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Too Rusty For Krusty–Nickelodeon v. Rusty Krab Restaurant (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Finally, it points out Viacom is the owner of three valid trademark registrations for the KRUSTY KRAB mark and 400 copyright registrations covering “creative aspects of the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise,” including episodes from the animated television series, movies, drawings, and stylebooks featuring artwork from the franchise.

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PrimeStreams IPTV Targeted in Multi-Million Dollar Piracy Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

“Defendants provide an illicit streaming service known as PrimeStreams that allows users to access, without authorization, Plaintiffs’ internet communications of television programming that were acquired by circumventing security measures implemented by Plaintiffs,” the complaint reads. PrimeStreams Ignored Warning.

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Should Copyright Preemption Moot Anti-Scraping TOS Terms? (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Pilgrim Films & Television, Inc. , In return for users agreeing to the TOU, Craigslist provides services to its users “including but not limited to classified advertising, forums, and email forwarding.” Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Zeidenberg approach. Zeidenberg.

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A 512(f) Plaintiff Wins at Trial! ??–Alper Automotive v. Day to Day Imports

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In making this finding I draw an adverse inference from Defendant’s failure to initiate litigation against Plaintiff…by November 19, 2018, Defendant was using the DMCA Takedown Notices to suppress a market competitor rather than to enforce a legitimate good faith claim of copyright infringement. Signal 23 Television v.

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Small business trademark protections are more critical than ever

Erik K Pelton

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! a great trademark: Marketing department. Television advertising. Here are some of many things a business does not need in order to have. Corporate attorney. Physical offices. Board of directors.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 18- December 24)

SpicyIP

The Plaintiff issued a cease and desist letter against the use of such marks and the Defendant agreed to settle the claim, but not to discontinue use of its erstwhile company name. The court held that puffery in advertisements is allowed as long as the assertions made are reasonable. DRS Logistics (P.) and Ors. ,

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NFT Update:  5 Recent Lawsuits Show a Glimpse into Future Legal Battles Involving NFTs 

LexBlog IP

As previously reported on this blog , non-fungible tokens (or “NFTs”) recently emerged as one of the hottest new items on the art market—artists, auction houses, museums, sports organizations and others have jumped at the chance to create and sell their own versions of these unique tokens. Copyright Claims: Roc-A-Fella Records Inc.