Suspected Intellectual Property Violations. Is the appeal submission required?
This is not a product i'm really interested in selling anymore. I only had a few of them. And I don't feel like going through the appeal process. But it says that my appeal submission is required. What does that mean exactly? If I delete the product from my catalog will it still be required?
The violation was a Suspected Intellectual Property Violations and it had no impact on my account standing.
Thanks for any input.
6 replies
Seller_8Wfpcf6cHQaPy
You still need to file an appeal and in the appeal state that you will no longer sell the item and apologize for your error.
Seller_J46Ruz3VzvWCV
In the past, when I delete the product listing within 24-48 hrs of the notice they ALWAYS have dropped off.
If you have waited then you will have to follow the steps listed
Yokie_Amazon
Hi @Seller_yFHLCEFmnWAeh,
Yokie from Amazon here to assist with your question.
As @Seller_8Wfpcf6cHQaPy mentioned
It is always best to submit an appeal when requested. The violation have to be addressed successfully for the violation to be removed from the account health page to prevent disruption to the account.
Even if you are not interesting in selling the product anymore, I recommend you to still take the steps to address and resolve the issue.
To successfully appeal, you will need to do one of the following:
- Edit the ASIN’s detail page in one of the following ways before appealing:
- Changing the brand name to match the rights owner of the trademarked term.
- Removing the trademarked term from the detail page entirely.
- Updating the detail page to add compatibility terms before the trademarked term, if the product is using the trademarked term to refer to another product (e.g. “charger for Kindle E-Reader”, “charger compatible with Kindle E-Reader”, “charger made for Kindle E-Reader”, etc.). Note that there are legal requirements for the use of compatibility terms. You can learn more about these in the Amazon Intellectual Property Policy for Sellers.
Provide a letter of authorization or licensing agreement proving that you are authorized by the rights owner to create and list products using their trademarked term with your own brand name. The documentation must meet the following criteria:
- Includes name and address of rights owner.
- Letter explicitly authorizes you to list the rights owner’s product under your own brand name.
Once the listing is successfully updated and issue resolved, than you can deleted the listing if you are not interesting in selling the product anymore.
Please feel free to contact us here in seller forums if you have more questions or concerns.
Best regards,
Yokie
