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How to Avoid Choosing a Patented Product

Join the FREE Legal Protection for Private Label Amazon Sellers Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/2FlmuYA FREE Cheat Sheet - 3 Easy Steps To Stopping Hijackers In Their Tracks: https://bit.ly/2M0D0i0 In the Amazon Marketplace, you can get into all sorts of trouble by selling patented products. You may have found a product that's selling like gangbusters, and you want to sell it too. So, you source it from China and get it on Amazon. And the next thing you know is you get an infringement complaint. How can you avoid that from happening? You need to understand how patents work. There are two types. Design patents protect the design aspects of a product. Utility patents protect the actual utility of a product. How do you go about finding out if products are patented? You can search Google and the USPTO, but that can be very unwieldy. From a common sense perspective, you want to sell common products, boring products, and basic products that have been around for a while. They are not unique. When you come across a product that does things differently from other products or has special features, more than likely you'll run into some patent issues, and I would avoid that product! The good news is that a lot of sellers, especially ones that have patents, are selling licenses to their products. They've secured rights from the patent holder. Don't just go to the listings and if you don't see anything about patents assume you're okay. If the product is unique, new, or not obvious, move on. You COULD ask the seller if it is patented, but do take what they say with a grain of salt. If you are really serious about a product and want to make sure it's not patented, you should definitely speak with a patent counsel and get one of those clearance searches done.