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Trademark Report Form

Use this form to report content that you believe infringes your trademark rights

To be sure you're in the right place, what best describes your issue?

My account has been hacked

I found a fake account that is pretending to be me

I am being bullied or harassed

I found inappropriate or abusive content

I want to claim an account for my business

I found content which I believe infringes my copyright

I found content which I believe infringes my trademark

If you want to report your account as hacked, you can secure it by going to the Help Center.

If you want to report this content because you believe it is pretending to be you, you can learn how to submit a report in the Help Center.

If you want to report this content because you believe it is bullying or harassing, you can learn how to submit a report in the Help Center.

If you want to report this content because you believe it is inappropriate or abusive, you can learn how to report it in the Help Center.

If you want to report content that may violate your copyrights, please use this form.

For policy and legal reasons, we cannot make any changes to an account’s ownership or provide information about an account’s owner. Nor can we move followers from one account to another.

If you believe that an account, or content within an account, infringes or violates your legal rights and you would like it removed from Instagram for that reason, please select the appropriate option above.

A trademark is a word, slogan, symbol or design (ex: a brand name or logo) that a person or company uses to distinguish their products or services from those offered by others. Generally, trademark law seeks to protect consumers from being confused about who provides, endorses or is affiliated with a particular product or service. To prevent this situation, a trademark owner may be able to stop others from using their trademark (or a similar trademark) without permission if that use may cause confusion. For more information on trademarks, visit the trademark section of our Help Center.

Continue with my trademark report

I found content that I believe offers counterfeit goods

Please note that submitting a report of intellectual property infringement is a serious matter with legal consequences. Intentionally submitting misleading or otherwise fraudulent reports of trademark infringement may lead to Instagram taking action, including termination of your account.

Contact Information

Provide your contact information

Who owns the trademark?

Me or my organization

My client

Someone else

Please note that a report alleging infringement or violation of legal rights must come from the rights owner or someone authorized to report on their behalf (ex: attorney, agent). If you are not the rights owner or their authorized representative, we will not be able to process your report. If you believe others' rights may be infringed by content on the site, you may wish to ask them to review the intellectual property section of the Help Center.

Please note that we regularly provide the rights owner's name, your email address and the nature of your report to the person who posted the content you are reporting. This person may contact you with the information you provide. You may wish to provide a valid generic business or professional email address for this reason.

Your name (name and surname)

Your organization

Your relationship to the rights owner

Please specify your relationship to the rights owner.

Your job responsibility

Please specify your job responsibility.

Mailing address

Phone number

Email address

Please provide a valid email address that can be used to contact you. This may be a professional or business email address. Keep in mind the reported party may use this email to contact you.

Confirm your email address

Name of the rights owner

This may be your full name or the name of the organization for whom you are the authorized representative.

Please provide a link to the rights owner's official online presence.

(Ex: website, Facebook Page, etc.)

Trademark Information

Provide your trademark information

What is your trademark?

Please provide information for one trademark at a time. Note, you will have an opportunity to list additional trademarks below.

Where is your trademark registered?

What is your trademark registration number (if applicable)?

Which categories of goods and/or services are covered by your registration?

If possible, please provide a link (URL) leading directly to your trademark registration.

A direct link (URL) will help us process your report.

Attachment (optional)

If possible, please provide a scanned copy of your trademark registration certificate(s) or screenshot of your registration on the website or database of the applicable national or community intellectual property office(s). Please note that we only support the following file formats: JPG, GIF, PNG, TIFF and PDF.

I have additional trademarks.

Trademark

Registration no.

Jurisdiction

Link to registration

Content You Want to Report

Provide the content you want to report

Please note that by selecting “Username” from the options above, we will process your report as request to remove the reported username(s). If you would also like to claim a username, please select “I would like to claim a username” below.

Typically, Instagram accounts contain many individual photos, posts and other pieces of content, and we may not be able to remove the Instagram account you are reporting in its entirety. If you have not already done so, please provide the direct link (URL) to each specific piece of content you believe infringes your trademark rights within this Instagram account. If you believe this object is infringing in its entirety, you may continue with this report.

Please provide links (URLs) or broadcast IDs leading directly to the specific content you are reporting.

You can report multiple links (URLs) in this report. To do this, enter links (URLs) in the box below, separated by a space or comma.

Who posted the content?

Where was the content posted?

Please provide a detailed description of where the content is located on Instagram.

Please attach a screenshot of the ad you are reporting.

Please include the responsible Instagram account in the screenshot.

I would like to claim a username.

Please note that usernames are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis and the present use of a username may comply with our username policies. For more information about our username policies, please visit https://help.instagram.com/182492381886913/.

Please confirm the username you would like to claim.

Please provide a link (URL) to the account that you would like to assign the username to.

If you don’t already have an account, you will need to create one using a temporary username. Note that if we’re able to grant your request, your current username will become available for someone else to use on a first-come, first-served basis. Instagram accounts can only support one username.

Would you also like for the account using the requested username to be removed?

Yes

I do not have links (URLs) or broadcast IDs leading directly to the specific content I want to report.

For us to process your report, we need to know what content you believe to be infringing or violating your rights and where the specific content is located on Instagram. The best way to help us locate the content is to provide us with links (URLs) or broadcast IDs for that material. Please note that we may not be able to locate the content without this information.

You can get a link to a photo or video by going to the post in the app and tapping "..." above it. From the menu that appears, select Copy Link.

Alternatively, you can get a link to the post by viewing it on the web:

Every Instagram account has a username, which you can find when visiting that account on the web or within the mobile app
Once you know the username of the account in which the content is located, open a web browser and go to http://instagram.com/username
- For example, if the username is "johnappleseed" go to http://instagram.com/johnappleseed
Click on the photo(s) or video(s) you wish to report
For each photo or video, copy the URL (located at the top of the browser) and paste it into your report. Please see the image below for an example URL.

Who posted the content?

Where was the content posted?

Please provide links (URLs) leading directly to the account where the content appears.

When was the content posted?

Please indicate when the content was posted.

Please provide a detailed description of where the content is located on Instagram.

Attachment (optional)

Please note that we only support the following file formats: JPG, GIF, PNG, TIFF and PDF.

Please describe how you believe this content infringes your trademark.

Declaration

Confirm declaration statement

By submitting this notice, you state: that you have a good faith belief that the reported use described above, in the manner you have complained of, is not authorized by the intellectual property rights owner, its agent, or the law; that the information contained in this notice is accurate; and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the intellectual property rights at issue.

Do you agree?

Yes

You must agree to the terms before submitting this form.

Electronic signature

Your electronic signature should match your full name.

Please note that you will be unable to submit a report unless you are the rights owner or their authorized representative.