Halfway through December, there is only one last Christmas promotion day left, but it seems that something will happen during the peak season has become the consensus of sellers.
Recently, the biggest headache for sellers is the TRO, which leads to the suspension of the account and the freezing of funds.
According to Brother Min, another seller of an entire category has recently received a TRO ban!
The category of outdoor lamps and lanterns is large**
As a hot category of Christmas, lamps and lanterns, just as the lamp sellers were waiting for the Christmas explosion, they were hit in the face: the store was trooped.
One of the sellers said that the outdoor category G40 bulbs and S14 bulbs have been removed from the shelves, and the store has also suspended the payment collection.
After understanding the wide area of TRO, I found that not only the small sales on Amazon were TRO, but also the previous limelight was dominated by the BSR list, and several super selling brands with 10,000 links were also on the TRO list!
And all e-commerce platforms, including Walmart, Temu, eBay, Shein, and Newegg, have been complained about.
Previously, Brother Min was in "Attention!".The funds in the seller's account have been frozen!It is written that TRO is a temporary injunction issued by the U.S. court for infringement, which will freeze the account balance of the sellers, settle or respond to the lawsuit before the judgment, and if the absence will be directly deducted funds.
According to Brother Min, on October 30 this year, the domestic company Hong Kong Xingtai International Trade CoLtd sued for patent infringement on October 30, mainly defending the rights of an outdoor solar string light.
The case mainly involves the following U.S. invention patents, patent name Outdoor Solar Decorative Lights, Patent No. US7819545B2:
The above-mentioned seller's infringement incident just now involves a wide range, even if the appearance of the product is changed, there is still the possibility of infringement, and it is recommended that sellers who sell string light products should have a comprehensive infringement comparison and analysis.
How to solve the tro this time?
The light string category involved this time has always been a hot selling product at Christmas, and the loss is too great to receive a ban at this juncture.
In any case, the most urgent task for the seller who is being complained about now is to lift the ban as soon as possible, otherwise once the time passes, all the funds may be swept away.
But what I didn't expect was that I was hit by the other party's sky-high settlement money:
My friend's company heard that it was asked for $1.07 million, three platforms."
We were also trooped and asked for a settlement of more than 100,000 dollars."
The settlement money is 7% of sales, and I was asked for 550,000 US dollars".
At present, there are also sellers who have shared their successful experiences:
1.If you have a lot of funds in your store, it is recommended to ask a local lawyer to respond to the lawsuit as soon as possible, and ask the other party to provide evidence of infringement after the lawyer intervenes to see if it is really infringing, if there is no infringement, you can make 0 compensation, but the probability of this situation is very small;
2.However, the more frozen funds in the store, the more settlement money the other party demands, so at this time, go to a local lawyer to appear in court to respond to the lawsuit, apply for a settlement with the other party, and reach a reasonable amount of settlement money.
For a long time, infringement in the cross-border e-commerce industry has been emerging, so here Brother Min would like to remind all sellers again that they must be extra careful when selecting productsWhen developing products, you must do a good job of trademark, patent and copyright search in advance to determine whether there are infringement factors in your products, product drawings and listings.
In addition, for ** brand products, it is necessary to ensure the validity of the brand's authorization letter, and at the same time, after the product is put on the shelves, it is also necessary to conduct regular inspections of the product, and maybe there will be some newly registered brands to protect their rights one day.
In order to ensure the normal sales of products on the promotion day, it can be said that it is a long way to cross the borderFor sellers, it is not only necessary to lock in product profits, but also to protect their own interestsIn addition, you must also check the health status of your account in real time, and remember to operate in compliance!
In addition, if there is a better solution for sellers who have been complained about this kind of infringement, they are also welcome to share it in the comment area!