Tag: Infringement
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What are Intellectual Property Rights Infringement Complaints on Amazon and how to appeal them?
Intellectual property violations refer to the unauthorized use, infringement, or misuse of intellectual property, which includes trademarks, patents, copyrights, and trade secrets. The violation of IP rights can harm the owners of the intellectual property and may cause them significant financial losses. Here are some types of IP violations: Trademark infringement: This occurs when a…
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Be careful when handling Suspected Intellectual Property Rights Infringement Complaints on Amazon with the new Account Health interface!
As you know, Amazon recently introduced a new Account Health Rating, under which defects are labelled with different impact categorizations. Suspected Intellectual Property Rights Infringement Complaints now appear with a ”High” impact. This means that if you fail to notice them in your Seller Account fast enough, you will get into a serious trouble and…
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What are the types of intellectual property that can be enforced on Amazon platform?
Trademarks A trademark can be any word, phrase, symbol, design, or combination of these things that identifies your goods or services — it’s how customers recognize your company in the marketplace. We tend to use the term “trademark” generically as referring to both trademarks and service marks. A trademark is used for goods; a “service mark” is…
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Europe top court rules Amazon should not sell third party knock-off Louboutin shoes
Amazon could be held responsible when third-party sellers misuse trademarks on its site. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) made the ruling on Thursday, after courts in Belgium and Luxembourg asked for its opinion on a case raised by French shoemaker Christian Louboutin in 2019. Louboutin argued that Amazon was breaching trademark rights by capitalising…
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Trademark on Product Detail Page Intellectual Property Rights Infringement Complaints will no longer impact your Amazon metrics
As you know, Amazon recently launched new Account Health Rating. It consists of a numeric score ranging from 0 to 1,000 (in addition to the color coding), enabling you to see how close you are to the various thresholds that move your AHR from green (‘Healthy’) to yellow (‘At Risk’) to red (‘Unhealthy’). If your…
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Suspected Intellectual Property Rights Infringement Complaints are no longer impacting your metrics!
Recently, with the launch of new Account Health Rating, there has been a very clear information communicated to Amazon Sellers in the form of wording displayed on Account Health Dashboard, indicating that they no longer need to worry about suspected violations. As you know, Suspected Intellectual Property Rights Infringement Complaints are potential defects triggered by…
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Avoiding Intellectual Property Infringement on Amazon
Many times, intellectual property infringement on the Amazon platform is unintentional and happens to less experienced sellers. To avoid Intellectual Property Rights Infringement Complaints, you should pay attention to the following points: When selecting a product, it is best to check on the Trademark Office website first. If the trademark is valid, and the trademark…
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Christmas themed video addressing Suspected Intellectual Property Rights Infringement Complaints
A few days ago Vlad Čoki, co-founder of Seller Union was nearby, so we decided to make an unprepared YouTube video together, which would be Christmas themed, since it was December. Many sellers are contacting me every day asking for help with Suspected Intellectual Property Rights Infringement Complaints, so I covered this topic and addressed…
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Updated Intellectual Property Policy on Amazon
Recently, Amazon made some changes to their policies regarding Intellectual Property, addressing mainly concerns about proper usage of trademarked terms when describing compatible items. Access the updated policy here: https://sellercentral.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/G201361070?ref=nslp_at_GNN56ADBKG3STJJW_nslnk_1_G201361070 And here you can view the original announcement: ➡️ If you are an Amazon Seller who needs help with any Amazon-related issues such as suspensions,…