TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Judge Buchanan concludes that these amounts are appropriate, given the music companies’ lost profits and advertising revenue, as well as the finding that the YouTube rippers willfully and repeatedly facilitated copyright infringement. In addition, it asked for $1,250 per DMCA violation, bringing the total to $82,922,500.

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Cease and Desist Copyright Infringement Music Copyright 139

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Platforms that copy online data and use it to create AI have a strong fair use argument under copyright laws. Copyright law forbids duplication, public performance, and so on, unless the person wishing to copy or perform the work gets permission; silence means a ban on copying. A copyright is a right against the world.

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Blogging Copyright Contracts Cease and Desist 81

TorrentFreak

MAY 18, 2022

The complaint states that around September 24, 2021, the defendants were notified that their service violates federal laws and told to cease and desist. The plaintiffs allege that Scroggins registered several PrimeStreams domains including primestreams.tv, primestreamstv.com, and primehosting.one. PrimeStreams Ignored Warning.

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Cease and Desist Social Media Branding Brands 130

TorrentFreak

MARCH 8, 2022

The RIAA had already sent cease-and-desist orders to the hosting company in 2020, before it approached GitHub. For example, to create “ reaction videos ” in response to other YouTubers, which are then monetized through advertisements. This would be impossible without downloading a copy off the platform first.

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Cease and Desist Music Copyright Copyright Infringement 136

The IPKat

JUNE 23, 2023

During Summer 2019, Mercredie became aware of the fall-winter 2019 advertising campaign, entitled #MajeMyDogandI, by ready-to-wear company Maje. As a result, Mercredie sent a cease-and-desist letter to the French brand on 16 September 2019. Each of her outfits are tagged so that her followers could identify the products worn.

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Copyright Cease and Desist Copyright Infringement Publishing 95

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Courts in the Fifth Circuit consider: (1) the type of mark allegedly infringed; (2) the similarity between the two marks; (3) the similarity of the products or services; (4) the identity of retail outlets and purchasers; (5) the identity of the advertising media used; (6) the defendant’s intent; and (7) actual confusion.

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Blogging Social Media Television Fair Use 94

Selvam & Selvam Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Raising objections to the misuse of one’s trademark by way of sending cease and desist notices, initiating action for passing off or infringement, etc. But we don’t mind at all if you copy a copy on a Xerox® copier.” Misuse often occurs as a result of lack of education rather than wrongful intent.

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Trademark Cease and Desist Registering Trademarks Branding 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This is the initial copying design (without of the background graphics in the precedent work): The copyright registrant alleged this copying design constituted copyright infringement. Satirical Depiction in YouTube Video Gets Rough Treatment in Court. * 512(f) Preempts Tortious Interference Claim–Copy Me That v.

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Registration Fair Use Copyright Designs 114

SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Regardless, it sent a cease and desist to the defendants in 2022 who have a shop in Jaipur with a similar name and have registered the word mark in 2013. Delhi High Court directs Registry to advertise KFC’s ‘Chicken Zinger’ trademark. KTTADI and KHADI are prima facie similar, rules Delhi High Court.

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Designs Design Trademark Cease and Desist 52

TorrentFreak

AUGUST 1, 2023

In an effort to curtail the abuse, earlier this year the site sent a cease and desist letter to Google, asking the search engine to begin verifying senders of DMCA notices. With more than 40 million monthly visits, Y2mate has a particularly large userbase that is monetized through advertising. In addition, YTMP3.nu

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Cease and Desist Music Copyright Advertising 86

Erik K Pelton

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Believe it or not, I even had to face changing my brand name early on as a result of receiving a cease and desist letter! Television advertising. There are decisions about expenses that tug at small business owners every single day—rent, new equipment, software programs, advertising budgets, personnel, and many more.

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Business Trademark Cease and Desist Branding 130

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The defendant in that case had offered adapters for sale which enabled Nintendo games, that had been produced by third parties in circumvention of copy protection measures and downloaded from the internet, to be used on the Nintendo games console. Injunctive relief (Section 97(1) UrhG) and cease and desist agreements.

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Contracts Copyright Law Cease and Desist 98

43(B)log

AUGUST 18, 2021

were valid and infringed, but the latter wasn’t counterfeited; SMRI’s dilution victory was vacated, but not its victories on deceptive trade practices, ACPA, false advertising, and unfair competition. It was thus barred from equitable relief for its trademark infringement, false advertising, and state deceptive trade practices claims.

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Cease and Desist False Advertising Registration Licensing 64

SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Tata SIA Airlines, vacating the ex parte interim injunction granted against Vistara’s use of term “Fly Higher” in its advertisements. The court relied on the studies conducted by Lumen and “large volumes” of cease and desist complaints to prima facie establish that the App is a rogue website and deserves to be blocked as a whole.

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