IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This week in Other Barks & Bites: The International Trade Commission issues a limited exclusion order and cease and desist order for patent-infringing technology in the Apple Watch; Taco Bell wins its last battle against Taco Tuesday trademark; and President Biden announces the recipients of the National Medal of Science and the National Medal (..)

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2023

inventors) to send cease and desist letters, file complaints in federal district court, and at times endure patent litigation to its completion. Recovering money from users of technology requires movement on the part of inventors of technology. All of these movements require the inventor to possess a patent.

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The IPKat

MAY 26, 2023

This question was whether, under Article 8(1) Enforcement Directive (2004/48/EC ) (the Enforcement Directive), a claimant in infringement proceedings can request a court to order certain parties to disclose information. Article 4(a) refers to the ‘holders of intellectual property rights’ being entitled to apply for an Article 8 request.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 26, 2024

Late last year, , the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) announced that it would issue a limited exclusion order (LEO) and cease and desist order (CDO) against Apple, Inc. prohibiting Apple from importing and selling its Apple Watch (Series 6 and 7) products in the United States.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 8, 2024

Sonos filed a complaint with the ITC alleging certain Google audio players and controllers infringed the patents and the ITC agreed, issuing a limited exclusion order and a cease-and-desist order (CDO) preventing Google from marketing the infringing products in the United States.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2023

Prior to filing the complaint, Chipotle sent Sweetgreen a cease-and-desist letter asking the salad chain to drop the word “chipotle” from the name, which is the usual practice in trademark related lawsuits.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 10, 2022

The first is sending a cease and desist letter. In addition to the cease and desist letter, users can also send a DMCA takedown notice or can reach out to an attorney in their network for additional help. Beyond that, the biggest limitations center around the assessment and enforcement features.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2022

The company filed a cease-and-desist letter in 2017 when Viacom first aired Floribama Shore in 2017. MGFB, the company that filed the appeal, owns the “FLORA-BAMA” trademark and owns and operates the Flora-Bama Lounge on the border of Florida and Alabama.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Those arguments were described as “lively” with justices examining both the transformative nature of the works involved but also looking into how both competed for the same market, namely illustrating articles about Prince in magazines. 2: Textile Designer Sues Zulily for Copyright Infringement.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 31, 2022

Under article 8(1) of the Enforcement Directive (Directive 2004/48/EC) a claimant in infringement proceedings can request a court to order certain parties to disclose information. Analysis By its nature, article 8 Enforcement Directive causes friction between two different interests.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 15, 2023

On 8 July 2019, Ms Y unsuccessful addressed a cease-and-desist letter to L'Oréal. Originality In order to rule on the originality of the photographs taken by Ms Y, the Court of Appeal, explicitly relying on a combined reading of articles L. The French company refused to regulate the situation. Such position is not surprising.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Article 17 has been a (the) leading buzzword of the copyright reforms of the European Union in recent years (at least half a decade already). The Act introduced Articles 57/A to 57/H to the Copyright Act (Act LXXVI of 1999). These rules represent an almost verbatim implementation of Article 17. Hungary (Péter Mezei).

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 13, 2021

After that, several affiliate sites owned by Sinclair embedded the video into news articles, prompting Nicklen to sue. He has sent several cease and desist letters regarding the issue but Le Tegre have opted to file the lawsuit proactively, beating Mann to the legal punch.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Eventually, the RIAA itself got involved, sending a cease and desist letter to Hitpiece on February 4. The same day that the RIAA sent its cease and deist letter to Hitpiece, Nike filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against reseller StockX over Nike-themed NFTs.

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The IPKat

JUNE 30, 2022

It is not uncommon that the infringing party may be willing to cease the infringement, but unwilling to compensate all the legal costs claimed. A cease-and-desist letter was sent to FU requesting to stop the infringement and to compensate the legal costs borne.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 17, 2024

2024) ( Apple Stay Denial ) After initially granting a temporary reprieve, the Federal Circuit has now denied Apple’s stay pending appeal of the International Trade Commission’s limited exclusion order and cease-and-desist order (“the Remedial Orders”) against Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2.

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The IPKat

MAY 5, 2024

After Meril had made a declaration to cease and desist, the parties settled and agreed that the proceedings were concluded and applied for discontinuance of the proceedings under Rule 360 Rules of Procedure (RoP), but disagreed on who should bear the costs of the proceedings. RoP in light of the circumstances of these proceedings.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 9, 2021

There are several strategies for protecting your brand and your business ranging from quick and inexpensive actions such as cease and desist letters, to district court and International Trade Commission (ITC) litigation. In addition, they may be liable for defective counterfeit products even if they did not manufacture them.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

A named defendant and others yet to be fully identified now face a full-blown lawsuit after allegedly failing to comply with the terms of a cease-and-desist notice. These matters in the U.S. sit in stark contrast to events currently unfolding in Canada’s Federal Court. and 30 days for $19.99.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

in royalties to Voxer over patent infringement; President Biden passes on vetoing a cease-and-desist order against Apple; and the USPTO launches a new education platform to teach students about innovation and intellectual property.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 23, 2021

BREIN certainly doesn’t shy away from taking matters to court but whenever it can, settlements and an agreement to cease and desist can be enough to ward off more serious action. While BREIN has been hinting at criminal prosecutions for a while, the anti-piracy group tends to focus on civil actions.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Costumes are considered “useful articles” and, similar to most of the fashion industry , does not qualify for any kind of copyright protection. . First, design elements that are “physically or conceptually separate” from the article can be protected. However, there are two key exceptions to this. The second limitation is masks.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MAY 10, 2022

The first case deals with the Commission’s issuance of a limited exclusion order and cease-and-desist order in Certain In Vitro Fertilization Products, Components Thereof, and Products Containing the Same (Inv. Unlike Federal Courts, which are precluded from issuing advisory opinions under Article III of the U.S. 337-TA-1196).

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In July 2019, a cease-and-desist letter was sent to the company H Z without much effect. The court then dismissed the application for revocation on the grounds of non-use within the meaning of Articles 18 and 58(a) EUTMR 2017/1001. Feld Motor Sports Inc. Those shows featured a monster truck named “EI TORO Del FUEGO”.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Early February the RIAA stepped in to issue a cease-and-desist against HitPiece.com, describing it as a scam site designed to mislead and defraud fans with its offer to sell them NFTs genuinely associated with artists. Muzzey responded with a strongly-worded cease-and-desist notice and he wasn’t the only one.

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The IPKat

APRIL 27, 2024

On 7 May 2021, ROSAE PARIS unsuccessfully sent a cease-and-desist letter to SEVEN AUGUST. Infringement of unregistered Community design rights Relying explicitly on a combined reading of articles 4, 5, 6, 10 and 11 of Regulation no. Protection of clothes is explicitly provided under article L. Falguière ).

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The TTABlog

JUNE 25, 2021

Previous experience preparing and responding to cease and desist letters and handling other enforcement matters is preferred. An interest in public presentation, writing articles, and active marketing and business development are also required.".

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

criminal crackdown, its self-stated goal is to ensure and facilitate the availability of books and articles to the broader public. These records contain no copyrighted books or articles. Launched in the fall of 2022 , just days after Z-Library was targeted in a U.S. The defendant allegedly teamed up with unnamed co-conspirators.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 22, 2022

However, as a recent article on Torrentfreak pointed out , more than a third of the cases they were able to examine came from just two defendants and most appeared to be photographers targeting commercial use of their images. However, as one might expect, there has been some pent-up demand for the service that the CCB provides. .

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

However, before the event happened, Paramount learned of the event and sent a cease and desist letter to JMC requesting that they cease the event. According to the filing, in February 2021, as the second film was preparing to be released, JMC announced that it would host a “McDowell’s” themed pop up in April.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 9, 2022

The company ceased operations after the RIAA sent them a cease and desist letter. However, that reputation may be even worse with the music industry. Last month, a new company named HitPiece attempted to launch and NFT marketplace to sell NFTs based on every song ever made.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 16, 2024

That cease and desist notice didn’t list any specific recordings but referenced artists including Elvis Presley, Duke Ellington, and Billie Holiday. The defendants were already aware of the alleged infringements more than three years ago, which is past the three-year stature of limitations for copyright infringement.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Judge Fry JA elucidated that “A person who produces a new article and is the sole maker of it, has the greatest difficulty (if it is not an impossibility) in claiming the name of that article as his own because until somebody else produces the same article there is nothing to distinguish it from.” Findlater (1878).

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The IPKat

AUGUST 8, 2021

Bad faith pursuant to Article 59(1)(b) of the EU Trade Mark Regulation ( EUTMR ), presupposes the presence of a dishonest state of mind or intention ( Koton Ma?azacilik The applicant’s opposition was based on Article 8(4) EUTMR, read in conjunction with Italian legislation. azacilik Tekstil Sanayi ve Ticaret v EUIPO (C?104/18

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

At base, the issue has to do with the meaning of the article “a”: can “a” be plural? Objectively Baseless : The Federal Circuit has given patentees a fairly-wide berth with regard to public accusations of infringement and customer cease-and-desist letters.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

MARCH 25, 2021

BigBasket , the largest online grocery store in India slapped a Cease-and-Desist notice on Daily Basket , a young startup, alleging infringement of their trademark. This article has been authored by Sandhya S. As Big Basket & Daily Basket Fight it Out. Handle with Care!

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Earlier this month Miramax sent a cease and desist notice to Tarantino urging him to halt the upcoming sale. ‘Massive Step Back’ The Tarantino NFT Twitter handle responded to a Variety article on the lawsuit, characterizing it as a massive step back.

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