IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The modus operandi of bullying and legal threats which are baseless by large entities gets initiated by serving a cease and desist notice which contains threats of instituting a trademark infringement suit. Further the defendants were also restrained from issuing any other baseless threats. [3]

Cease and Desist 99

Cease and Desist Trademark Registering Trademarks Business 99

TorrentFreak

AUGUST 23, 2021

BREIN certainly doesn’t shy away from taking matters to court but whenever it can, settlements and an agreement to cease and desist can be enough to ward off more serious action. Operation Shut Down, Settlement Reached. BREIN Targets a 350,000 Track DJ Record Pool Service.

Music 141

Music Cease and Desist Settlement Licensing 141

Trading Secrets

JANUARY 24, 2024

Morgan Securities, LLC (“JPMS”) for allegedly including overbroad release provisions in settlement agreements. And, as we previously blogged , the SEC historically had limited enforcement activity for Rule 21F-17(a), with roughly 14 enforcement actions between 2015 and 2021.

Confidentiality 52

Confidentiality Cease and Desist Settlement Social Media 52

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 24, 2024

Morgan Securities, LLC (“JPMS”) for allegedly including overbroad release provisions in settlement agreements. And, as we previously blogged , the SEC historically had limited enforcement activity for Rule 21F-17(a), with roughly 14 enforcement actions between 2015 and 2021.

Confidentiality 52

Confidentiality Cease and Desist Settlement Social Media 52

Trading Secrets

AUGUST 17, 2022

Since 2015, the SEC has brought at least 14 enforcement actions involving Exchange Rule 21F-17(a). The action arose because, between April 2015 and April 2019, Brinks used an employee confidentiality agreement that prohibited employees from disclosing confidential company information to any third party without Brinks’ prior written approval.

Confidentiality 122

Confidentiality Cease and Desist Government Reporting 122

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

337-TA-1186 (finding violation of Section 337 and issuance of a General Exclusion Order and Cease and Desist Orders)—and one other Investigation (Inv. 337-TA-1219) was terminated based upon settlement. 15, 2015); Balanced Armature Devices , Order No. Certain Opaque Polymers , Inv. 337-TA-883, Comm’n Op. at 19 (Jun.

Cease and Desist 52

Cease and Desist Settlement Business 52

The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

When settlement discussions proved fruitless, Romag sued. But the majority and concurring opinions’ directive that mental state is a “highly important consideration” should mean that losing the willfulness requirement will not make it easier for spurious filings aimed at extracting a quick settlement. & ECON.

Intellectual Property 52

Intellectual Property Contracts Trademark Trademark Law 52