If you sell a physical product online, you already know the story: it does well, and within months there are cheaper copies with your photos. Protection is what turns "report and hope" into a takedown that sticks – and it starts before the copies appear.
Design patents: the copycat's worst enemy
For products with a distinctive look, a design patent is the fastest, most cost-effective protection there is – and it's exactly what marketplaces honor when you report a look-alike. Filed early, it's the cornerstone of a clean enforcement story.
Utility patents for a real functional edge
If your product works in a genuinely new way, a utility patent protects that function against copies that change the look but keep the innovation. Often the strongest position is a design patent and a utility patent together.
Getting infringing listings removed
A patent is only as good as your ability to enforce it. We help you use Amazon's Brand Registry and its patent-evaluation process (APEX), issue cease-and-desist letters to sellers and manufacturers, and escalate to litigation counsel when a copycat won't stop.
Typical trigger: "Someone is selling my product on Amazon." The most useful thing you can do is file before that happens – but even after, there are moves worth making. Ask early.
What we handle
- Design patents for product appearance – filed fast
- Utility and provisional patents for functional inventions
- Amazon Brand Registry and APEX patent-evaluation strategy
- Cease-and-desist letters to copycat sellers and factories
- Coordination with litigation counsel for repeat infringers