If you manufacture in China, read this before your next order
Someone in China can register your brand name — then have your own shipments stopped at customs.
It's called trademark squatting, and China's first-to-file system makes it stick. For $129, we search the official CNIPA register and tell you — in 48 hours — whether your brand is exposed, and exactly what to do about it.
48-hour report · reviewed by licensed PRC attorneys · full refund if we find nothing
The exposure
The risk almost nobody warns you about
You did everything right. You designed the product, built the brand, found a factory. But here's the part no one mentions until it's too late:
In China, a trademark belongs to whoever registers it first — not to whoever created the brand. So a stranger (often a competitor, sometimes your own factory) can quietly register your brand name in China. Once they hold it, they can record it with Chinese customs and have your goods flagged as counterfeit — and physically stopped from leaving the country.
A US or EU trademark does nothing here. It's a different country, a different register, a different rulebook. And "just keep innovating" — the advice everyone gives about copycats — cannot unblock a shipping container sitting at a Chinese port.
Real sellers, in their own words, on public forums (these are public posts — not our clients):
"Their scam is that they register the trademark in China. If you have your products manufactured in China, they can keep your items from ever leaving China as they now consider your items to be counterfeit."— seller, r/FulfillmentByAmazon
"We spent the last year working on the branding & products and some prick from China has TM'd our brand name. Lesson learnt — I'll register our TM in countries of interest asap."— seller, r/FulfillmentByAmazon
The opening
The good news: this one is checkable — and fixable
Most China-copycat problems are murky. This one isn't. China's trademark register is public. We can look up your brand today and tell you precisely where you stand:
Are you clear? Has someone already filed on your name? Is there an active threat to your next shipment? You stop guessing and start knowing. And if someone is moving on your brand, there are real, proven legal steps — opposition, bad-faith cancellation, or simply getting your own registration in first — handled by licensed PRC attorneys.
It isn't hopeless. It's specific. And specific problems have specific fixes.
THE CHINA TRADEMARK EXPOSURE AUDIT
$129 one-time48-hour turnaround
A licensed-attorney-reviewed check of whether your brand is exposed in China — and what to do next. Here's exactly what you get:
A search of the official CNIPA trademark register for your brand name and core marks
Your customs-block risk, rated in plain English:
ClearAt riskActive threat
Whether anyone has already filed on your brand — and who (rival, factory, or unknown)
Your specific next move, in plain English — and whether you need to act now or can breathe easy
Reviewed by a licensed PRC trademark attorney before it reaches you
Your two-way guarantee
If we find no exposure worth reporting, you get a full refund — you paid for peace of mind and you got it free. And if you do need to act, your $129 is credited in full toward your protection or rescue. You're not gambling $129. You're capping your downside at zero.
Secure checkout via Stripe. Refund or credit, guaranteed. Report in 48 hours.
See it before you buy — free
Want to see the actual report first — for free?
Before you spend a cent, take a look at the exact one-page audit we send sellers. Drop your email and we'll open the real sample report for you on the spot — so you can judge for yourself whether it's worth $129.
Here's your sample report.
It just opened in a new tab — if your browser blocked the pop-up, open it here:
48-hour turnaround. Full refund if we find nothing · $129 credited if you act.
The receipts
Why trust us with this — especially if you've been burned
If you've received scary emails from "China IP agents" warning that someone's taking your trademark and offering to fix it for $999 — you were right to be suspicious. Most of those are scams. We know, because our customers tell us. So here's plainly how we're different:
One fixed, public price. $129. On the page. No "contact us for a quote," no manufactured urgency, no mystery invoice.
Real, named, licensed attorneys — not anonymous "agents." The legal work is done and reviewed by PRC-licensed trademark lawyers at Beijing DHH Law Firm.
A money-back guarantee. A scam doesn't refund you. We do.
A real human you can talk to first. Want to ask a question before paying? Email the founder. You'll get a person, not a portal.
Hao ZhangFounder · Beijing
Who's behind CopycatHunter
Hi there — I'm Hao.
I'd like to introduce myself. Then you can decide whether this is a scam.
I spent 14 years in China and 8 in the US, working across borders as a consultant and entrepreneur — helping international businesses navigate the China black box. (It feels like that sometimes, doesn't it?)
I built CopycatHunter with my wife — a PRC-licensed lawyer — and our partner attorney team at Beijing DHH Law Firm, to help founders defend the brand and products they've poured their heart and soul into.
No one wants their child taken away. We're here to make sure that never happens to you.
When Chinese IP squatters and copycats try their luck with your brand, our team takes every legal action imaginable to defend you — at a fraction of the cost of big law. Because we genuinely care (and we keep our overhead minimal).
You can email me directly at hzhang835@gmail.com with any question at all — and I'll reply to you myself.
Hao
Personal reply within 24 hours
THE LEGAL MUSCLE — BEIJING DHH LAW FIRM
Your audit's legal analysis is performed and reviewed by licensed attorneys at Beijing DHH Law Firm — a real, established Chinese firm, not anonymous “agents.” The same attorneys handle your rescue or registration if you decide to act.
Pay $129 and tell us your brand.Your brand name(s), where you sell, and where you manufacture. Takes about two minutes at checkout.
We search the CNIPA register; a PRC attorney reviews.We pull every relevant filing against your name and have a licensed attorney assess your real customs-block risk.
Within 48 hours, you get your report + your next move.Clear / At-risk / Active threat, who (if anyone) filed, and exactly what to do. If you're at risk, we tell you precisely how to fix it.
Objections, answered
Straight answers
Honestly — is this a scam?
Fair question, and we'd rather you ask it. No. A scam hides its price, hides its people, and never refunds you. We post a fixed $129, name the founder and the licensed attorneys who do the work, and guarantee your money back. Email us before you pay if you want to hear a human voice first.
I already have a US (or EU) trademark. Aren't I protected?
Not in China. Trademarks are national. Your US registration has no force at a Chinese customs checkpoint — only a Chinese registration does. This is the single most common and most expensive misunderstanding we see.
Nobody has copied me yet. Isn't this premature?
The opposite — it's the cheapest moment to check. Once a squatter files first, you're fighting uphill to claw your own name back. A clean register today costs $129 and a night's sleep. Discovering a block when your container is stuck costs far more.
If someone has already filed on my brand, can you actually do anything?
Often, yes — through opposition, bad-faith cancellation, or negotiation, handled by licensed PRC attorneys. We won't promise a guaranteed win (anyone who does is the scam). We'll tell you honestly what's realistic for your specific case, and what it would take.
What exactly do I get for $129?
A CNIPA register search for your brand, your customs-block risk rated in plain English, who (if anyone) has filed, and your specific next move — reviewed by a licensed PRC attorney, delivered in 48 hours. Find nothing? Full refund. Need to act? The $129 credits toward it.
Who actually does the work?
CopycatHunter runs your audit and your experience. The legal analysis is performed and reviewed by independent, licensed PRC attorneys at Beijing DHH Law Firm. You get a friendly front door and real legal muscle behind it.
Find out where your brand stands — before someone else decides for you.
48 hours. $129. Full refund if we find nothing, full credit if you act. The cheapest insurance you'll buy this year.
