The Battle To Protect IP Rights On Amazon

In 2017, Amazon introduced its Brand Registry service, available to sellers who have an active registered or pending trade mark in each country in which enrolment is desired. 

The Registry provides brand owners with a way to demonstrate that they are the registered and rightful owner of a particular mark which in turn reassures potential customers as to the authenticity of a listing. The service also offers a search tool to allow sellers to find and report suspected violations via a simple process, in order to reduce intellectual property rights violations. In addition, sellers are provided with a means to stop competitors from changing listing contents to sabotage listings.

Also available is Amazon's Transparency program. This product serialisation service enables Amazon to authenticate each item before it is shipped to a customer. When a brand enrols in Transparency, it is issued with a secure, unique, alphanumeric code and all the seller needs do is add the