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亚马逊:知识产权律师无法规避商标侵权诉讼
Time: 2026-03-11 Click count: 561
上个月,亚马逊就一名知识产权律师试图抗辩其涉嫌与中国企业合谋规避美国专利商标局规章的诉讼提出反对意见,主张本案诉讼请求的陈述符合法定要求,且西雅图联邦法院为本案的适当管辖法院。

今日,小编将以此较为典型的跨境商标侵权诉讼案为例,和大家做一次核心的执业警示总结,这起案件不仅是跨境知识产权业务的典型争议,更为我们所有从业者划定了清晰的执业红线,值得所有人引以为戒。

一、事件详情

这起案件的核心脉络十分明确:

2024 年 9 月,亚马逊以合谋欺诈注册商标、协助发起虚假侵权投诉为由,将 IP 律师 Morton 及两家中国企业、三名中国个人诉至美国华盛顿西区联邦法院。经查,Morton 被指控与中国企业合谋,绕开美国专利商标局规则,为客户欺诈性获取数千个商标,进而协助客户向亚马逊平台发起超 5400 份虚假下架通知,恶意清除竞品 Listing,严重扰乱了平台运营秩序。

2024 年 11 月亚马逊提交修正诉状,提出包括违反华盛顿州消费者保护法、普通法欺诈、虚假商标注册民事责任等七项诉讼请求,要求赔偿损失、撤销欺诈商标并获得衡平法救济。2024 年 12 月 Morton 提出撤诉申请,辩称自己与华盛顿州无任何关联、执业行为均在境外,且亚马逊的跨境送达方式不符合其居住地日本的规则,同时主张亚马逊未举证其存在合谋及主观欺诈故意;而亚马逊在 2026 年 1 月提交的反对意见中,逐一驳斥了其抗辩理由,指出 Morton 的行为直接损害了华盛顿州内亚马逊品牌注册体系和平台运营利益,且其曾为至少 15 家华盛顿州主体代理商标申请,与该州存在实质关联,西雅图法院具有合法管辖权;同时亚马逊说明,其先依《海牙送达公约》尝试向 Morton 送达 10 个月未果,后获得法院许可,通过邮件和电子邮件完成合法送达,程序完全合规。

亚马逊明确主张,Morton 的行为不仅造成平台为核查、处理虚假通知投入大量资源,还损害了亚马逊与平台卖家、消费者的信任关系,构成明确的损失因果关系,要求法院驳回其全部撤诉申请。目前该案仍在审理中,Morton 为自身辩护,亚马逊则由专业律所代理推进诉讼。

二、这个案例,给我们带了怎样的思考?

这起案件为我们所有知识产权从业者敲响了三重警钟:

一是执业底线绝不可破,切勿利用专业知识协助客户进行虚假商标注册、知识产权滥用等欺诈行为,职业身份绝非违法保护伞,参与此类行为必将被追究民事甚至潜在刑事责任;

二是跨境业务需敬畏属地法律,即便执业行为在境外实施,只要行为结果对他国法域产生实质性损害,就可能被当地法院管辖,地域隔绝不构成豁免;

三是程序性抗辩难以规避实体责任,跨境送达的障碍可通过合法途径突破,涉诉后聚焦实体问题抗辩才是关键,同时需履行商标代理的实质性审查义务,甄别客户不当诉求,避免因协助他人违法而承担连带赔偿责任。


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