create your own listings. Recently, we’ve been seeing Amazon updating those listings and manipulating the shipping weight. So
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