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Competitor has registered a descriptive term as a trademark and had our listings removed

Hi Admins,

Going to need some assistance please, a competitor has registered the trademark 'Ultra Rare Cards'

This is a descriptive definition in the Trading Card industry, and not the name of any known company. He doesn't even have a website or product etc.

So if our title is for example CARD NAME <Rarity> TRADING CARD (SET NAME) and the card is infact of Ultra Rare classification (the official industry term) we will have Ultra Rare in the title as its important to differentiate it from a Common, Uncommon or other rarity level trading card.

He has had some of our listings removed and this of course is way outside of the scope of "seller support" to actually help.

Complaint ID: 10001486692

This has not just been done to us either, I'm already aware of 3 businesses who sell in the same niche on Amazon having had all of their equivalent listings removed - one competitor having successfully got their listings back online already.

@Maja_Amazon@Julia_Amazon@Winston_Amazon can someone intervene asap please - for someone who actually reads and looks this should be quite a quick one.

Thanks,

Luke

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Seller_iUcF35YSDwxDs

Semi related...

I have had listings removed because I used "Ideal to add to your cleaning arsenal" and it got flagged as a trademark of Arsenal F.C. , despite it being both a word and a place.

Had a huge struggle getting it re-instated.

Have you tried speaking to seller support on the phone? I had to keep trying and eventually, I got through to someone Irish, that could understand the problem and rectified it.

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Seller_TksxmRkUaLIR8

I had some items removed because the word Miraculous was in the title and someone has a brand called Miraculous or some such. However I can't not use the word as it is describing the product which is an image known as Miraculous. Nightmare. I couldn't get it sorted and lost the listings. I empathise strongly. Current battle is Amazon deciding some of my items are toys. They are not. But I have lost that battle too. Hope you get it sorted.

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Seller_GJP3Cbt07uSu0

Get the trade mark removed - it should never have been granted if it genuinely has been - just reread your picture - this has not and will not be agreed.. get amazon to revisit.

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Seller_XuvdpVCJ4DV4q

Has anyone submitted an application to remove the Ultra Rare trademark?

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Simon_Amazon

Hello Sellers,

I wanted to inform you that the Complain IDs shared have been noted and the issue has been escalated to our partner team.

Just wanted to make sure if you followed the standard appeal path to get the ASINs reinstated.

We will provide updates as soon as possible.

Best,

Simon

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Simon_Amazon

Hello Sellers,

I wanted to ask you for an update on this topic.

After escalating the issue, it appears that the majority of the complaints have been retracted. Were you able to reactivate your listings?

Please let me know your current status so I can proceed with the necessary follow-up.

Best,

Simon

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Seller_fWqKMdP9DDv6v

Hi Simon,

Nope... most of our listings are still inactive. Account health team are apparently doing a second review but we've had listings down since 18th July as it's taking a huge impact on our business.

Please see below the list of ASINs/complaint ID:

- ASIN: B0D7ST1PVN / Complaint ID: 10032392932

- ASIN: B0C1R5T2M5 / Complaint ID: 10032392932

- ASIN: B0C2S923SQ / Complaint ID: 10001486692

- ASIN: B0CHDMXV11 / Complaint ID: 10001486692

- ASIN: B0CVNRT21L / Complaint ID: 9987482612

- ASIN: B0C9H212SD / Complaint ID: 9987482612

- ASIN: B0CHDK8WC7 / Complaint ID: 9987482612

I also have ASIN B0CBSZ2ZTG down but this isn't appearing in account health.

I've updated all the listings to remove the exact wording 'ultra rare' but the updates aren't showing as the listings are inactive but seller central support have confirmed they can see the changes have been made on their back end.

Please help! :)

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Seller_HJ3Y1oyHnOeit

B0C8Z499T1

This is an example of one of the ASINs we cannot edit to make compliant, as its Pokemon branded.

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Seller_fWqKMdP9DDv6v

We still have the several listings inactive! The rights holder has retracted their complaint yet the account health team are still not re-activating our listings..!! Apparently it's undergoing a second review but this isn't good enough as these listings have been down since 18th July.

Outstanding complaint IDs:

9987482612

10032392932

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Simon_Amazon

Hello @Seller_HJ3Y1oyHnOeit,

If the item is Pokémon branded, are you authorized by the Brand to edit the listings?

-Simon

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Simon_Amazon

Hello @Seller_fWqKMdP9DDv6v,

I'm following up on this topic. Please let me know if you have any updates from your end.

-Simon

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Seller_9X4J2pP8Ooz6p

Our two affected ASIN's are still deactivated and the violations still appear on our account health.

B0C3RGP4WD

B0CL3D7CBR

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