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The NFL, the Raiders, and A Law Firm: A Tale of Two Colors

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However, after hiring three professional athletes, including Maxx Crosby of the Las Vegas Raiders, to appear in a new advertisement, the NFL sent a cease-and-desist letter to Dimopoulos accusing the firm of unauthorized use of the Raiders’ marks. The Dimopoulos Law Firm alleges that the NFL’s cease-and-desist letter is unfounded.

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The NFL, the Raiders, and A Law Firm: A Tale of Two Colors

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However, after hiring three professional athletes, including Maxx Crosby of the Las Vegas Raiders, to appear in a new advertisement, the NFL sent a cease-and-desist letter to Dimopoulos accusing the firm of unauthorized use of the Raiders’ marks.

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The Iconic ‘Del Boy’ Evolves UK Copyright Law

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Shazam brought action against the defendants in 2019 following two rounds of cease and desist letters to prevent their continued performance of an unlicensed interactive dining show. He further accepted that the name of the interactive show was liable to “ confuse and mislead ”.

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Web Scraping for Me, But Not for Thee (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This is true even though the law does not recognize that they have a property interest in it, and even if though expressly disclaim any property rights in that data in their terms of use. But make no mistake, these companies view this data, generated by their users on their platforms, as their property.

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Trademarks as a Barrier to Free-Speech: An Examination of the MetaBirkins Dispute

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Hermes, the owner of the Birkin trademark and trade-dress in USA, promptly sent OpenSeas a cease-and-desist notice. On 2 nd December 2021, Mason Rothschild began advertising an NFT collection of fur-covered Birkin-like handbags that he designed, advertising them as ‘METABIRKINS’.

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Too Rusty For Krusty–Nickelodeon v. Rusty Krab Restaurant (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Defendants argued, without offering much support, that their pop-up represents parody or expressive use of Viacom’s trademarks and copyrighted material; the restaurant’s website included a disclaimer and described the project as an “artistic adaptation.” The court then moves on to consider Viacom’s copyright infringement claim.

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It’s Not a Bag, it’s a MetaBirkin!

IPilogue

On December 16th, 2021, Hermès sent a cease-and-desist letter to both OpenSea and Rothschild, notifying them of the “blatant violation of intellectual property.” Hermès notes the absence of these disclaimers from all other channels that sell MetaBirkins, creating confusion among consumers. .