How to report a copy of your design on AliExpressHow to report a copy of your design on AliExpress

Rights holders report AliExpress listings on the Alibaba International IP Protection (IPP) Platform, not through the buyer help pages.

The platform is at ipp.aidcgroup.net. One account covers Alibaba's international marketplaces: AliExpress, Alibaba.com, Lazada and Miravia.

You register once, and the platform checks your identity and your rights before you can file. Have these ready:

• An identity document. For an individual, a passport, national ID or driving licence. For a business, its registration document.
• Something that shows the right you are relying on. For a copied design or photo, that is usually copyright. If it is registered, the certificate. If it is not, Alibaba's IPP guidance says you can submit a completed Copyright Claim Statement for unregistered copyright.
• Your original work: the listing link, the original photo files and the date you first published the design.
• The link to each AliExpress listing you want to report.
• A letter of authorisation, only if you are filing for someone else.

If a seller used your brand name or logo, that is a trademark complaint and needs your trademark registration. Copied artwork and copied product photos are usually copyright.

1. 1Go to ipp.aidcgroup.net and register an account. Use an email you check, because updates and seller responses come there.
2. 2Verify your identity by uploading the document the platform asks for.
3. 3Add your intellectual property: choose the type (copyright, trademark or patent), fill in the details and upload the supporting document.
4. 4Wait for the right to be verified. You only do this once per right, as long as the document stays valid.
5. 5Start a complaint, choose AliExpress as the platform, pick the verified right and the reason that best fits.
6. 6Paste the listing links and add a short explanation and your supporting files.
7. 7Submit, then follow the complaint in your account. The seller may respond or file a counter-notice, and you may be asked for more information.

Alibaba also runs an online complaint form for one-off notices, but Alibaba's guidance says a registered account is the quickest way to get a claim handled.

Reviewers handle a lot of complaints. Say which right you own, where the listing uses it, and what your files show. For example:

"This seller is a fake" on its own rarely works. A side-by-side image with your date next to theirs does more than a long story.

A declined complaint is common, and it is usually fixable. The usual causes are:

• The wrong type of right was picked, for example trademark for a copied illustration
• The supporting document does not match the account name or the work
• The links point to a shop page or a search page instead of the listing itself
• The explanation does not show what was copied

Read the reason in your account, fix that one thing, and file again.

Official pages this guide is based on. We checked each one on 19 October 2026. Forms change, so if a step looks different, the marketplace's own page wins.

1. 1Alibaba International IPP Platform. Where AliExpress complaints are filed.
2. 2Alibaba International IPP: online complaint form. For notices without a registered account.
3. 3GOV.UK: Protecting Intellectual Property Rights on e-commerce stores. Confirms the international IPP covers AliExpress, Alibaba.com, Lazada and Miravia, separate from Taobao and Tmall.
4. 4Alibaba IPP: How Alibaba protects your intellectual property rights. Identity documents, the Copyright Claim Statement for unregistered copyright, and the complaint flow.