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Counterfeiting Amazon Marketplace

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Amazon APEX Complaints Convey Personal Jurisdiction in Amazon Seller’s Forum

Most reputable online marketplaces have long offered policing programs to address counterfeiting of registered copyrights and trademarks. The copyright or trademark owner needs only to provide the marketplace with a copy of...more

Knobbe Martens

A Discussion With Amazon Counterfeit Crimes Unit’s Joe Wheatley: How Amazon Finds Bad Actors and Removes Counterfeit Products

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In this inaugural episode of the Knobbe IP+ podcast, Knobbe Martens partner Greg Phillips speaks with Joe Wheatley, Senior Counsel, Amazon Counterfeit Crimes Unit, about how the Counterfeit Crimes Unit searches the Amazon...more

Weintraub Tobin

Podcast - The Briefing: Unmasking Luxury Knockoffs – Amazon Sues Influencers for Promoting Counterfeit Goods

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Amazon is suing two social media influencers for promoting the sale of counterfeit luxury goods on the platform. Scott Hervey and Jamie Lincenberg discuss this case on this episode of The Briefing....more

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The Briefing: Unmasking Luxury Knockoffs – Amazon Sues Influencers for Promoting Counterfeit Goods

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Amazon is suing two social media influencers for promoting the sale of counterfeit luxury goods on the platform. Scott Hervey and Jamie Lincenberg discuss this case on this episode of The Briefing. ...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Amazon Launches Anti-Counterfeiting Exchange to Combat Online Counterfeits in the Retail Industry

On April 20, 2023 Amazon launched the Anti-Counterfeiting Exchange (ACX) to combat the sale of counterfeit goods on its platform and make it safer for consumers to shop online. WHAT IS THE ANTI-COUNTERFEITING EXCHANGE...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

MarkIt to Market® - December 2022: What We’re Watching in Europe…

Continuing with news involving the color red, on December 23, 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a preliminary ruling finding that Amazon may be subject to liability for trademark infringement...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

MarkIt to Market® - December 2022

Thank you for reading the December 2022 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we discuss Pantone's 2023 Color of the Year and a preliminary ruling in Europe regarding an online marketplace's...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Ohio Passes Version of The INFORM Consumers Act

Ohio has taken a step to protect brands that are dealing with unauthorized, counterfeit and gray market sales from online marketplaces. Governor Mike DeWine recently signed the bipartisan Ohio House Bill 272 (H.B. 272) into...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Plagued by False Reviews and Counterfeit Listings: Amazon Fights Back

From its inception, Amazon has been at war with unscrupulous actors, both foreign and domestic, who seek to gain a competitive advantage through any means necessary. What began as malware, viruses, and spam, has evolved into...more

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

Counterfeit goods are flooding the internet. What can we do?

It used to be that counterfeit goods in the United States originated in well-known places like New York City’s Canal Street, or perhaps other niches in a city near you. ...more

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

Protecting Your Online Brand on Amazon

In today’s ever-expanding e-commerce environment, online brand protection and enforcement has become a necessary undertaking of paramount importance for brand owners in efforts to combat the illicit trade of counterfeit and...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Happy Prime Day: Trump Directs Federal Government to Pursue Legislation Making E-Commerce Platforms Liable for Counterfeit Sales

In a recent post, we summarized recent developments in litigation and legislative activity concerning whether online marketplaces may be directly liable for the sale of defective and counterfeit products on their platforms....more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Amazon Unveils a 3-Tool Initiative to Curb the Sale of Counterfeit Products

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Amazon has announced the launch of its invite-only Project Zero initiative, a program using a self-service removal tool, automation, and serialization to eliminate bogus products from its website. ...more

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Lessons from Birkenstock's Dispute With Amazon Over Product Control

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Online sales platforms have made shopping more convenient for consumers around the world. Consumers can purchase goods abroad and receive them within days. This convenience, however, has not come without controversy....more

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Ways Manufacturers Can Shut Down Unauthorized Resellers

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The internet has become a dominant marketplace for consumer products and services. Historically, high capital costs of warehouse and storefront facilities tended to discourage unauthorized resellers from becoming a...more

Burns & Levinson LLP

What Are We Going to Do About Amazon?

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My client Sarah is a talented graphic designer who developed the idea of printing unique designs on curtains. She began selling them on Amazon and the product became wildly successful. Due to this popularity, counterfeiters...more

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