Since the beginning of the year, various disturbances have continued. Just when the sellers thought they were safe, another seller was complained about because the product had the pattern of a gaming company on it!
It is understood that the seller is on Amazon France, selling clothing products. One of his products had not even received a single order, but was already complained about by a gaming company. In the group, I saw this seller saying that the complaint was made because his product had the game company's logo on it.
I guess this seller would never have thought that he would be complained about for a product that he had not sold. Sellers who have experienced infringement know that after their accounts are frozen due to infringement, if they want to continue selling on Amazon, they must submit relevant documents according to the email instructions sent by Amazon before their store can be unfrozen.
However, the seller also said that he had not sold a single order for this product and could not provide an invoice, which was really a headache!
However, the seller's experience also serves as a reminder to all sellers that they must be careful when selling products. Most of the recent infringement cases involve sellers on Wish, eBay and AliExpress, and now Amazon will also begin strict inspections.
Relatively speaking, most of the infringement cases that sellers encountered before were phishing, and the sellers were usually sued by a few law firms, such as Keith Law Firm, EPS Law Firm, GBC...
The one who complained about the seller this time was a gaming company, which also tells sellers not to sell products with gaming patterns, so as not to become the next target of complaints.
A big seller once said that most of the so-called "hot products" are actually infringing products, such as the previous Fortnite infringement case.
Many sellers took advantage of the popularity of the game to sell products related to it or with its patterns, and were eventually found guilty of infringement. The losses caused by the game were not a small amount!
So, how can sellers effectively avoid infringement?
When sellers upload product titles, they must not include brand words, which can easily be judged as infringement;
Like some cartoon patterns, especially some popular patterns, such as Disney, Peppa Pig, etc.
Don’t use the logos of some big foreign brands easily unless you have obtained authorization from the brand.
Sellers who sell clothing, especially those with patterns on them, should use caution! Unless you are certain (that there will be no infringement), be careful of having your account frozen like the seller mentioned above.
It is now at the forefront of the trend, and in recent years, the infringement of intellectual property rights has been dealt with particularly strictly, so sellers must also establish this awareness in their minds.
After working hard for several years, you suddenly find yourself back to the way things were before liberation. Dear cross-border e-commerce sellers, you don’t want this to happen, right? You should check your products, titles, etc. regularly, and don’t wait until you receive an infringing email to regret it.
