Received a Cease and Desist letter from Vorys for products being sold. Anyone Else in the same situation?

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Received a Cease and Desist letter from Vorys for products being sold. Anyone Else in the same situation?

I am reaching out to online re-sellers on Amazon and other marketplaces that have worked tirelessly to make a living and provide for their families and that have spent years building suppliers networks to fulfill inventory to resale on the online marketplaces.

We are now under threat from Big Manufacturers trying to restrict our ability to resale on the online marketplaces especially Amazon. Some manufacturers are using the warranty clause for their products to restrict us from reselling and enter a settlement agreement based on their terms. They state that the product is materially different as we cannot honor the warranty for their products as we have to be an authorized reseller.

They are hiring top law firms to represent them and trying to drain small online sellers financial resources into submitting us to settle or sue in an attempt to eliminate them from reselling online.

The Problem is that if we allow one Manufacturer to do this then others will follow suit and where do we put a stop to this anti competitive behavior. Eventually if this continues then selling premium products on Amazon will be left for big retail players themselves.

I have therefore decided to fight them via litigation and it has become a huge financial burden in an attempt to do the right thing.

We have a strong legal case and I believe the law firm representing these Warranty clause cases dont want to test there theory in court. If they lose this case this will become a landmark case for all Amazon sellers and will benefit us all on pursing a business based on the right to resale in a free and open marketplace.

I have spoken to many Amazon seller who have been going through a stressful time trying to take on these big law firms and some have settled despite sourcing legitimate products and having verified invoices.

I want to reach out to all Amazon sellers to show that we are stronger together and cannot afford to be taken out one by one. We need to make a stand together and counter challenge these companies.