What are the types of infringements on Amazon? What are they specifically?

Speaking of Amazon infringement, it is actually divided into different situations. So what are the categories? Some merchants may not understand this, so next, we will take some time to share with you the types of Amazon infringement. Merchants who do not want to violate the rules but are not familiar with the rules can take a look.

What exactly is it?

1. Patent Infringement

It includes three types: design, utility and invention patents.

1. Appearance rights: new designs made of shapes, images, colors or their combination that are aesthetically pleasing and suitable for industrial applications will be punished if there are more than 60% complaints. Therefore, you should understand other people's products when doing appearance.

2. Utility right: refers to a new proposal for shape, structure or combination thereof that is suitable for practical use. It is sometimes called a small invention or a small patent and is relatively practical.

3. Invention rights: It is not allowed to sell without permission, which means imitation. It is relatively difficult to identify because it is necessary to determine whether there is a patent and find its information, but this is not an easy task for everyone.

Therefore, in order to avoid such things, during the product selection and release process, we should try to obtain product information through multiple channels, consult suppliers, and ask experienced peers for advice. These are all effective ways to identify infringements.

2. Copyright Infringement

Even if the work is original, the author still has the copyright even if it is not registered. However, it is difficult to prove it without registration. It involves the copyright of the image and the theft of other people's pictures. The most common infringement is the characters of anime blockbusters. There are also the cats from Natsume's Book of Friends that everyone likes to use, printed on cups, pillows, etc. These are all things that need attention.

3. Image Infringement

It happens between third parties. When they see good-looking pictures from other people's stores, they use them. The person who took the original picture can take out the original picture and complain to the other party. In fact, there are so many art studios in the market that do outsourced picture processing, and it is easy to get pictures done.

IV. Trademark Infringement

Without the authorization of the brand, using the other party's registered trademarks without authorization, or writing other people's trademarks in your own product titles, five-element features, product descriptions, search terms and other detailed information, are all infringements. Usually, those who are slightly experienced will not make mistakes on trademarks, and this can be avoided.

In fact, there are four types of infringement on Amazon, namely patent infringement, copyright infringement, image infringement and trademark infringement. The most difficult to identify is patent infringement, because this requires the information of the patent owner, which is often difficult to query. Therefore, it is recommended to use multiple channels to obtain information about such products.