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Roetzel & Andress

Trademark First: The Gateway to Amazon Brand Registry

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Amazon is the biggest third-party online marketplace in the United States and a go-to platform for numerous businesses. However, to get the most out of selling on Amazon, it is essential to join the Amazon Brand Registry....more

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

Design Patent Enforcement in Online Marketplaces

Global E-commerce platforms continue to grow, with many online marketplaces replacing traditional brick-and-mortar stores. While online marketplaces help legitimate products reach consumers more widely than brick-and-mortar...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

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Modified SHOP SAFE Act Introduced to Combat Anticounterfeiting

On September 28, 2023, Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) introduced the Stopping Harmful Offers on Platforms by Screening Against Fakes in E-Commerce (SHOP SAFE) Act. This bill is being introduced in...more

McCarter & English, LLP

INFORM Consumers Act: Let the Sun Shine on the Online Marketplace

Are you facing the frustration (and cost) of playing whack-a-mole with counterfeit and infringing products on Amazon and other online marketplaces? If so, the newly enacted INFORM Consumers Act could be a major new tool in...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Update: INFORM Act to Protect Against Online Counterfeiters: What the New Law Means for Brand Owners and Consumers

The Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces for Consumers Act (the INFORM Act) was signed into law by President Biden on December 29, 2022. A positive step in the fight against online...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Law Brief®: Mark Rosenberg and Richard Schoenstein Discuss Online Distribution Leakage

On the latest Law Brief® episode, Host Rich Schoenstein is joined by Intellectual Property Partner Mark Rosenberg to talk about secondary sales of products on the internet, including the Amazon Marketplace. Mark explains how...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

INFORM Consumers Act Introduced to Target Online Counterfeiters

The INFORM (Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces) Consumers Act was introduced on the Senate floor on March 23, 2021. This bill would require greater accountability and transparency from the...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Real News Update: White House Issues Memo Aimed at Online Fakes

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Counterfeiting is a large problem for consumer product companies.  However, U.S. counterfeiting laws are difficult to enforce against many companies because they operate outside the United States, or the manufacturer of the...more

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