You got an Etsy trademark strike. Now what?
Etsy removes listings on a rights owner’s notice and counts it against your shop. How to find the tag or word that caused it, whether to counter-notice, and how to keep the shop open.
How to check if a name is trademarked
The four checks a real trademark search needs — exact, similar spelling, similar sound, other registers — and how to run all four in one place before you commit to a brand, product or series name.
KDP rejected your book for a “trademark issue”
KDP rejects books for trademarks in the title, subtitle, author name or keywords, without saying which. How to find the word in minutes, when to reword and when to appeal.
Nice classes, explained for sellers
Trademarks protect a name for specific goods, grouped into 45 Nice classes. Here are the classes that matter for online sellers, why the same name can be free in one class and blocked in another, and how to pick yours.
The TMAtlas Risk Score, explained
How TM Atlas turns a trademark match into a 0–100 score: text similarity, goods, legal status and territory. What each label means, what it does not, and how to act on it.
Why Amazon removed your listing for trademark infringement
Amazon removes listings on a rights owner’s complaint, not a court ruling. Here is what the notice means, how to find the exact word that triggered it, and what to send in the first 24 hours.