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Amazon is a marketplace, not a retailer. They are not selling the knock off, they are allowing the knock off merchant to use their marketplace. Your remedies
by rswail 6y ago
Amazon is a marketplace, not a retailer.
They are not selling the knock off, they are allowing the knock off merchant to use their marketplace.
Your remedies are with (assuming US based):
* Copyright enforcement via DMCA on your marketing info/photos etc
* Trademark enforcement via Customs and USPTO
* Design patent enforcement via Customs and USPTO
It's not Amazon here that is the issue, it's enforcement by the governmental authorities that are supposed to do that enforcement.
You'd have exactly the same problems if you were selling on etsy instead of amazon, or at a local weekend handicraft market.
- OpticalWindows 6y agoLook enforcement is typically difficult for anything being sold. The problem is many magnitudes larger than current abilities of enforcement agencies and a lot of these actions are in very grey legal areas internationally. I believe we could legislate and leverage the executive to force agreements but anything done will likely be an uphill battle with no end.