Erik K Pelton

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

I am particularly sensitive to the trademark challenges that small businesses face for several reasons. Pelton & Associates, to advise and counsel others about trademark protection. Believe it or not, I even had to face changing my brand name early on as a result of receiving a cease and desist letter!

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

An Atlanta-based Tex-Mex restaurant chain has sued an Ohio food truck in federal court to make it stop using the name Twisted Taco on branding and social media, alleging the small business has infringed its trademark for years and ignored cease-and-desist letters.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

On January 9th, American Airlines sent TPG a cease-and-desist letter. Power Ventures involved a social media aggregator’s consensual use of its users’ Facebook passwords to access their Facebook accounts. The service that Power Ventures sold was a platform to manage multiple social media platforms together.

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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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KMK Blog

AUGUST 21, 2018

Once a company owns a trademark, it must police the mark for unauthorized use, or risk losing its rights. As a result, companies will send “cease and desist” letters to enforce and protect their marks. At times, however, legal rights are only one consideration.

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Olartemoure Blog

MARCH 16, 2021

This way authorities will remember your trademark and provide a way for you to clearly show what your company is doing and what your main products are. Create trademark alerts for your main brands, block them on Google, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and other social media. Colombian consumers relate easily with people. .

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Would Sending a Cease-and-Desist Notice Harm Your Chances of Securing an Ex Parte Ad Interim Injunction? Some Perspectives Would Sending a Cease-and-Desist Notice Harm Your Chances of Securing an Ex Parte Ad Interim Injunction? Ltd vs Poi Social Media Pvt. Humans Of Bombay Stories Pvt. Emami Ltd.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 16, 2023

Essential Benefits of Trademark Registration – Part 1 Imagine you’ve been using your business name, logo, or slogan for several years, building a good base of local customers. You make moves to expand your market, and suddenly you get a cease-and-desist letter from another business that has better rights to the trademark.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 22, 2022

We are pleased to bring our readers a guest post by Abhijay Srekanth and Vivek Basanagoudar on interaction of trademarks with free speech. Trademarks as a Barrier to Free-Speech: An Examination of the MetaBirkins Dispute. Hermes, the owner of the Birkin trademark and trade-dress in USA, promptly sent OpenSeas a cease-and-desist notice.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

Even companies that regularly take steps to protect intellectual property through, for example, registering trademarks or registering copyrights, can benefit from a yearly review. For trademarks, a good place to start is the company’s marketing and promotional materials, website, mobile app, and social media.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 2, 2022

TRADE MARKS Lise Charles (WTR) provides an overview of the most-read posts on Word Trademark Review (WTR) on European trade mark case law over the past year, including analyses of cases dealing with issues such as unconventional signs (i.e., disputes between domain names and trademarks).

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Garrigues Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Successful products and services are likely to have their trademarks copied. It is not that you in particular and your trademark are being targeted, but awareness on how to proceed yields value to your brand. If you own a business in Portugal and have a registered trademark, these recommendations will prove useful.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

She writes and teaches in the trademark law area, and recently wrote a paper with Professor Christine Haight Farley that focuses on speech-protective doctrines in trademark infringement law.] The Trademark Infringement Claim A new gateway requirement for application of the Rogers test. 1114(1) or 15 U.S.C.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Remember the Fifth Circuit case from 2018 holding that a real restaurant’s name could infringe trademark rights in the name of a fictional restaurant from the TV show SpongeBob SquarePants, the Krusty Krab?

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

Even companies that regularly take steps to protect intellectual property through, for example, registering trademarks or registering copyrights, can benefit from a yearly review. For trademarks, a good place to start is the company’s marketing and promotional materials, website, mobile app, and social media.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In 2020 his Area 51 service was shut down following an Alliance For Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) cease-and-desist letter. According to the complaint filed in a California court, Tusa is well known to the plaintiffs. A settlement proposal included a clause that Tusa couldn’t launch or be involved with any similar services.

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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. For example, the most aggressive companies in pursuing web-scraping litigation are the social media companies. The social media companies have no cognizable property right to assert in this content/data.

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Corsearch

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Infringers follow social media pages, brand updates, events and global trends to see which products are in demand. More brazen IP infringement IP infringement is more visible during this period, with listings brazenly including trademarks and copyright imagery. There are two routes they can take: Mass marketplaces (e.g.,

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Kashishipr

JULY 21, 2021

The problem of counterfeiting not only puts brands at risk of their trademarks, brand value, and goodwill getting damaged but also puts consumers at the risk of receiving sub-standard quality products, which may ultimately affect their health and wellbeing. Takedown notices, cease and desist notices, etc.,

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

Netflix could have sent Barlow & Bear a cease and desist letter hand-delivered by Regé-Jean Page. Fans willing to drop even more money could allegedly buy clothing, keychains and other merchandise at the venue, all of which featured the “Bridgerton” trademark. Netflix disagrees.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

Although none has reached a resolution, these private civil actions highlight various legal theories of liability that could arise when participating in the NFT market, including claims for copyright infringement, trademark infringement, breach of contract and violations of securities laws. Copyright Claims: Roc-A-Fella Records Inc.

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