Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 9, 2021

The harm caused to brands by counterfeiting goes far beyond loss of sales or profits. Fake goods jeopardize public health and safety when a brand’s trademark is applied to a sub-standard and potentially harmful product. This is especially hazardous for counterfeit medical items, mechanical parts, and food products, to name a few.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

APRIL 1, 2024

The jury’s March 2024 verdict found inTech Trailers guilty of willfully infringing on Forest River’s trademarks, specifically those associated with its popular Della Terra brand and distinctive mountain design. Forest River promptly issued a cease and desist demand to inTech upon discovering the infringement.

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Patent Trademark Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

Step 2: Enroll in Amazon Brand Registry Consider enrolling in Amazon Brand Registry if your trademark covers goods that can be sold on the e-commerce platform. Should you send a trademark cease-and-desist letter? Sending a trademark infringement cease-and-desist letter is a serious matter.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This is generally done by giant corporations and brand names to survive the competition and swallow the small businesses for gains. 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.

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Likelihood of Confusion

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

I’ve made a career here of tut-tutting the impolitic and brand-negating utterance of baseless cease and desist and other threatening letters based on IP infringement, including this recent post about. The post The unbearable dumbness of threatening appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Trademark infringement is the nightmare that keeps big brands up at night. Imagine you’ve conjured up the hottest brand on the market – “Crispy Crunch Delights” , complete with a jazzy logo. ” They are selling what you sell, they are reaping the benefits of your brand, without doing any of the hard work. .”

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 8, 2022

Pirates Expolit Payment Processor Branding. According to AAPA, among other things the inclusion of payment processor logos on payment portals gives them an air of legitimacy while damaging the processors’ brands. PayPal is committed to finding a workable solution to combat piracy’s impact on the industry and on their brand.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The defendant argued that this twenty-word installation instruction infringed its copyright in a similar installation instruction, supplied with the defendant’s similar system: “ 50% of the estimated number of [brand] hooks are mounted on each roof tile, from below and upwards along the roof.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 9, 2023

billion users overall and around 120 million users active daily, YouTube is an entertainment powerhouse and a globally-recognized brand. With an estimated 2.5 Premium products aside, YouTube is free to use. But with around a billion hours of content consumed every day, YouTube has to find ways to make that pay. You know what you have to do.”

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

AUGUST 9, 2022

The growth of internet and internet related facilities have made brands shift a major part of their business online, some generating the entirety of their income through online sales. In this blog, we will see brands and trademarks on the internet and how to protect them from infringement. Protecting brands.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Eventually, the RIAA itself got involved, sending a cease and desist letter to Hitpiece on February 4. The same day that the RIAA sent its cease and deist letter to Hitpiece, Nike filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against reseller StockX over Nike-themed NFTs.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 8, 2022

Still fresh after obtaining a judgment worth more than half a billion dollars against an IPTV seller in May, DISH quickly filed a new lawsuit against the alleged operators of PrimeStreams, one of the most recognizable brands in the market. The complaint alleges that through his KTV brand, Everly was one such reseller.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 16, 2023

You make moves to expand your market, and suddenly you get a cease-and-desist letter from another business that has better rights to the trademark. Loss of Brand Equity: Rebranding means letting go of the brand equity that the previous brand had built over time.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 24, 2023

The NCAA takes a proactive approach to protecting its intellectual property, often sending cease-and-desist letters to those it believes are infringing on its rights. From trademarks to copyrights, the NCAA is diligent in protecting its rights and the value of its brand.

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Erik K Pelton

MARCH 9, 2021

Then they received a cease-and-desist letter: another company had already registered the identical brand name for the identical services. So they not only had an unprotected trademark, they had skipped some critical steps in the brand protection process. Why did you have to change it? Are they going to be confused?

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Erik K Pelton

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The following is an excerpt from my book, Building a Bold Brand. show both employees and customers the brand’s value and. show both employees and customers the brand’s value and. the brand is taken seriously and has USPTO legal protections. If someone infringes the trademark, a “cease and desist” letter.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

An Atlanta-based Tex-Mex restaurant chain has sued an Ohio food truck in federal court to make it stop using the name Twisted Taco on branding and social media, alleging the small business has infringed its trademark for years and ignored cease-and-desist letters.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Seeking to protect its investment and existing business, Funimation is using the services of brand protection company Corsearch , which began writing to the operators of anime piracy apps and services warning that they needed to shut down. AnimeGlare – Cease-and-Desist. Taiyaki – Shut Down or Face Law Enforcement.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 30, 2022

International Trade Commission has decided to bar imports of certain brands of Chinese portable car jump-starters, with a minority of the commission agreeing with arguments from an Ohio parts maker that also sought a cease-and-desist order against the no-show infringers. A split U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

TPG is a service built around the brand of a world-traveling man sipping champagne in first class, selling to the world his knowledge of the best rewards programs for credit cards and flights. On January 9th, American Airlines sent TPG a cease-and-desist letter. Of course, Facebook objected and sent a cease-and-desist letter.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 9, 2022

In their statement, Julian Zehetmayer said, “We’ve obviously got this great mainstream brand that everybody’s nostalgic about. The company ceased operations after the RIAA sent them a cease and desist letter. We thought we needed to build a real mainstream user experience as well.”

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TorrentFreak

JULY 8, 2023

In some cases these shutdowns are easy, only requiring a cease and desist order to be delivered to the owner’s home address. YTS Lawsuits and Settlements As one of the most iconic piracy brands, YTS.mx In others, disputes can escalate into prolonged legal battles where judges or juries have the final say.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 15, 2023

A Kat while using à L'Oréal shampoo Facts Between 2013 and 2015, L'Oréal asked Ms Y to take photographs of products in its KERASTASTE brand ranges. On 8 July 2019, Ms Y unsuccessful addressed a cease-and-desist letter to L'Oréal. The French company refused to regulate the situation. Such position is not surprising.

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Erik K Pelton

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The Summer Olympics got me thinking about what it would take for a decathlon of trademark protection: to be well-rounded and ensure that a brand, a trademark, has covered all the angles and excels at everything. Research and review international protections as needed as your brand grows. Choose a creative name.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 26, 2022

French fashion brand Jean Paul Gaultier’s garments featuring Botticelli’s Birth of Venus are heading off the rack and to legal battle. In April 2022 , Uffizi sent a cease-and-desist in response to Jean Paul Gaultier’s current use of the Birth of Venus , but the fashion brand never replied and continued its unauthorized use. .

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

Danielle Bernstein is a 28-year-old New York City influencer and founder of the brand We Wore What (“WWW”). 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. How does an influencer and fashion designer become so despised?

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Would Sending a Cease-and-Desist Notice Harm Your Chances of Securing an Ex Parte Ad Interim Injunction? Some Perspectives Would Sending a Cease-and-Desist Notice Harm Your Chances of Securing an Ex Parte Ad Interim Injunction? Image from here Kia Wang vs The Registrar of Trademarks & Anr.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Losing control over you work is not only frustrating, it can damage your business or brand. Cease and Desist Letters. If you are able to identify the infringer and obtain their contact information (be it a mailing or email address), then you may consider sending a cease and desist letter.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 9, 2021

Apparently, Monster launched its MONSTER ENERGY® drink brand including its ® mark (the “Claw Icon”) in 2002. Apparently realizing the importance of its brand, Monster owns at least fourteen federal trademark registrations that include the Claw Icon in various classes of goods and services (the “Asserted Marks”).

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Olartemoure Blog

MARCH 16, 2021

If you need brand protection in Colombia, this information might be useful: Colombian Customs’ Authorities issue alerts by email. Create trademark alerts for your main brands, block them on Google, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and other social media. Training sessions in Colombia are still necessary.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2021

It sent Kiwi cease and desist letters and has implemented security measures, but “Kiwi has continued to hack the Southwest website and sell Southwest flights without permission.”. In addition, Southwest sent Kiwi several cease and desist letters. The terms are presented next to the purchase button.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Moreover, trademarks also add to the brand value of a particular product or service. Generic trademarks refer to a trademark or a brand name that has turned into a generic term or has become synonymous with a particular product or service solely due to its popularity. Typically, a generic trademark loses its secondary meaning.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JULY 28, 2022

(“Coulisse”), is a Florida based company that sells Window Coverings and according to the Complaint sell a certain brand of window treatments and window components for their “Roller Blinds” product under the name “Genesis.”

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Grubhub responded by filing a motion for declaratory judgment in the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, seeking a finding of noninfringement. Because Grubhub always uses the JET House Mark with the GRUBHUB name, the likelihood of consumer confusion is lessened.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 9, 2022

is a Delaware Corporation, with its principal place of business in Somerville, Massachusetts and is one of the top five sportswear brands in the world by revenue. Brooks”) cease and desist the use of the Mark NITRO mark in connection with footwear. PUMA North America Inc.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 20, 2022

For example, if you are thinking about launching a special promotion for your products or services inspired by holiday-themed IP, it can still result in a cease-and-desist (or worse). Check on the status of any IP of others you plan on using during the holiday season and seek permission first. Thanks for reading!

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Last December , Cookie Department accused Hershey-owned company One Brands LLC of copying one of their trademarks in a California federal court lawsuit. One Brands sold a product labelled “Tough Cookies Only” which Cookie Department argued infringed on its “Tough Cookie” trademark.

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