The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The dispute dates back to 2014 when Jack Daniel’s sent a series of cease and desist letters to the toy company. The Ninth Circuit overturned that decision in 2020 on the ground that the toy was an “expressive work” protected by the First Amendment. 7” and “Tennessee Whiskey” labeling with “Old No. 2 On Your Tennessee Carpet.”.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 29, 2024

Specifically, IA argues that many of the works should be removed from the lawsuit, as the labels failed to take timely action following a cease and desist letter the RIAA sent in 2020. RIAA’s Cease and Desist The U.S. Copyright Act has a three-year statute of limitations.

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Barry Sookman

MAY 3, 2020

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 29, 2024

Specifically, IA argues that many of the works should be removed from the lawsuit, as the labels failed to take timely action following a cease and desist letter the RIAA sent in 2020. RIAA’s Cease and Desist The U.S. Copyright Act has a three-year statute of limitations.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MAY 10, 2022

The first case deals with the Commission’s issuance of a limited exclusion order and cease-and-desist order in Certain In Vitro Fertilization Products, Components Thereof, and Products Containing the Same (Inv. In March of 2020, Complainant Merck KGaA affiliate EMD Serono, Inc. 337-TA-1196). 337-TA-1196). 858 Patent, Fig.

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BYU Copyright Blog

JUNE 9, 2021

On August 16, 2020, Ivy purportedly sent a cease and desist letter to Lehren informing the company of the alleged infringement and demanded the removal of the material in addition to payment of $75,000. Both companies assist and guide prospective university and college students in their application process.In

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 11, 2022

However, at the end of 2020 they went on the offense and sued the RIAA asking the court to declare their site legal. Otto had issued a cease and desist letter in March, which the school responded to by phasing out the use of the logo. However, due to 40 years of use, images of the old logo are still everywhere.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 27, 2022

Cease and Desist. While court cases are also part of the repertoire, a cease-and-desist letter is usually the first step taken. As ACE is expanding, the cease-and-desist approach has become a more international endeavor. Cease-and-desist letters can be effective but they are no silver bullet.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

scene in the past, things seemed to come to a head in November 2020 when Nintendo sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Tournament Organizers (TOs) of the Big House, an upcoming streamed Melee tournament, and subsequently forced them to cancel the event. While Nintendo has waffled on its support for the Smash Bros.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 4, 2022

In 2019, the police unit delivered cease-and-desist notices to suspected IPTV resellers in the hope they would shut down voluntarily, thus avoiding arrest. Affiliated police forces in Lancashire also shut down North West IPTV back in 2020. Millington was ultimately sentenced to two and a half years in prison.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 1, 2022

” The dispute dates back to 2014 when Jack Daniel’s sent a series of cease and desist letters to the toy company. The Ninth Circuit overturned that decision in 2020 on the ground that the toy was an “expressive work” protected by the First Amendment. 2 On Your Tennessee Carpet.”

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 4, 2023

Youtube-dl Takedown Battle In late 2020, the open-source software youtube-dl was added to the list of targets. The RIAA had already sent cease-and-desist orders to the hosting company in 2020, before it approached GitHub. To stop this, the music industry titans deployed a variety of legal tactics around the world.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

Nordstrom removed the pieces at issue, and everything seemed to be fine on the copying front—until 2020 hit. They first called out Bernstein on their Instagram stories and privately sent her and We Wore What a cease and desist letter in August 2020. The account and its 2.6 The suits are still ongoing as of now.).

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 24, 2024

As part of the order, JPM agreed to pay an $18 million file and to cease and desist from any further violations of Rule 21f-17(a). In recent consent orders, the SEC normally included a notification requirement and obligation to revise non-compliant agreements.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 22, 2022

In December 2020, the United States government passed the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act (CASE Act). This means that many “smaller” copyright infringement cases do not have any practical enforcement outside of Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedowns and cease-and-desist letters.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 26, 2022

In April 2020, when we were all focused on finding masks and hand sanitizer, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a $9.3 million that the company agreed to pay in 2020, funds were indeed sent out to consumers who had received gift cards instead of refunds, and a few months ago there was a second distribution of funds.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In 2020 his Area 51 service was shut down following an Alliance For Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) cease-and-desist letter. A confidential settlement was reached in October 2020 but it’s claimed that the defendant then launched Digital UniCorn Media and another service called Altered Carbon. Breach of Contract.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It, however, appears that the sign Crompouce® was registered as a trademark with the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) already in 2020 and the design was registered as a Benelux design in the same year. In the media, a discussion emerged among Dutch IP professionals about whether Crompouce® is a valid trademark?

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Notice: As of September 16, 2020, Covered Business Method (CBM) Review is no longer available, in accordance with the sunsetting provisions at Sec. 18(a)(3)(A) of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. CBM review was similar to post-grant review, but there were notable differences between the two. nine months after issuance).

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 24, 2024

As part of the order, JPM agreed to pay an $18 million file and to cease and desist from any further violations of Rule 21f-17(a). In recent consent orders, the SEC normally included a notification requirement and obligation to revise non-compliant agreements.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

OCTOBER 5, 2022

This month’s ITC Wrap-Up focuses on a recent trend among several Commissioners that could increase the number of cease and desist orders (“CDOs”) against defaulted respondents. 20 (July 10, 2020). July 10, 2020). Certain Outdoor and Semi-Outdoor Electronic Displays, Products Containing Same, and Components Thereof , Inv.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 21, 2022

The ID also included the ALJ’s recommended determination (“RD”) for entry of a limited exclusion order and cease and desist order. Upon review of the full record, the Commission determined that respondents violated Section 337, and issued a limited exclusion order and cease and desist order against the domestic respondent.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 8, 2022

In late 2020, the open-source software youtube-dl was added to the list of targets. The RIAA had already sent cease-and-desist orders to the hosting company in 2020, before it approached GitHub. To stop this, the music industry titans are using a variety of legal tactics around the world. Youtube-dl Takedown Battle.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 22, 2023

In late 2020, the anti-piracy group announced an elaborate program to monitor and warn some of the most active BitTorrent uploaders. A claim could be a cease-and-desist undertaking with a fine in case of recidivism.” For most of this period, unauthorized sharing via BitTorrent has been a prime concern.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 12, 2023

” The RIAA says that Kahle and the Internet Archive were ordered to “immediately cease and desist from their infringement” but the demand was ignored. . 1401 , and constitutes nothing less than piracy on a massive scale.” 1401 , and constitutes nothing less than piracy on a massive scale.”

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JULY 21, 2021

According to the Complaint, Vroom became aware of Defendants’, Midwest Motors LLC, d/b/a Vrooomsace Car Selection and Khaled Alragwi, use of VROOMSACE, VROOMSACE CAR SELECTION, VROOMCARS.COM, vroomcars.com, and vroomindy.com in connection with the buying and selling of used cars (collectively the “Allegedly Infringing Properties”) in December 2020.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Initially filed in August 2020, the complaint targeted five ‘doe’ defendants, together doing business as Universe IPTV and Universe TV. DISH went to some lengths to try and close Universe down including sending cease-and-desist letters directly to the platform and more than a dozen to CDN networks associated with the service.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 21, 2021

Last year his Area 51 service was shut down following a cease-and-desist issued by the Alliance For Creativity and Entertainment (ACE). In October 2020, a confidential settlement was reached, which included a clause for Tusa not to create or be involved in any other similar services. It later disappeared.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

Facebook objected and sent a cease-and-desist letter. It observed that “[l]imiting ‘damage’ and ‘loss’ in this way makes sense in a scheme ‘aimed at preventing the typical consequences of hacking.’” quoting Royal Truck & Trailer Sales & Serv., Kraft , 974 F.3d 3d 756, 760 (6th Cir.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 10, 2022

The sites are taken down in a number of ways, from cease-and-desist warnings to full-blown litigation. Possibly as a result, mid-2020 Watchsomuch was advertising on Twitter that its.org domain wasn’t the only option for accessing the platform. The situation with Watchseries.ninja is less easy to decipher.

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JIPL Online

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

32] RuneLite HD only shut down in the first place due to a cease and desist letter from the publisher. 1] Rishav Medhi, How gaming mods continue to keep gaming interesting , NerdVolume, (May 3, 2020), [link]. [2] 4] Rishav Medhi, How gaming mods continue to keep gaming interesting , NerdVolume, (May 3, 2020), [link]. [5]

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The IPKat

MAY 26, 2023

After sending a cease-and-desist letter in October 2020, the Claimant commenced proceedings in December 2020 under Article 479 of the Code of Civil Procedure, a Polish law that implements Article 8 of the Enforcement Directive. The Claimant argued that Castorama Polska and Knor (the Defendant) infringed her copyright.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 8, 2021

In April 2020, the board upheld the decision of the Cancellation Division and dismissed the applicant’s appeal. Thirdly, the General Court did not consider that the cease-and -desist letter was a relevant factor in the assessment of bad faith, since such a request fell within the scope of the rights attaching to the registration of a mark.

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Garrigues Blog

JULY 11, 2022

His heirs considered that the use of the image was clearly for advertising purposes and contacted the sponsor to ask it to cease such use. The subsequent decision of December 21, 2020 (see here ) which refers to prior case law by the Constitutional Court, concurs with this judgment. The exception set forth in article 8.1

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LexBlog IP

MAY 24, 2023

Taco John’s is reportedly notorious for sending cease-and-desist letters to those who use the mark. Taco John’s registered the mark in 1989, and Gregory Hotel registered the mark for concurrent use in New Jersey in 2009 based on its common law use dating back to 1979. ’” In re Monday Night Ventures LLC , Ser.

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IP Tech Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The twists and turns of the case have some fun details, including Plaintiff demanding $10 million from Netflix in a pre-filing cease and desist letter (Netflix declined to pay), but we will focus on the legal issues. The picture showing the tattoo was part of an 8-photo display that was on screen for approximately 2.2 2K Games, Inc. ,

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SpicyIP

JULY 13, 2023

Fast-forwarding to the present day, are the terms still unclear or vague, after the 2020 amendment? What about cases where the patentee is not instituting a suit for infringement, but is asserting its ‘non-working’ patent rights on small-time players by issuing a cease and desist notice?

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