I just received an IP Complaint under Complaint ID: 17151017921 for Copyrighted text on the product detail page on one of my top-selling ASIN, which has over 1,200 reviews. The complaint was supposedly filed by a US Air Force email contact, but something seems very suspicious:

a. The complaint was submitted on Super Bowl Sunday – Who in the heck from the government is working on a Sunday, let alone during the biggest game of the year? ( Amazon agent confirmed the date and time of reporting)

b. Amazon refuses to confirm if this was actually from a government entity or just another competitor abusing the system.

c. Chinese copycats are flooding the listing, yet only my US-based listing with 1,200+ reviews was targeted.

I strongly suspect this is a fake copyright claim by a competitor (likely from China) trying to take down my listing. Amazon won’t disclose whether the report was filed by a seller instead of an actual government entity.

If I file an appeal, will the appeal go to the email listed as the reporter, or does it go to the actual Amazon seller who reported it?

Has anyone dealt with a similar issue? What’s the best course of action to fight back against these fake IP complaints?

We are a certified government contractor and want to offer special pricing to government entities, but can't figure out how/where to set that up. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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but it is absolutely stupid and ridiculous that it is being deactivated because anyone can lodge an intellectual property complaint.

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Don't blame Amazon; blame a government that protects IP rights for creators; which means that any complaint has to be taken seriously. Amazon is doing nothing more than avoiding liability; if there is a baseless claim against you, then your lawyer should get involved. But Amazon is not going to take on that responsibility.