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How to report a copy of your work on Amazon

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Amazon treats it as copyright infringement when someone uses something you designed, drew or wrote to sell a product without permission. Brands in Amazon Brand Registry use the Report a Violation tool; everyone else uses the public Report Infringement form.

Before you start
  • An Amazon account to sign in to the form.
  • The ASIN or product page of each copy.
  • A link to where your original was first published, such as your Etsy listing.
  • Your name, address, phone number and email.

Step by step

  1. 01

    Pick the right tool

    Brand Registry members use Report a Violation (brandregistry.amazon.com). Everyone else uses the Report Infringement form at amazon.com/report/infringement.

  2. 02

    Choose copyright

    Say you're the rights owner, or their agent, and that the concern is copyright, for example a copied image or a product that copies your design.

  3. 03

    Identify the listings

    Enter the ASIN of each infringing product (the 10-character code in the product URL after /dp/).

  4. 04

    Describe your work and sign

    Describe the original, link to it, and confirm the good-faith and accuracy statements with your signature. File copyright and trademark complaints separately.

What the notice must include
  • §Your physical or electronic signature.
  • §A description of the copyrighted work.
  • §Where the infringing material is on Amazon (the ASINs).
  • §Your address, phone number and email.
  • §A good-faith statement, and a statement under penalty of perjury that the information is accurate.

After you file

  • Brand Registry reports can be tracked in the Submission History tab.
  • Amazon doesn't publish a standard response time for the public form.
  • The seller can dispute the notice or file a counter notice.

Why reports get rejected

  • Search-result links instead of product pages or ASINs.
  • No link to where your original was published.
  • Details that Amazon can't verify. Use the same name and email consistently.

Repeat infringers

Amazon says it will terminate the selling privileges of sellers who have repeatedly infringed.

Sources

This guide explains Amazon's public process. It isn't legal advice. Platforms change their forms, so check the live page before you file.