Jon W. Groza | Jun 6, 2019 | Articles, eCommerce
You’ve spent years perfecting your products, cultivating trusted suppliers overseas, and establishing your supply chain. You’ve invested thoughtfully in marketing and taken steps to build your brand in the global, e-commerce marketplace. Perhaps you have even...
Alex E. Jones | May 2, 2019 | Articles, eCommerce
We live in a global economy, and companies operate in international marketplaces. As such, brands need to be aware of and monitor the increasing prevalence of gray market goods. Gray market goods – sometimes referred to as parallel imports – are genuine goods...
Alex E. Jones | Mar 22, 2019 | Articles, eCommerce
In ADG Concerns, Inc. v. Tsalevich LLC, the Northern District of California found that the defendant’s unauthorized resale of plaintiff ADG Concerns’ products amounted to trademark infringement and unfair competition. The decision is a win for manufacturers...
Alex E. Jones | Nov 8, 2018 | Articles, eCommerce
As Amazon, eBay and other Internet marketplaces continue to dominate the retail industry, manufacturers and distributors face increasing numbers of on-line counterfeit and gray market resellers. These resellers list products at lower price points cutting into...
Alex E. Jones | Aug 22, 2018 | Articles, eCommerce
Unauthorized online resellers are a growing brand protection problem for a manufacturers, particularly as consumers continue to do more and more of their shopping on sites like Amazon and eBay. Unauthorized resellers purchase products in bulk from third-party sellers...