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Read onlyA competitor has filed a patent claim against my listing and my listing was shut down by Amazon. I was informed the competitor used an injunction court order with another company regarding trade secrets (not patent infringement) to file this claim with Amazon. Such court order has nothing to do with my company and is also not a patent complaint
I fought this competitor in court for over 2 years and on February 2nd 2024 he dropped the case completely. I have a court order the case was dropped. I have no lawsuits or pending patent issues with this competitor
I have been appealing with Amazon for over 12 days and I have received zero help from anyone even after (no joke) over 100 phone calls to account health and seller support
The appeal has been rejected and when it was escalated to the legal team it was rejected
I received a copy paste message that I need a court order...... I sent a court order countless times
When I ask Amazon for additional information they said they will not provide information
I'm begging for help/escalation here from a mod if that is possible, this has been an absolute nightmare and we have no idea what to do now as my business is getting completely destroyed. I am getting my lawyer to prepare a a letter of non-infringement, Amazon said this is another form of appeal. I just don't know if this will help because I already sent a court order that was denied
If anyone has experienced this in the past or has any suggestions please let me know
Also I've been a serious FBA seller since 2017. Never experienced anything like this before even though I deal with Amazon headaches/nightmares all the time
Complaint ID: 14910828661
Hello @Seller_WZTNXiwblCudf,
Thank you for posting your concerns with a patent infringement.
A competitor has filed a patent claim against my listing and my listing was shut down by Amazon. I was informed the competitor used an injunction court order with another company regarding trade secrets (not patent infringement) to file this claim with Amazon. Such court order has nothing to do with my company and is also not a patent complaint
I fought this competitor in court for over 2 years and on February 2nd 2024 he dropped the case completely. I have a court order the case was dropped. I have no lawsuits or pending patent issues with this competitor
I have been appealing with Amazon for over 12 days and I have received zero help from anyone even after (no joke) over 100 phone calls to account health and seller support
The appeal has been rejected and when it was escalated to the legal team it was rejected
I received a copy paste message that I need a court order...... I sent a court order countless times
I appreciate you providing all this information, typically in this scenario you will need to resolve this issue externally with your legal council and provide updated documentation or information of non-infringement.
Per the intellectual property policy for sellers help page, we will ask that you initially provide documentation, but if not acceptable or available, you need to work with your legal council they should be able to advise on next steps in the process to show proof of compliance.
Here's our section on patents from the help page:
Reply to the notification you received, with specific reasons as to why you believe a mistake was made. You may also provide a court order demonstrating that your product is non-infringing or that the asserted patent is invalid or unenforceable.
As patents are a legal mater, thus these reviews and reasons are extremely confidential, so additional information may not be provided.
The forums community and I are here to support you. Please let us know how we can help you from this point forward.
Emet.
Hello @Seller_WZTNXiwblCudf,
Thank you for your response.
Hi can we please get an update, I'm literally going bankrupt her and I am receiving zero help or information from Amazon
I won the lawsuit and have a court order of non infringement. I do not understand what is the problem with your internal teams
Do to limited visibility of the account, I do not have access to the documents you have submitted. However, I have reached out to the the team and it looks like the documents you have submitted are under review at this time. In the mean time, please continue to monitor your account. When you receive an update from the team, please let us know in this thread.
Best,
Cade
I NEED AN ASAP 911 UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This has been over 3 weeks now. I have been told by a Judge and my Patent Lawyer I can sell this item after I won the lawsuit
The competitor exploited your system. His complaint is unlawful and in complete violation of the court order /judge
I NEED AN UPDATE NOOOOOOOW I AM GOING BANKRUPT
HOW MUCH LONGER MUST THIS GO ON UNTIL MY BUSINESS IS COMPLETLY DESTROYED
I HAVE BEEN SELLING SINCE 2017
I HAVE A COURT ORDER OF NON INFRINGEMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GET YOUR INTERNAL TEAM TO FIX THIS NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
Hi @Seller_WZTNXiwblCudf,
Prior to replying here, I reached out to our internal team. There is currently a review in progress regarding this issue. We are going to need to allow our team to complete their evaluation prior to taking further action. While going through this process, please monitor your Account Health and Performance Notification pages for further updates as they become available.
Regards,
Troy
Hi, I need an urgent update. The new appeal was put in on April 5th, it's now April 16th. Amazon is threatening to remove my sitting FBA inventory which would cost me over $150,000 if Amazon does not allow free removals. The original date of my inventory being improperly shut down was March 18th
March and April are the busiest months for this product so I have completely lost out on most of both months now
I had a patent lawsuit with this competitor for 2 years and 100% won the lawsuit and received a court order of non infringement. This competitor filing a complaint to Amazon regarding this patent number is completely illegal and I can sue him regarding this. I do not have the money to sue him because Amazon is completely destroying my business
I have also sent Amazon a letter of non infringement from my patent lawyer which cost me over $5,000 to get done
I'm losing thousands by the day in storage and also loan interest and I am soon to be completely bankrupt
I am not infringing on this patent. GET YOUR LEGAL INTERNAL TEAM TO HELP ME ASAP
@Quincy_Amazon
@Dougal_Amazon
@Steve_Amazon
@Blake_Amazon
@Glenn_Amazon
@Jameson_Amazon
@Rose_Amazon
@Jim_Amazon
@Tatiana_Amazon
@Michelle_Amazon
Hi, I need an urgent update. The new appeal was put in on April 5th, it's now April 16th. Amazon is threatening to remove my sitting FBA inventory which would cost me over $150,000 if Amazon does not allow free removals. The original date of my inventory being improperly shut down was March 18th
March and April are the busiest months for this product so I have completely lost out on most of both months now
I had a patent lawsuit with this competitor for 2 years and 100% won the lawsuit and received a court order of non infringement. This competitor filing a complaint to Amazon regarding this patent number is completely illegal and I can sue him regarding this. I do not have the money to sue him because Amazon is completely destroying my business
I have also sent Amazon a letter of non infringement from my patent lawyer which cost me over $5,000 to get done
I'm losing thousands by the day in storage and also loan interest and I am soon to be completely bankrupt
I am not infringing on this patent. GET YOUR LEGAL INTERNAL TEAM TO HELP ME ASAP
Complaint ID: 14910828661
Hi, I need an urgent update. The new appeal was put in on April 5th, it's now April 16th. Amazon is threatening to remove my sitting FBA inventory which would cost me over $150,000 if Amazon does not allow free removals. The original date of my inventory being improperly shut down was March 18th
March and April are the busiest months for this product so I have completely lost out on most of both months now
I had a patent lawsuit with this competitor for 2 years and 100% won the lawsuit and received a court order of non infringement. This competitor filing a complaint to Amazon regarding this patent number is completely illegal and I can sue him regarding this. I do not have the money to sue him because Amazon is completely destroying my business
I have also sent Amazon a letter of non infringement from my patent lawyer which cost me over $5,000 to get done
I'm losing thousands by the day in storage and also loan interest and I am soon to be completely bankrupt
I am not infringing on this patent. GET YOUR LEGAL INTERNAL TEAM TO HELP ME ASAP
Complaint ID: 14910828661
Hi, I have two law firms working on this now because your lawyers can't read a court order from a judge
I NEED HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLEASE HELP
@Quincy_Amazon
@Dougal_Amazon
@Steve_Amazon
@Blake_Amazon
@Glenn_Amazon
@Jameson_Amazon
@Rose_Amazon
@Jim_Amazon
@Tatiana_Amazon
@Michelle_Amazon
Hi, after escalating for over 60 days, spending$15,000 on legal fees to dumb down documents for your illiterate internal teams, and losing hundreds of thousands of dollars in loss income, your illiterate internal teams finally read the court order and relisted my Asin
I now need the storage fees for this Asin refunded due to the complete incompetence of Amazon and also Amazon making the mistake of enforcing the completely illegal complaint