Jon W. Groza and Kyle D. Stroup | Jul 30, 2020 | Articles, eCommerce
The Amazon Marketplace is constantly changing and adapting to consumers’ demands. Recently, Amazon announced that it will begin providing identifying information, including name and address, beginning on September 1, 2020, on a seller’s profile page for the United...
Alex E. Jones | Mar 12, 2020 | Articles, eCommerce
Four House members recently co-sponsored proposed legislation, the Shop Safe Act of 2020, that would hold companies like Amazon, eBay and other e-commerce websites liable for counterfeit goods sold on their marketplaces. This comes on the heels of a recent report from...
Alex E. Jones | Nov 7, 2019 | Articles, eCommerce
Increasingly, manufacturers and brands are implementing a minimum advertised price policy (or a MAP policy) for the resale of their products. In its most basic form, a MAP policy is simple – it is a policy that governs the minimum price at which a reseller may...
Alex E. Jones | Jul 26, 2019 | Articles, eCommerce
The Third Circuit recently ruled that Amazon could be held liable for defective products sold by the third-party sellers on Amazon.com. This is particularly noteworthy because not only does it mark the first court to find Amazon liable for products sold by third-party...
Alex E. Jones | Jun 20, 2019 | Articles, eCommerce
A recent federal court decision serves as another reminder to manufactures and brands of the importance and benefits of reseller and distribution agreements. These types of agreements govern the relationship between a manufacturer of goods and the reseller of...