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Groundless threat of trademark infringement: Is Section 142 a means to combat trademark bullying?

Selvam & Selvam Blog

Through this, the former aims to monopolize the market and kick out any remotely similar business operating under the mark. Such groundless threats are commonly achieved by sending cease and desist letters or legal notices threatening the recipient with legal proceedings.

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Pirate IPTV Providers “Exploit PayPal, Mastercard & Visa Branding”

TorrentFreak

The strong message from Irdeto was that such payment processors should be supporting legitimate media organizations by conducting better due diligence and stopping support for pirate streaming services. “If “These procedures can include multiple cease and desist notices and may require proof via a test [IPTV] purchase.

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Clash of Trademarks: PhonePe vs. PostPe

Intepat

Background In 2018, PhonePe sent a cease and desist notice to the Defendant, requesting that they cease using the brand name with the ‘Pe’ component written in the Devanagari script. BharatPe subsequently modified its brand name to ‘BharatPe’ without the word ‘Pe’ in the Devanagari script.

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The Role of Brand Names in Business

azrights

Understanding the legal rules around names is important because they’re the single most valuable intellectual property asset a successful business builds. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?. Lessons in Business. There are various lessons businesses can learn from this case which is why I wanted to highlight it here.