With over 10,000 reviews, is a popular product in a small category also an infringement?

Recently, I found a hot-selling product while browsing Amazon, namely the finger trainer. This inconspicuous little thing is priced at US$9.99 and currently ranks first on Amazon's physical therapy hand exerciser Best Seller list , with as many as 15,629 reviews .

This is a 6-piece set that includes a grip strengthener and a finger exerciser . Consumers can put this product on different fingers through the five rings, then slowly open and close their fingers outward, hold for 3 seconds, and then slowly relax, thereby exercising their fingers and relieving wrist and thumb pain.

According to the product introduction, this finger trainer is not only easy to carry, but also very effective for physical or occupational treatment and rehabilitation . This may be one of the reasons why consumers love this product so much.

In addition, consumers have given positive reviews for this product:

Well designed, very soft and stretchy.

The store sells them for $5 each , and this one is only $1.50, which is a great deal.

I had surgery on my hand and used this to practice my grip and it was great.

Although the product looks like a knockoff, its quality is almost the same as the $25 one.

Except that it is not suitable for beginners, everything else is almost perfect.

From this point of view, this finger trainer is still very popular among consumers and its market prospects are very broad, but behind the hot-selling products there is always the risk of infringement .

Although the design of this finger trainer is very simple, according to investigations, a Chinese seller has applied for a US appearance patent, and the patent protection period ends on September 3, 2034. This means that as long as there are sellers who imitate the product and sell it during this period, they may be complained of infringement.

Therefore, the editor here reminds sellers of related products that it is best not to touch the red line of the appearance patent to avoid the risk of infringement. In addition, it is best to obtain patent authorization for the products sold, or to carry out original design and do patent avoidance in advance, so as to have a chance of receiving a surge in orders.

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