March 4 & 5, 2020 in New Orleans, LA. JOIN CJ AT THE TRAVEL GOODS SHOW: THE WORLD’S BEST TRAVEL GOODS SHOWCASE Discover the newest, most innovative and sought-after travel products in the world. If you’re looking for the place to learn about the latest and greatest travel industry innovations and trends, you’ll find all that…
JOIN CJ ROSENBAUM AT INDEPENDENT RETAILER CONFERENCE LAS VEGAS – Noted as one of the top eight retail conferences worldwide to attend dedicated to independent store owners. March 22-25th, 2020: CJ Rosenbaum will be speaking at the Independent Retailer Conference Las Vegas. He’ll be teaching attendees how to safeguard their businesses from baseless intellectual property…
“Fair Use” is the use of someone else’s trademark in a way that will not subject the user to liability for infringing the owner’s rights. Fair use is a defense to a claim of trademark infringement. The first type of fair use is known as “classic” or “descriptive” fair use. This is where the trademark…
Brett Sondike, Director of Client Services at Rosenbaum Famularo, PC, law firm behind AmazonSellersLawyer.com, talks about employee management and ways to deal with Amazon. Business Law for Sellers: Managing Employees We care about the long term health of your account. Honesty is a hallmark of our business dealings. Our team will give honest assessments of…
Trade Dress Explained for Sellers: Trade dress is a form of intellectual property that is protected under the Lanham Act and has been defined by the Supreme Court as the “total image and overall appearance” of a good. Under the traditional view, trade dress only protected the way a product was “dressed up” and solid…
The law offices of FERENCE & ASSOCIATES, LLC on behalf of the company Doggie Dental Inc. filed an infringement lawsuit against tons of sellers. The basis of the lawsuit is defendants’ willful infringement of one or more of Doggie Dental’s U.S. Patents, No. 10,477,838 (“Plaintiffs’ Patent” or “the ‘838 patent”). Specifically, by offering for sale,…
Richemont International SA et al v. The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule “A” https://youtu.be/geCStMFdCSI Case: 1:19-cv-07908, Jorge L. Alonso, presiding UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION RICHEMONT INTERNATIONAL SA, CARTIER INTERNATIONAL A.G., MONTBLANC-SIMPLO GMBH, CHLOE S.A.S., VAN CLEEF & ARPELS SA, and OFFICINE PANERAI A.G., COMPLAINT: Plaintiffs…
SUING THE NFL FOR BASELESS COMPLAINTS We are suing the Dallas Cowboys for making totally baseless complaints against one of our sellers who lost a boatload of money, and he’s not going to take it. So, by the time you are seeing this, this law firm has sued the National Football League, the Dallas Cowboys, and…
7 Figure Seller Summit: The premier online event with 20+ expert presentations covering the journey to creating a million dollar business. Learn the secrets of selling over a million dollars in a physical product ecommerce business. For 5 days, discover strategies, playbooks, and best practices from the top sellers, experts, and thought leaders that you…
Amazon Sellers’ Rights & Baseless Counterfeit Complaints Intellectual property rights complaints are a huge source of suspensions of Amazon’s third-party sellers. When a brand makes an intellectual property rights complaint against a 3rd party Amazon seller and causes an account or listing suspension, the suspended Amazon seller should seek a retraction of that complaint. Specific…
Rob Segall and Dana Rodriguez talk about Amazon’s neutral patent evaluation program for utility patents. https://youtu.be/e6wu8uFv0dw Is there more than 1 type of patent? Yes – the neutral patent evaluation program is only for utility patents. Utility patents protect the way a product functions. There are also design patents, in which we discuss…
Moshe Allweis talks to you about why it’s important to speak with an attorney if you receive a design patent infringement complaint. In the United States, a design patent is a form of legal protection granted to the ornamental design of a functional item. Design patents are a type of industrial design right. Ornamental designs…
For all online sellers, have you received a false counterfeit claim accusing you of selling counterfeit products? If so, you may be able to seek significant damages from the accuser under a law called ‘defamation per se.’ When being falsely accused of a crime, defamation per se may help you recover damages. When an accuser…
Sellers: Have you received a threatening VORYS letter? VORYS is a law firm that sends letters to third party sellers all over the world telling them that they cannot sell items. VORYS makes many baseless claims against sellers. Some of these baseless claims include: · Product sourcing · Unauthorized selling · Company policies & brand…
