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How do I get my brand onto Amazon Brand Registry and Project Zero to fight counterfeits?

Amazon Brand Registry is your entry ticket, you need a registered (or at least pending) trademark to enroll, after which Project Zero gives you a self-service tool to search for and instantly remove counterfeit listings using your brand, plus automated scanning running in the background even when you're not looking. It's free once you're enrolled, and in India specifically Amazon has been ramping up its own investigative and enforcement capacity, so filing your trademark application early (a 'pending' status often qualifies you to start) is the actual bottleneck, not the Brand Registry application itself.

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✓ Link checked Free Intermediate

The official self-service counterfeit-removal tool, free once you're Brand Registry-enrolled, this is the primary weapon against fakes on Amazon, straight from the source.

Project Zero | Sell on Amazon

From Amazon by Amazon

  • Self-service search-and-remove tool for counterfeit listings
  • Requires Brand Registry enrollment (registered or pending trademark)
  • Includes automated background scanning beyond manual searches
Open sell.amazon.com
📄 Article
✓ Link checked India Free Beginner

Written by a legal-services company, so it's sharper than most on the actual trademark mechanics, IP India filing, pending vs registered marks, and what happens if your mark gets objected to mid-application.

Amazon Brand Registry India: Free, But You Need a Trademark

From Vakilsearch by Vakilsearch

  • A pending trademark application (not just a filed one) can qualify you for Brand Registry
  • Trademark objections or oppositions can stall your Brand Registry enrolment
  • Filing early is the single biggest lever founders under-prioritise
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📄 Article
✓ Link checked Free Advanced

Clarifies the difference between Amazon's three overlapping brand-protection programs, which is genuinely confusing, useful once you're past basic Brand Registry and deciding what else to layer on.

Amazon Brand Protection Stack: Project Zero vs Transparency vs IP Accelerator in 2026

From Velocity Sellers

  • Distinguishes Project Zero, Transparency, and IP Accelerator use cases
  • Explains when unit-level serialization (Transparency) matters over listing takedowns
  • Useful for brands scaling past basic counterfeit removal
Open velocitysellers.com
📄 Article
✓ Link checked India Free Beginner

Confirms that India is a real enforcement priority for Amazon, not an afterthought market, useful context for how seriously to expect your takedown requests to be handled.

Amazon Strengthens Anti-Counterfeit Efforts in India with Expanded Enforcement Capabilities

From Domain-b

  • Amazon is expanding investigative and enforcement capacity in India specifically
  • India named as a key growth market for anti-counterfeit operations
  • Useful signal that reporting through official channels is worth the effort locally
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