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
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
