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Amazon does not allow listings that violate the intellectual property rights of rights owners. For detailed information, please review Amazon’s Intellectual Property (IP) policy. We encourage rights owners who have concerns regarding the misuse of their intellectual property to notify us using the Report a Violation tool in Amazon Brand Registry.

You can report violations not related to intellectual property at any time through our Amazon Brand Registry Support team. Follow the instructions below to contact us:

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Yes. Amazon provides a publicly available form for reporting alleged intellectual property infringements such as copyright, trademark and patent concerns.

Brexit will impact trademarks, design rights, and parallel imports as outlined below. The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has a full list of Brexit’s changes to intellectual property and recommended actions for Rights Owners and businesses on their website here. We recommend you review the UKIPO website regularly for the most up-to-date content.

Below, we are quoting the most important information from that website:

Trademarks:
“From the 1 January 2021, EUTMs will no longer protect trademarks in the UK. Under the Withdrawal Agreement Act, on the 1 January 2021, the IPO will create a comparable UK trademark for all right holders with an existing EU trade mark. Existing EUTMs will still protect trademarks in EU member states. UK businesses can still apply the EU Intellectual Property Office for an EUTM. There will be no changes to UK-registered trademarks as a result of the UK leaving the EU.” Source.

Design Rights:
“At the end of the transition period (1 January 2021), registered Community designs (RCDs), unregistered Community designs (UCDs), will no longer be valid in the UK. These rights will be immediately and automatically replaced by UK rights. If you own an existing right, you do not need to do anything at this stage.” Source

Parallel Imports:
“Goods placed on the UK market by, or with the consent of, the right holder after the transition period may no longer be considered exhausted in the EEA. This means that businesses exporting these IP-protected goods from the UK to the EEA might need the right holder’s consent.

Actions for parallel exporters of IP-protected goods to the EEA:

Check whether you currently export IP-protected goods to the EEA (for example, goods branded with a trademark) that have already been placed on the UK market and where the rights holder’s permission to export those goods is not currently required. You may need to contact the rights holder to get permission to continue after 1 January 2021. The IP rights holder may not provide permission for their IP-protected goods to be parallel exported to the EEA. You may need to review your business arrangements, business model or supply chain based on the outcome of the discussion with the IP rights holder.

Actions for IP rights holders

Businesses that own IP rights (for example, a trademark) may wish to seek legal advice if their IP-protected goods are parallel exported from the UK to the EEA. You will need to consider if you want to allow parallel exports of your IP-protected goods from the UK to the EEA after 1 January 2021.” Source

You do not need to take any action for your Brand Registry account for Brexit. With the changes in trademark laws, EU trademarks will no longer be valid for UK and brand owners should have separate trademarks in UK and EU IP offices to be protected across UK and EU in Amazon Brand Registry. Since the UK IPO is creating a comparable UK trademark for all right holders with an existing valid EU trademark, Amazon Brand Registry will automatically add these new UK trademarks to the respective brand owner’s accounts that already have the associated EU trademark. This will ensure that brand owners continue to enjoy the protection and brand building benefits of Amazon Brand Registry without any impact of Brexit. If you own an EU trademark but have not enrolled it in Brand Registry yet, you need to do so by 31 December 2020 for Amazon to automatically add the comparable UK trademark. If you add a new EU trademark after 31 December 2020, you need to add the comparable UK trademark yourself. If you do not want your new UK trademark to be automatically added to your Amazon Brand Registry account, you can opt out by sending an email to brand-registry-contact-us@amazon.com.

Please note that we will automatically add to Amazon Brand Registry only the comparable UK trademark that the UKIPO is creating against existing EU trademarks on 31 December 2020. Brand owners can directly add any other trademarks to their Amazon Brand Registry accounts including any existing UK trademarks through below steps:

No. You can continue to enroll trademarks as before, and none of your trademarks will be impacted by Brexit for the purposes of Brand Registry. If you own an EU trademark but have not enrolled it in Brand Registry yet, you need to do so by 31 December 2020 for Amazon to automatically add the comparable UK trademark.

Not for Brand Registry. We will automatically add comparable UK trademarks for all EU trademarks that are registered in Brand Registry on 31 December 2020, regardless of where you are located and where you sell your products. If you do not want your new UK trademark to be automatically added to your Amazon Brand Registry account, you can opt out by sending an email to brand-registry-contact-us@amazon.com. Use this option if you e.g. intend to opt out of the creation of a comparable UK trademark with the UK IPO. Amazon cannot advise you on whether you should make use of this opt-out.