日: 2019年12月17日

A growing number of sellers on Amazon.com’s platform are finding how painful it can be when Amazon’s absolute power over their small businesses meets a bureaucratic U.S. government system not built for the 21st century.The issue involves trademarks filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), a federal agency meant to ensure brands big and small can protect their intellectual property. The office processes hundreds of thousands of trademark applications a year, and experts at a hearing this month warned Congress that spurious trademarks have overwhelmed the system.

情報源: On Amazon, T-shirts with slogans like ‘Mama Bear’ expose frivolous-trademark feud | The Seattle Times

A growing number of sellers on Amazon.com Inc.’s platform are finding how painful it can be when Amazon’s absolute power over their small businesses meets a bureaucratic U.S. government system not built for the 21st century.

情報源: On Amazon, T-Shirts With Slogans Expose Frivolous-Trademark Feud – The Washington Post