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Through its Patent Evaluation Express program, Amazon provides patent owners with an injunction-like remedy by permanently removing a competitor's products, a form of relief that is difficult to obtai...
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Annalise Levy
Jun 13
Amazon operates a program called the Amazon Patent Evaluation Express, which functions as a private, expedited "pseudo-court" for resolving patent infringement claims against sellers on its platform.
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Annalise Levy
Jun 13
In Amazon's Patent Evaluation Express program, accused sellers have only three weeks to respond and are not permitted to argue that the accuser's patents are invalid.
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Annalise Levy
Jun 13
Amazon has stated that it will respect a conflicting decision from a federal court or the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office if it contradicts a ruling from its internal patent program.
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Annalise Levy
Jun 13
While other retailers like Walmart and eBay have intellectual property complaint systems, they do not operate a quasi-judicial system like Amazon's that uses outside attorneys as evaluators.
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Annalise Levy
Jun 13
One seller whose products were delisted through Amazon's patent program reported losing over $70,000 per day in revenue.
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Annalise Levy
Jun 13
Decisions in Amazon's Patent Evaluation Express are typically issued within weeks, whereas patent infringement cases in federal court usually take years to resolve.
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Annalise Levy
Jun 13
Amazon's Patent Evaluation Express uses external attorneys, selected and assigned by Amazon, to act as neutral evaluators or judges in patent disputes.
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Annalise Levy
Jun 13
Amazon's Patent Evaluation Express program operates secretly, with no public dockets, confidential proceedings, and non-public decisions.
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Annalise Levy
Jun 13
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