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Cease-and-Desist Letter: How to Use It Effectively or Reply

Patent Trademark Blog

Why send a cease-and-desist letter? On its surface, a cease-and-desist letter seems like a less expensive way to enforce intellectual property rights. Are competitors copying your products? Are Amazon sellers using a similar brand or product name? Should you send a C&D letter?

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Practice Tips for Combating Counterfeiters: An Action Plan for Brands, Manufacturers and Retailers

Intellectual Property Law Blog

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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If copyright law won’t protect small fashion brands against copying, social media will – just ask influencer Danielle Bernstein

JIPEL Copyright Blog

Danielle Bernstein is a 28-year-old New York City influencer and founder of the brand We Wore What (“WWW”). However, an equally long list of controversies accompanies this list of accomplishments, the majority of which involve alleged copying. How does an influencer and fashion designer become so despised? The account and its 2.6

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Trademark Infringement 101: What You Need to Know to Protect Your Brand 

Corsearch

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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[Guest Post] The wisdom of Dune and copyright litigation

The IPKat

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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Funimation DMCA Notices Shut Down Pirate Anime Apps, Force Others to Consider Future

TorrentFreak

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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9 reasons why a business should apply to register its trademarks

Erik K Pelton

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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