Amazon Law Library – Use Our Knowledge As Power Amazon sellers, I’m going to put a number on the board in a minute, and I’m also going to make you a killer offer where you can learn all the different arguments that Amazon took in litigation in hundreds of cases
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BREAKING NEWS: Huge Court Win for Sellers Amazon has been communicating directly with state attorney generals and providing information about your sales. Now, what I have personally seen from the spreadsheets that Amazon provided to state attorney generals, they’re giving all your information, but of course, Amazon left itself and
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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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Sellers beware: Fendi is suing online sellers for illegally using the company’s likeness and for selling counterfeit products. Fendi, a fashion company based out of Italy, sells a wide array of clothing and accessories. The company filed a lawsuit against Amazon Third Party Sellers and other online retailers who are
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Trademark Law, Functionality and the Lanham Act for Amazon Sellers The expansion of trademark law to govern new areas of could be important to Amazon Sellers. The expansion includes the protection of product design and trade dress. This may ultimately lead to the concern that trademark law will be improperly
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What is Trade Dress? Trade dress is an overall appearance of a packaging or label that can be afforded intellectual property protections. According to Black’s Law Dictionary, Trade Dress is defined as, “The overall appearance and image in the marketplace of a product or a commercial enterprise. For a product, trade
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How and Why Amazon Sellers can Protect their Trademark Rights Overseas By Rob Segal, Paralegal, Law Student, Future ASL Partner & CJ Rosenbaum, Esq. Amazon, Intellectual Property and the Appeal Process The Amazon platform seems to be on its way towards monopolizing the eCommerce industry. However, Amazon’s success did not
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eBay Inc. v. Kelora Systems LLC EBAY INC.; and MICROSOFT CORPORATION, Plaintiffs, v. KELORA SYSTEMS, LLC, Defendant. No. C 10-4947 CW CABELA’S INC., Plaintiff, v. KELORA SYSTEMS, LLC, Defendant. No. C 11-1398 CW KELORA SYSTEMS, LLC, Plaintiff, v. TARGET CORPORATION; OFFICEMAX INCORPORATED; ROCKLER COMPANIES, INC.; 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, INC.;AMAZON.COM, INC.; DELL, INC.;
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Amazon.com v. Cendant Corp. 404 F.Supp.2d 1256 AMAZON.COM and A.9.com, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. Cendant Corp; Trilegiant Corporation; Orbitz, LLC; Budget Rent A Car System, Inc., and Avis Rent A Car System, Inc., Defendants. No. C05 1137RSM. United States District Court, W.D. Washington, At Seattle. December 13, 2005. Case Details: This is a
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Yasin v. Q-Boro Holdings LLC Tasleema Yasin, Plaintiff, v. Q-Boro Holdings LLC and Urban Books LLC, Defendants. 2010 NY Slip Op 50742(U). 13259/09. Supreme Court, Kings County. Decided April 23, 2010. Case Details: The Plaintiff, Tasleema Yasin, alleges unlawful use of her photo without her consent on the cover of a book
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Gary Arnold v. Amazon.com, Inc. Gary D. Arnold, v. Amazon.com Inc. 4:13-cv-00168-SEB-WGH. United States District Court Southern District of Indiana, Albany Division July 28, 2014 Case Details: Plaintiff Gary Arnold filed an employment discrimination complaint against Amazon alleging violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Americans with
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Alen Baghdasarian v. Amazon.com, Inc. Baghdasarian v. Amazon.com, Inc. No. 10-55012. D.C. No. 2:05-cv-08060-AG-CT. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. November 20, 2011. Case Details: Plaintiff Alen Baghdasarian appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Amazon.com, Inc. Baghdasarian argues that the district court incorrectly found that there
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Amazon.com, Inc. and Amazon Fulfillment Services v. Coyote Logistics and CP Transport LLC Amazon.com, Inc. and Amazon Fulfillment Services, Inc. v. Coyote Logistics LLC and CP Transport, Inc. Case No. C11-1015 RSL, United States District Court Western District of Washington at Seattle, December 11, 2013. Case Details: The parties allege that CP
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Celebrate LLC v. Leapfrog Case Details: This is a patent infringement case filed by Celebrate International LLC against Leapfrog Enterprises, an Amazon-owned e-reader for kids, regarding the ‘398 Patent and the ‘776 Patent. The ‘398 and ‘776 Patents refer to a method for decoding a message embedded in a pattern
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Bookhouse of Stuyvesant Plaza v. Amazon The Bookhouse of Stuyvesant Plaza, Fiction Addiction LLC, and Posnan Books at Grand Central Inc. v. Amazon.com, Random House Inc., Penguin Group USA Inc., Hachette Book Group Inc., Simon & Schuster Inc., HarperCollins Publishers LLC, and Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC D/B/A MacMillan Case Details: This
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Alfred Westermajer v. Amazon.com, Inc. Alfred Westermajer v. Nutrex Research Inc, General Nutrition Centers Inc, GNC Corp., GNC Holdings Inc., Amazon.com Inc, DPS Nutrition Inc, Vitamin Shoppe Inc. Civ. No. 15-7326 (WHW) (CLW), United States District Court of New Jersey. December 15th, 2015. Case Details: This lawsuit concerns two dietary supplements
Read more →Sylvia Scott Gibson v. Amazon.com, Inc. Gibson v. Amazon.com, Inc. Case No. Cv 11-0021-ODW (DTBX) United States District Court Central District of California, Western Division. September 8, 2011. Case Details: Plaintiff Sylvia Scott Gibson self-published a book in 1991 titled Latawnya, The Naughty Horse, Learns to Say “No” to Drugs.
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Robert Hendrickson v. Amazon.com, Inc. Hendrickson v. Amazon.com, Inc. 298 F.Supp.2d 914 No. CV 02-08443 TJH. United States District Court, C.D. California, Western Division. December 8, 2003. Case Details: Robert Hendrickson owns the copyright for the movie Manson, which has not been released and has not been authorized for release on DVD
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Cox Estate v. Amazon.com, Inc. William and Ann Cox, Representatives of The Estate of M.J. Cox v. Brand 44, LLC, Amazon.com, Inc., and Playthings Past LLC. Civ. No. 15-CV-11903-ADB United States District Court District of Massachusetts, October 21, 2015 Case Details: Plaintiffs William and Ann Cox filed this suit against
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