AMAZON SELLERS LAWYER SUCCESS: Suspended Amz Seller Reinstated after Counterfeit Complaint We recently helped a seller get reinstated after they were suspended for intellectual property complaints. Someone had asserted counterfeit complaints against their account. At Rosenbaum Famularo, PC, our process involves speaking with suspended Amz sellers, reviewing sellers’ accounts and reaching
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The first thing a seller should do after receiving an intellectual property infringement complaint is to check to ensure the type of infringement is accurate. Recently, an Amazon seller came to us for assistance because they could not get a retraction on a counterfeit complaint they received. It turns out
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Ralph Lauren v Sellers – Trademark Infringement & Counterfeiting – Case No. 19-cv-4835 This domain was previously held for the sale of alleged counterfeit Ralph Lauren products. Control of this domain has transferred to PRL USA Holdings Inc. (“Ralph Lauren”), the rightful owner of Ralph Lauren Trademarks, pursuant to a
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Christian Dior v Sellers, Case No. 19-cv-5007 Notice to Defendants Christian Dior Couture, S.A. v The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule “A”. The defendants operating the Defendant Internet Stores listed in Schedule A to the Complaint are hereby advised: Plaintiff has charged Defendants with violations of United States
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AMAZON SELLERS LAWYER SUCCESS: We recently helped a suspended Amazon seller get reinstated after they received a 72 hour suspension notice for 18 intellectual property complaints. Our client had received various complaints: trademark, copyright and patent. What this means is that the seller had 72 hours to submit an appeal to
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AMAZON SELLERS LAWYER SUCCESS: Amazon Seller reinstated after a counterfeit complaint suspension. Retail Arbitrage is when a person purchases a product from a retail store (either online or in-store), then resells it for a higher price and keeps the profit. This particular case had to do with an Amazon seller
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Patent vs Copyright Infringement: It is always important to check the type of complaint you receive. An individual just came to us because they received a patent infringement complaint from a rights owner. A patent is a license issued by the government. The license states that the one with the
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We recently had a client with a private label brand on Amazon sign up for our brand protection services. He was a smaller, family-owned businessman who just received his trademark approval and thought his brand was protected.. until he had multiple sellers jump on (or hijack) his Amazon listings. A
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Recently, we had an Amz seller’s account suspended after an allegation of selling counterfeit products. His account was suspended due to several counterfeit complaints filed against him through the intellectual property infringement system. Counterfeit complaints are a type of trademark complaint. Most trademark complaints are baseless; most sellers do not
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Recently an Amazon seller came to us with a suspended account for counterfeit sales. Sometimes, no matter how prepared you are, you could face a counterfeit or inauthentic item complaint, either due to a customer’s mistake or because a competitor wants to slow you down. Either way, you will need
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VORYS is a law firm that specializes in brand protection. We get many calls from clients asking how to go about addressing these letters. VORYS letters are generally very similar; they always claim trademark infringement, never counterfeit infringement. VORYS letters usually have 3 components: 1 – The warranty argument: this
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When we have a brand protection client call the firm, the first thing that we ask them is, “Do you have any of the following intellectual property rights: registered trademark, copyright, or patent?” Intellectual property can be broken down into three categories: – A trademark is the protection of a
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Tortious interference with contract refers to your contract with Amazon. When someone makes a complaint against you, they are interfering with your contract with Amazon by making that complaint, knowing full well that it can cause a suspension of your account. In New York, a claim for tortious interference with contract
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At Rosenbaum Famularo, law firm behind AmazonSellersLawyer.com, we have helped many Amazon sellers who have received intellectual property complaints. In some of these cases, the complaints are retracted, but the retractions are not recognized by Amazon and stay on the seller’s Amazon dashboard. What types of things do we do
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AMAZON SELLERS LAWYER SUCCESS: We were recently successful in resolving multiple intellectual property complaints for a client who sells on the Amazon European Union platform. He received complaints from the watch company, Seiko, which sells top-of-the-line designer watches. Quite a few of his ASINs received IP complaints, so our client,
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How to Argue Design Patent Differences in Products Our client received a design patent complaint. Design patents protect the appearance of a product. When comparing our client’s product with the patented product, there were significant differences between the two. One example was that the patented product was much smaller than
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We recently had a seller come to us with a design patent infringement dispute. Sometimes design patent disputes are very complex and this makes it extremely challenging to appeal through Amazon. Design patents are only considered to be infringed upon if our clients’ design is so similar to the design
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With the incredible rise of social media, it’s now easier than ever to make defamatory statements online. Negative feedback statements that attempt to divert transactions or buyers can be published in a disparaging blog post, Facebook status or YouTube video. You can take legal action if statements are published this
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Amazon Seller News with CJ Rosenbaum, Amazon Sellers’ Lawyer Amazon Seller News: 1. LAWYERS SUING SELLERS 2. SELLING RESTRICTED PRODUCTS 3. SCANDALOUS TRADEMARKS 4. BRANDS RETRACTING COMPLAINTS 5. AMAZON HOLDING FUNDS If you’ve been suspended on Amazon, call us today for a free consultation: 1-877-9-SELLER. GET HELP NOW: The law
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Recently we had another Amazon seller come to us in receipt of a VORYS letter. VORYS is a law firm that sends letters to 3rd party sellers all over the world telling them that they cannot sell items. Sellers can in fact buy and sell practically every product with very
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Fendi filed a lawsuit in Florida against online sellers on Amazon and eBay for selling counterfeit products and for using Fendi’s trademark. There are a lot of problems with this lawsuit and Fendi is trying to gain as much profit from this measure as they can in a way that
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