GBC Law Firm, which is notorious in the entire cross-border e-commerce circle for its "fishing enforcement", has taken action again in the past two days. The seller who was complained received the following notice: We are writing to inform you that we have received an order from a federal court requiring us to suspend your selling account, seize your funds, and remove some of your listings. Items that infringe the copyright, patent, trademark, design right, database right, or other intellectual property or other proprietary rights of others are prohibited. For more information on this policy, search for "Prohibited Content" in Seller Help. We encourage you to consult your legal counsel. To resolve this dispute, we suggest that you contact the copyright owner directly: 300 S. Wacker Dr. Suite 2500 If you resolve this issue with the rights owner, please notify them by contacting us to withdraw their complaint. Failure to comply with our policies may result in permanent removal of your Amazon.com selling privileges. We appreciate your cooperation. The infringing product is an egg-shaped cup , as shown below: The notification email stated that there was copyright infringement . Copyright infringement mainly includes copyrighted patterns and images. Generally, it is difficult to appeal against copyright infringement of products, and the seller needs to negotiate with the patent applicant or lawyer. Although the account of the seller who was complained about is currently available for sale, the funds have been frozen . It is recommended that the seller quickly find a law firm to negotiate a settlement with the other party, and not sell the products for the time being. Otherwise, the more products are sold, the more funds will be frozen. Currently, other platforms are still selling products with designs that are extremely similar to the above-mentioned infringing products, as shown in the following figure: Copyright infringement is not limited to a single category. Sellers whose products have similar patterns are advised to conduct self-checks as soon as possible to avoid being affected.
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