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3 Count: Warhol Battle

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However, after Prince died in 2016, it was revealed that Warhol actually made an additional 14 prints using the photograph. The lawsuit indicates that this is not the first run in between the two parties, as EKB claims to have sent a cease and desist letter to the company in 2020.

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3 Count: 1300 Blocks

Plagiarism Today

VHT licenses real estate photos for marketing purposes and many of its photos appear on Zillow. This prompted ZHT to file the lawsuit and decided that Zillow’s infringement was innocent until July 10, 2014, when ZHT sent a cease and desist letter to the company. As such, the judge has ordered Zillow to pay a total of $1.93

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Airline Sues to Stop Popular Web-Scraping Service–American Airlines v. The Points Guy (Guest Blog Post)

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On January 9th, American Airlines sent TPG a cease-and-desist letter. dispute back in the Ninth Circuit in 2016. Of course, Facebook objected and sent a cease-and-desist letter. That language implied that revocation-by-cease-and-desist letter was no longer sufficient to trigger CFAA liability.

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LimeWire to Return to Sell NFTs

Plagiarism Today

Even as the NFT market has grown to billions of dollars, public perception remains very low. The company ceased operations after the RIAA sent them a cease and desist letter. In July 2016, Rhapsody rebranded itself as Napster , dropping the previous name completely.

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sending emails under former employees' names may be reverse passing off

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2016) (affirming summary judgment on Lanham Act claim when “[d]iscovery revealed only one customer who arguably relied upon [defendant’s] advertising in deciding between” the defendant and plaintiff)). These allegations provide no information about the size of the market or the number of customers to receive the allegedly false advertising.”

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March Madness: Basketball, Brackets, and Branding

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The lease agreement allows the NCAA to use the trademark “Sweet Sixteen” in its marketing, promotions, and other activities related to the tournament, but the KHSAA retains ownership of the trademark. In some cases, the NCAA has even taken legal action to protect its trademarks.

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Understanding Copyright, Trademark and Halloween Costumes

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Wtf is a juice demon pic.twitter.com/OxYMWEuoCq — Eli Matthewson (@EliMatthewson) October 1, 2016. Lawsuits around these particular issues are rare and the disputes that do arise typically are handled through cease and desist letters or takedown notices. That is, until photos such as this one begin to make the rounds.

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