You’ve got a product that’s selling. Maybe it’s a formulation, a design, a mechanism, or a process that gives you an advantage on Amazon. Sooner or later the question comes […]
Here is a conversation we have more often than we would like. A seller has built a real brand in the US, done everything right, and is ready to open […]
You are months into tooling a new toy, or you have units already on the way, and someone points you to a competitor’s patent that appears to cover it. Sometimes […]
Many of the large toy companies are willing to license ideas from outside inventors. Some run formal submission programs, others take pitches at trade shows, and it is one of […]
If a competitor has asserted a patent against your listing, you will hear two acronyms fairly quickly: APEX and IPR. They get talked about as if they are two versions […]
If you sell into the US but live somewhere else, something changed this summer that has not been widely reported, and it affects anyone who has been handling their own […]
Most Amazon sellers we talk to are not careless about intellectual property. They are reactive about it, which is a different thing. Something goes wrong, they deal with it, and […]
Not every idea can be patented. Even if something feels innovative, patent law applies specific standards to determine whether it qualifies for protection. There are three core requirements every invention […]
Waking up to a removed listing and a patent complaint is one of the most stressful things that can happen to an Amazon business. Your sales stop that day, your […]
When a patent complaint hits your Amazon listing, one of the tools your attorney may recommend is a non-infringement opinion letter. Sellers often hear the term without a clear picture […]
