Occurred when Amazon withdrew the item due to lawsuit of the Nise law office and damages 20 million yen

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On Amazon, measures may be taken to stop selling when there is a claim of infringement of goods on the marketplace, but some seller has arrived from a law firm of a fake that does not really exist Based on the appeal, sales were suspended and it became clear that it was damaged equivalent to 200 thousand dollars (about 21.6 million yen).

Amazon was tricked by fake law firm into into tobrush head
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/07/amazon-was-tricked-by-fake-law-firm-into-removing-toothbrush-head.html

It is a shop called "Brushes 4 Less" that sells products such as toothbrushes at Amazon, which suffered damage suffering from unnoticed right infringement. Just before Amazon Prime Day in July 2017 began, Brushes 4less received notification from Amazon to stop selling the exchange head for the electric toothbrush, its flagship product from Amazon. In the e-mail sent from Amazon, it was said that the reason for suspension was "infringement of intellectual property rights". Brushes 4less contacted the appellant's law firm that was mentioned in the e-mail unless it is not possible to miss the timing of Prime Day which is the best earning time at Amazon.

So Brushes 4less faces a surprising fact. The law office that was stated is a law firm named "Wesley & amp; McCain" in Pittsburgh, USA and is now inaccessiblewebsiteIn fact, it is said that five lawyers were listed in the photograph that they were engaged in work, but in reality there is another law firm in Missouri that has no relation at all, "Brydon, Swearengen & amp; England"It turned out that it was a lawyer belonging to the company.


In addition, it was found that the telephone number stated was also a fake number, and furthermore the location of the law firm office is located in another office in Pittsburgh "Robb Leonard Mulvihill"It was discovered one after another that things were things. Owner of Brushes 4less answered CNBC's interview on condition of anonymity, "Amazon knew nothing about it even if it was understood that this law firm was a fake just by examining for only 5 minutes, Amazon Claiming that the sales of main products were stopped at the time when the store was most earningly deceived by the lie complaint.

Brushes 4less relies heavily on Amazon for most of its sales, and annual turnover reaches 2 million dollars (about 226 million yen). Meanwhile, according to Brushes 4less's appeal, the company suffered as much as 10% of the annual sales (loss of opportunity), which is a level deserving full business disturbance anymore. In fact, there seems to be some people talking to Amazon that many false claims of this hand have arrived, many of whom are from rival companies. Paul Dworianyn of "Dynamic Tech Solutions" who handles brand protection at Amazon says, "Virtually anyone can click on the buttons on the site and make an appeal against Amazon."


Approval by Brushes 4less was approved, it took about two months to resume the sale of goods, and the company estimates that the damage occurred during that time is $ 200,000 (about 21.6 million yen). Also, while the sale was suspended, the product was invented at Amazon's fulfillment center, so it was said that measures to sell by another route did not come true.

In response to CNBC's interview, Amazon "prohibits fraud.If you discover that our system is being exploited by malicious behavior, in exchange for our customers including sellers We respond promptly and if the seller thinks that research by Amazon is necessary, we take measures to take direct contact and take appropriate action. "