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Two DJ Music Piracy Cases Five Years Apart, Two Very Different Outcomes

TorrentFreak

In the last year alone, BREIN conducted 479 investigations which resulted in the shutdown of 466 illegal sites and services, including torrent and streaming sites, IPTV providers, and platforms that distribute music without an appropriate license. The service was fairly comprehensive. DJ in the UK Jailed for Operating a Similar Resource.

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Registering Product Design and the Functional Limitation

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch TBL Licensing v. ” In 2015 Timberland began the process of registering the boot design as a trademark. Timberland boots have been on the market for 50 years, and according to the record the company has “never has demanded that competitors cease and desist from selling look-alike boots.”

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TOS Supports Injunction Against Web Scraping–Southwest Airlines v. Kiwi

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

It sent Kiwi cease and desist letters and has implemented security measures, but “Kiwi has continued to hack the Southwest website and sell Southwest flights without permission.”. In addition, Southwest sent Kiwi several cease and desist letters. The terms are presented next to the purchase button.

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Energy Beverages Sued Indiana Automotive Shop for Alleged Trademark Infringement

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

Evansville, Indiana – In 2004, the Coca-Cola Company launched its Full Throttle® energy drink brand, which was later apparently acquired by Monster Beverage Company (“Monster”) in 2015. Since 2015, Energy claims it has spent over $22.6 Energy also claims it has used a distinctive trade dress on its Full Throttle® products since 2004.

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Better late than never? Not if you want to avoid acquiescence!

The IPKat

9(1),(3) of Directive (EU) 2015/2436 (‘EUTMD’)). It was only in April 2009 that the plaintiff sent a warning letter to the defendant, requesting that it cease and desist from using 'HEITECH' as a trade mark and company name. He refused the offer, proposing a license agreement instead.

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Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

2015) (emphasis added). a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license”), and there is no allegation that it was corrupted, changed, or deleted. Facebook objected and sent a cease-and-desist letter. Editions Ltd. 3d 754, 760 (9th Cir. The data that CCDH accessed does not belong to X Corp., see Kaplan Decl.

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Does the CFAA Help Airlines Control Their Distribution Channels?–RyanAir v. Booking (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

As usual in these types of cases, Ryanair sent cease-and-desist letters to Booking telling it to stop. 2015 WL 1289984 at 4 (N.D. March 20, 2015). Booking Holdings is the parent company of multiple OTAs that publish fare data and sell Ryanair flights in purported violation of Ryanair’s terms of service. hiQ Labs II at 43.