Etsy. Notice of legal process seeking information??? Help

[aaa7z5]

Originally Posted by sleepybear

Hey bhuzz, i just got this same email, was wondering if anything come out of your email. I'm currently 5 months pregnant and now very worried.

Sorry for the double post, do you have any more information you can provide i.e what were you selling and the amounts, any unhappy customers?

[Madgallo79]

hi, I read your message where you say that your etsy account has been blocked. May I ask what happened next? I received this email too and I am very worried

[agent006140]

OP said the account and bank are both under her sister's name

[Madgallo79]

I would like to know if @bhuzz can tell us what exactly happened after the first email and if he was represented by a lawyer

[degsey69]

If you read the first post Etsy was contacted for information by an attorney, probably subpoenaed it for the purpose of sending a letter before action. If it is an IP case it is very costly in the USA as it is federal court. EBay and Amazon usually do not respond much to these subpoenas limiting info to name and address of seller and do not suspend the seller. Etsy probably takes a different track and suspend the account the other 2 do not and do not inform you either. One thing I am certain of, is usually you are contacted and warned about any intellectual property infringements and if ignored then then a big company will proceed with suing you.

[Hank]

Originally Posted by degsey69

One thing I am certain of, is usually you are contacted and warned about any intellectual property infringements and if ignored then then a big company will proceed with suing you.

I'll bet you a grand very very few indeed proceed to court.

I'll wager this one fizzled out too when the fishing-trip-attorney realised there was no milage in pursuing a bit player on the other side of the Atlantic.

I've have two suchlike approaches in my wider days, albeit directly and not via the selling platform. Ignored them and they simply went away.

[rsot]

Originally Posted by Madgallo79

I would like to know if @bhuzz can tell us what exactly happened after the first email and if he was represented by a lawyer

Don't expect too much here

[degsey69]

Originally Posted by Hank

I'll bet you a grand very very few indeed proceed to court.

I'll wager this one fizzled out too when the fishing-trip-attorney realised there was no milage in pursuing a bit player on the other side of the Atlantic.

I've have two suchlike approaches in my wider days, albeit directly and not via the selling platform. Ignored them and they simply went away.

I did ignore the warnings to cease selling product that was contravening IP rights and it went legal and the courts awarded the other side $17.1 million. So never ignore any warning, there are attorneys out there on retention from large corporates who will sue in any country, equally there are specialist companies retained by the corporates looking for companies breaking the rules, not only on the selling platforms but personal websites as well. The big corporates do not play nice even if you are not breaking the law and they want to take you down, they want you out of he way.

[Hank]

Originally Posted by degsey69

I did ignore the warnings to cease selling product that was contravening IP rights and it went legal and the courts awarded the other side $17.1 million. So never ignore any warning, there are attorneys out there on retention from large corporates who will sue in any country, equally there are specialist companies retained by the corporates looking for companies breaking the rules, not only on the selling platforms but personal websites as well. The big corporates do not play nice even if you are not breaking the law and they want to take you down, they want you out of he way.

No need for bull$hit, lets keep it real.

If you're to be believed, which I don't, then maybe you wouldn't have got in that mess if you'd taken the generally accepted advice of ignoring all fishing trip letters.

[angryatebay]

Just googled it out of curiosity, found several results about this law firm from Chicago but here's a few interesting threads

https://copyrightaid.co.uk/forum/vie...d5268d214b8d87

https://www.reddit.com/r/EtsySellers..._etsy_sellers/

What's curious by reading the threads is that it seems they're targetting etsy accounts outside of USA, first they manage to get the store of the target closed by etsy with the threat of legal action and then they extort money to settle so the seller can recover their etsy account and get on with his business.

They seem very sketchy, they also apparently changed names at least once. It might be they're targetting users outside USA because they don't really have a solid legal basis, a seller outside USA can't realistically fight in court and the main objective is just to get sellers to settle with the promise of recovering their etsy accounts.

That's just what it looks like to me by reading through this threads but don't take this as advice as every situation is different, do your own investigation and draw your own conclusions.

[degsey69]

Originally Posted by Hank

No need for bull$hit, lets keep it real.

If you're to be believed, which I don't, then maybe you wouldn't have got in that mess if you'd taken the generally accepted advice of ignoring all fishing trip letters.

The only person who is full of bull**** is you hank, pm me and I will give you book verse and chapter. I have been sued twice the first time, not my fault and thats a whole new story.

I was advising not to ignore like I did because that happens, please read the threads before jumping in with comments.

[james_112233]

If you're making serious money from products that infringe copyright you will eventually get caught. Some of these brands have lawyers that are like rottweilers ready to bite.

[rsot]

Originally Posted by angryatebay

That's just what it looks like to me by reading through this threads but don't take this as advice as every situation is different, do your own investigation and draw your own conclusions.

Well stated