What Is Trademark Protection & How Do I Stop Hijacked Listings? Hijacked Listings Amazon sellers who list their own private label products can be subject to a hijacked listing, which occurs when another seller has posted a counterfeit or similar version of your private label product on your listing. This
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Amazon Home Services: One of the Platform’s Best Kept Secrets By: Robert Segall Typically, getting someone to help you with an “odd job” around the home makes one think of calling a friend or relative, or maybe performing a quick google search for a handyman. However, most people do not
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Amazon Associates program: What the New Rates Mean for Your Business The Amazon Associates program is a way for web page owners and bloggers to capitalize on the traffic their websites generate. Website owners and bloggers who are Amazon Associates create links on their pages that redirect customers to buy
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6 Tips & Practices For The Best Email Subject Lines Do you know that in 2016, there are approximately 4.6 billion active email accounts in the world and the number is expected to reach 5.5 billion in 2019 [1]? With a total population of 7.5 billion today, it means that
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Marketing Strategies To Reach More Of Your Buyers Seems like for any “thing” you could want to do there will always come along a new way to do it, or at least a fresh perspective. The “thing” you’re doing doesn’t change, but with a new take it either becomes easier,
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Intellectual Property and Fragrances: Does Protection Exist? The fragrance industry is constantly changing and has made significant advances since it began in the South of France during the 19th century. Technological advances have created a fragrance industry that today is more vulnerable than ever to appropriation of formulas and other
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5 Reasons Why You Should Attend the Canton Fair by: Private Label University® The burgeoning online marketplaces of Amazon, Ebay, Shopify, Etsy and others give product entrepreneurs like yourself the amazing opportunity for your product to be viewed by millions of interested shoppers every day. But where can you find
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IP Law for Amazon Sellers How Much Money Can a Court Award for Patent Infringement? In this article, Amazon Sellers will learn what the United States Supreme Court has said about how much money a court can award to plaintiffs in Patent Infringement cases. First, what is a patent? Essentially,
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Take the Decision Out of Amazon’s Hands: 5 Tools for Your Amazon Arbitration Plan To win your arbitration against Amazon, you need to have an Amazon Arbitration Plan or “AAP.” Your Amazon Arbitration Plan should take into account and streamline what works at traditional trials. You Must Have a
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Optimizing for Search on Amazon With competition increasing, more and more sellers are finding that simply creating a listing on the marketplace will not guarantee that your product will be found, let alone purchased. The Amazon.com marketplace is becoming more and more crowded with an estimated 2 million third party
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Influencer Marketing: A Great Tool for Sellers When Used Responsibly By: Robert Segall Influencer marketing is a type of marketing that focuses on the use of key industry leaders to drive your brand’s message to the entire marketplace. Rather than marketing directly to a large group of consumers, you instead
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Protect your Brand from Counterfeiters Register your Trademark where your Goods are Made Brand registry does not protect your brand from counterfeiters in Vietnam, Thailand, India or China or anywhere else in the world. If you want to protect your brand, you need to be able to stop the factories
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Perspectives for seller reinstatement on Amazon.com after intellectual property rights complaints. Amazon sellers are constantly reminded of the issues surrounding intellectual property rights as the ecommerce giant seems to be getting stricter and stricter with their enforcement of these rights. More experienced sellers may be familiar with the appeal process
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Amazon Sales Tax: Local Governments Looking to Capitalize What do Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Wyoming all have in common? They will all begin paying Amazon Sales Tax as of March 1st, and legislators are anxiously awaiting the new funds. Currently, Amazon is collecting sales tax in 38 states, as well as
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Arbitration and Amazon Sellers Accounts: Venue Selection By: Robert Segall In our continuing series, so far we have discussed cases and situations when it is in a seller’s best interest to file for arbitration, as well as how to initiate the process. This article will discuss venue selection, which essentially
Read more →How to Remove Negative Feedback on Amazon Getting negative feedback on your Amazon seller account can impact your sales, profits and Buy Box percentage. If you sell on Amazon, sooner or later you’ll find yourself with a negative review. In life or eCommerce, it’s never pleasant to be on the
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Intellectual Property Rights in China – WIPO Predictions and New Technology At Amazon Sellers Lawyer, we believe it is becoming more important for Amazon sellers to protect their intellectual property rights overseas. When you file for Copyright, Patent, and or Trademark protection, your intellectual property rights only protect your business
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How do I protect intellectual property in China? At Amazon Sellers Lawyer, we believe it is becoming increasingly more important for Amazon sellers to protect their intellectual property rights overseas. When you file for copyright, patent, and/or trademark protection, your rights are only protected in the countries that you file
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International Amazon Business and a Valid Supply Chain By: Vincent Famularo, Paralegal, and CJ Rosenbaum, Esq., AmazonSellersLawyer.com Counterfeiting is a huge problem in the global e-commerce marketplace. This multi-billion-dollar industry tarnishes the names of big brands, corporations and diminishes the credibility of sellers of authentic products. Amazon, as a platform,
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Amazon Prime New Credit Card Gives Consumers More Money to Buy More Goods from Amazon Sellers By: Alex Maglione, Paralegal Amazon and Chase have come together once again to introduce the new Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Signature Card. This offer gives shoppers another reason to shop with Amazon as well
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Amazon Seller Partnership Dissolution Unlike any other business where partners can come and go as they please, Amazon based businesses will face unique issues when partnerships end. Common Reasons for Amazon Seller Partnerships (and All Partnerships) Ending Business partnerships, like any other relationships, often terminate. Sometimes the ending is amicable
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