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Trademark Infringement in the Digital Age

IP and Legal Filings

Trademark owners frequently used cease and desist letters to pressure infringers to stop using their marks without authorization before taking legal action. Anonymity of Infringers Anonymous actors make it difficult to identify defendants, hindering the service of notice and delivery of cease requests.

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Should Copyright Preemption Moot Anti-Scraping TOS Terms? (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

2009) (holding that a contract was not preempted by copyright). And to characterize zero-click online terms of use that are imposed by cease-and-desist letter as enforceable contracts is horrible policy and bad law. Health Grades, Inc. Robert Wood Johnson University Hosp., 634 F.Supp.2d 2d 1226, 1246 (D.

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ITC Litigation: Introduction to Trade Secret Protection at the ITC

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

the ITC can also issue cease and desist orders to prevent further sales of the accused products. Contact the authors or visit Fish’s Intellectual Property Law Essentials. [1] 16, 2009). [11] 6] For respondents with commercially significant inventory in the U.S., More questions? Containing Same , Inv.