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Hi guys,
Thank you for your time. Please help me understand how I can make certain that the products I plan to import from China and sell here in the States do not infringe on anyone’s patent?
Specifically, these products are generic Replacement Toothbrush Heads (RTH) for Electric Toothbrush Handles (ETH) made by P&G Oral-B and Philips Sonicare. I would, for example, be selling the Philips Sonicare e-Series (HX7001) RTH but rather than branding it as a Philips product, would instead maintain a unique branding (i.e. HappyTeeth) for the product.
There are already dozens of such sellers on Amazon doing exactly this. I would imagine if this were a serious problem either P&G or Philips or Amazon would come down hard and close all these generic brands down. However, this hasn't happened.
Yet one can never be too sure. I would love to get some advice from someone who has experience in this area.
Thanks so much,
Isaac
Hi guys,
Thank you for your time. Please help me understand how I can make certain that the products I plan to import from China and sell here in the States do not infringe on anyone’s patent?
Specifically, these products are generic Replacement Toothbrush Heads (RTH) for Electric Toothbrush Handles (ETH) made by P&G Oral-B and Philips Sonicare. I would, for example, be selling the Philips Sonicare e-Series (HX7001) RTH but rather than branding it as a Philips product, would instead maintain a unique branding (i.e. HappyTeeth) for the product.
There are already dozens of such sellers on Amazon doing exactly this. I would imagine if this were a serious problem either P&G or Philips or Amazon would come down hard and close all these generic brands down. However, this hasn't happened.
Yet one can never be too sure. I would love to get some advice from someone who has experience in this area.
Thanks so much,
Isaac