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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. Kiwi appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Registering Product Design and the Functional Limitation

Patently-O

” 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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ACE Finally Seizes Pirate Streaming Domains After Years of Legal Action

TorrentFreak

In 2013, Afdah.com entered the already crowded market and quickly attracted millions of users tempted by a comprehensive library of copyright-infringing movies. In 2015 it found itself among the top 250 most popular pirate sites in the world meaning that it would remain on Hollywood’s hit list.

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

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

But much of this business model is contingent on being able to sell flights directly through Ryanair’s site to control the market for ancillary services. 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). emphasis mine).

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

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

2015) (emphasis added). Facebook objected and sent a cease-and-desist letter. The post Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Editions Ltd. 3d 754, 760 (9th Cir.

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Failure to Mark Patent Number on Products Results in Complete Loss of Pre-Suit Infringement Damages

LexBlog IP

13, 2015, which was the design patent asserted in the matter noted above. While physically marking such a product is not always trivial (or desirable from a product aesthetic/marketing standpoint), an appropriate patent marking as suggested below would have provided the patent owner with the ability to collect pre-suit damages.

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Analysing Amazon’s Strategic Approach to Tackle Patent Infringement

IIPRD

It further expanded its domain as a manufacturer by establishing a market for its self-made products such as kindle for e-book services, audiobook and ‘cloud computing’ web storage services. Amazon, 2015 U.S. Amazon.com, 2015 U.S. LEXIS 90004 & 2015 U.S. Amazon acted as the medium between them and the retailers.