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I am confused too. Especially this part: On June 22nd, they used Amazon's Brand Registry to re-brand my listing on Amazon (replacing my brand, "Acme Klein Bot
by KirillPanov 5y ago
I am confused too. Especially this part:
On June 22nd, they used Amazon's Brand Registry to re-brand my listing on Amazon (replacing my brand, "Acme Klein Bottle" with "Amvoom") They could do this because Amazon's Brand Registry only respects issued trademarks.
I don't get this at all. Attacker has a trademark on "Amvoom". The word "Amvoom" does not appear in Stoll's product name or description. It isn't even close to any of the words in the product name.
FWIW I fully 100% believe Stoll. But the real question here is why is a "brand registry" allowing product takeovers that don't involve said brand? That seems to rise far beyond the usual Amazon bullshit, to straight-up algorithmic incompetence. How is this possible?
- CliffStoll 5y agoKirill, you've put your finger on the central problem. Amazon should check that a product which is claimed by a Brand is actually covered by the "goods & services" listed under that trademark.
- KirillPanov 5y agoI just want to say: your crawlspace-forklift is beyond awesome. https://hackaday.com/2015/06/24/crawlspace-warehouse-includes-midget-forklift/ https://hackaday.com/2015/06/24/crawlspace-warehouse-include... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k3mVnRlQLU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k3mVnRlQLU
- CliffStoll 5y ago(blush) It's my way to cheat the chiropractor. Anything to avoid crawling around under my house.
- Nicksil 5y agoExactly. That's why I was dumbfounded; it just seemed too ridiculous to be real. These companies really don't give a shit about people; they just continue to recite something about "customer obsession" and return to patting themselves on the back.