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Seeing unauthorized sellers steal your exact PNG files and re-upload them at a lower price is a daily headache in this space. Setting up Amazon Brand Registry for your POD brand and actively filing DMCA notices is the only real way to defend your best-selling graphic tees from being cloned.
The trademark system on Merch by Amazon can be incredibly frustrating. Automated bots will reject your designs for common phrases that someone trademarked for a completely unrelated class. I now check TESS (USPTO) for every single design text string before uploading to avoid getting hit with account strikes.
Addresses the constant battle against IP takedowns, trademark squatters, design copycats, and how to protect original graphic artwork on Amazon On-Demand.