AMAZON SELLERS LAWYER SUCCESS: Multiple Trademark Infringement Complaints Resolved Recently, we helped a seller who received trademark infringement complaints from 3 different complainants for 4 different ASINs. However, our client never sold or listed on these ASINs. We were not sure why his account was flagged. For those who don’t
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AMAZON SELLERS LAWYER SUCCESS: Trademark Complaint Removed from ASIN & Restoration of Amazon Seller Account Health Today, we worked on an appeal to the Amazon Notice-Dispute team in which we discussed a trademark complaint that was filed by a complainant who sold ear care products. In this case, our client was
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This article will discuss the process we utilize to remove infringing sellers on Amazon. During our initial consultation, we gather information from the client. They give us their registered trademark information and provide us with any test buys they have conducted. The next thing we do is begin to draft
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Resolving IP complaints for items you neither sourced nor sold: We had a client come to us for help with an intellectual property complaint. Upon review of the seller’s account, we noticed that the account was suspended for listing items they had neither sourced nor sold. What do you do
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The Most Common Amazon Suspensions: inauthentic, used sold as new, and intellectual property complaints. Most Common Amazon Suspensions We are in the process of updating our book, “Your Guide to Amazon Suspensions“. The first portion of the book to be updated will be the most common reasons for suspensions: inauthentic,
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Trademark petition to cancel Amazon seller Pure Monk Fruit. What is trademark cancellation? Trademark cancellation is the legal process of removing a registered trademark from the registry. It is a legal argument under the Lanham Act. The purpose of trademark cancellation is to allow a party to petition for removal
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AMAZON SELLERS’ LAWYER SUCCESS: Recently, we were defending a client who received a counterfeit complaint. What was most interesting about this case was that our client was able to prove that the product was authentic. Product Did Not Match Amazon Listing The issue here was that after we reached out
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AMAZON SELLERS LAWYER SUCCESS: Recently, we had a case where a client received a private label trademark complaint. In this case, a private label seller (our client’s competitor) owned a trademark and had our client’s listing suspended. A trademark is “any word, name, symbol, design, or any combination thereof, used in
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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. https://youtu.be/IyGYTk_0KDw A patent is a license issued by the government. The license states that the one with
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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
Read more →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
Read more →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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