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
Sporting goods and training aids are some of the most fun products to protect, and some of the easiest to lose if you move in the wrong order. A better
If you have built a product that sells, copies are almost a compliment, right up until they start taking your sales and your Buy Box. The sellers who shut copycats
For a lot of product businesses, the brand name and logo end up being the most valuable thing they own. A trademark is how you lock down the right to
Quick answer: Inter partes review (IPR) is one of the most common ways to challenge a software or technology patent, because software patents are frequently attacked on obviousness grounds using