LexBlog IP

MAY 8, 2023

From source code and graphics to unique characters, iconic environments and embedded music, online games are multilayered, content-rich creations whose intellectual property (IP) can easily be ripped off. Protect Your Game’s Intellectual Property How, then, to safeguard what you’ve worked so hard to create?

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Traverse Legal Blog

JULY 14, 2022

A cease and desist letter is typically the most cost-effective option, but in some cases a particularly egregious or blatant instance of trademark infringement can call for initiating a lawsuit. In any scenario, the optimal first move is to try a cease and desist letter.

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Larson & Larson

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

One of the fundamental things to note when it comes to intellectual property rights is that the IP holder bears the burden of enforcing their rights. for litigation. However, you can stop infringement through the following: Use a Cease and Desist Letter. How Can you Protect Your Intellectual Property?

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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. For example, receiving compensation from those who use patented designs without permission often requires patent owners (e.g.,

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 29, 2023

International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a limited exclusion order (LEO) and cease and desist order against Apple, potentially barring the technology company from importing Apple Watches into the United States. On Thursday, October 26, the U.S.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Introduction Trademarks are an important division of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) as it considerably contributes in identification and promotion of a product. However every cease and desist notice served does not constitute trademark bullying and this depends on the fact and circumstance of each case.

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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 26, 2023

Chegg sent a cease-and-desist letter to Homeworkify’s domain registrar, Namecheap, its proxy server, Cloudflare, and the email address associated with domain registration, but they have found nothing. (for Power Ventures, hiQ Labs, the ill-fated Southwest cases, and all the fancy new generative AI cases broadly fit into this category.

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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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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

At the time the Plaintiff claims Cardinal still owed them $1,011.462.21, which, according to the terms of the Design-Build Contract, meant the copyright license granted to Cardinal should have ceased. Continue reading

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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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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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LexBlog IP

MARCH 13, 2023

2003) (ruling that cease-and-desist letter sent by patentee into forum did not create personal jurisdiction for noninfringement declaratory judgment count). Only time will tell the minimum amount of cease-and-desist letter writing needed to establish the minimum contacts necessary for a declaratory judgment action.

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IPilogue

JULY 5, 2022

In a cease and desist letter sent to the pub at the beginning of May 2022, Conde Nast threated to sue the pub over its name, stating that Condé Nast is the proprietor of the Vogue mark. Vogue, the village pub, has existed for approximately 200 years and Vogue, the magazine, has only existed for about 130 years.

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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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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Copyright disputes do not need to escalate into costly and time-consuming litigation. Cease and Desist Letters. If you are able to identify the infringer and obtain their contact information (be it a mailing or email address), then you may consider sending a cease and desist letter. Litigation.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 17, 2023

Before you spend time and money marketing under that business name, you need to make sure it is legally a great name, one you can feel confident in using without running into an unexpected cease and desist request or trademark infringement litigation and the potential catastrophe of forced rebranding on a short time scale.

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IPilogue

APRIL 11, 2022

Dirk Visser of Leiden University moderated this discussion on non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) and intellectual property (“IP”), which featured three speakers— Richard Lehv , Alexandra Giannopoulou , and Andres Guadamuz —who discussed different aspects of NFTs through their individual presentations. Dr. Andres Guadamuz.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 24, 2023

While fans enjoy watching the games and filling out their brackets, the NCAA and its partners are hard at work protecting the intellectual property associated with this iconic event. As such, the NCAA takes great care to protect its intellectual property rights associated with the tournament.

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The IPKat

MAY 26, 2023

Last year, former GuestKat Jan Jacobi reported both the Warsaw District Court’s Referral to the CJEU and AG Rantos’ Opinion on the TB v Castorama Polska and Knor litigation (see IPKat posts here and here ). Article 4(a) refers to the ‘holders of intellectual property rights’ being entitled to apply for an Article 8 request.

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The IPKat

APRIL 27, 2024

Litigation involving the alleged infringement of rights in ready-to-wear clothing is a frequent occurrence [ IPKat here , here ]. On 7 May 2021, ROSAE PARIS unsuccessfully sent a cease-and-desist letter to SEVEN AUGUST. 111-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code (CPI). Falguière ).

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Olartemoure Blog

MARCH 16, 2021

While you may get no answer to cease and desist letters, Colombian companies fear missing a conciliation hearing given a no show will generate a bad inference if the case goes to court. La entrada Infographic | Anticounterfeiting and Antipiracy in a digital era in Colombia se publicó primero en OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

Some forms of data are protected by copyright, trademark, or another cognizable forms of intellectual property. But most of the data on the Internet isn’t easily protectible as intellectual property by those who might have an incentive to protect it.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 20, 2022

The Court determined that neither the customer litigation, nor the cease and desist letters were sufficient to support jurisdiction, and even if they did, the court would exercise its discretion to decline jurisdiction.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

We have covered several introductory topics about 337 Investigations at the International Trade Commission (ITC) through the lens of its most common context [1] —as another forum for patent litigation. [2] 3] However, patent litigation is but one potential use of this forum. What are the Benefits of Litigating at the ITC?

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Enforcing Copyright The traditional pre-litigation enforcement tool is a demand letter. Traditional Pre-Litigation Demand Letters Obviously, the stronger the identity of a right is explained in a demand letter the more likely the letter will have an effect. The copyright holder always has the option to initiate legal proceedings.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Intellectual Property Trouble from Costumes. Lawsuits around these particular issues are rare and the disputes that do arise typically are handled through cease and desist letters or takedown notices. This isn’t to say there’s been no litigation in this area. Even if it is, perhaps, the easiest.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

”, intellectual property law expert, Ben Hopper told 7NEWS. West removed, the court would be asking, is there a real chance that the ordinary consumer would see College Dropout burgers and think, ‘”Oh there’s a connection with Kanye West’?”,

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 5, 2024

They are among the most valuable intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the digital age since they tend to be the main assets of technological companies and are exchanged on e-commerce platforms. This seriously threatens the financial interests and intellectual property rights of enterprises.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

“To the best of Appellants’ knowledge, they are the first actually to stand up to Bungie and seek a decision on the merits as to whether ‘cheating’ in computer games is unlawful in the absence of an actual violation of a recognized and existing intellectual property right, such a patents and copyrights,” they write.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JULY 28, 2022

According to the Complaint, LVB has requested Coulisse cease and desist using the mark GENESIS on its products as it is likely to cause confusion with their products because the Infringing Marks are identical or nearly identical to their mark in sound, appearance and meaning.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 26, 2022

The short answer is that the FTC can still get money through administrative litigation. ” In effect, a settlement such as this one demonstrates the agency settling the future potential Section 19 action, and it has done this many times previously, even before AMG.

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IP Tech Blog

MAY 17, 2022

The standard applied by the German courts disregarded the aims of the Directive to ensure a high level of protection of intellectual property rights throughout the EU. In the event of a cease and desist letter, it is therefore becoming even more important to immediately set up a suitable defense strategy.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

One of the post- AMG predictions about Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) law enforcement is that we will see more administrative litigation. And what are the three matters in administrative litigation? Let’s walk through the FTC administrative litigation process and see what makes it particularly time-consuming.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 18, 2022

The appellate panel doesn’t need to decide that question; instead, it murkily says “Nor was it manifestly unjust to use a willful blindness standard because we have adopted that doctrine to show knowledge in other intellectual property cases.” But who thinks the plaintiff got a good outcome in court here?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Copyright is a type of intellectual property rights. It contains a notice for cease and desist. The plaintiff may use it to show in the court proof that they had tried to avoid litigation. Such rights gives the owners/creators exclusive rights over their creations. The names of both parties.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Government’s National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center. “This can include engaging in open discussions by way of cease-and-desist notices on pirate operators, ensuring that illegal enterprises are voluntarily shut down, and criminal referrals to international and local law enforcement agencies.

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