IP Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2023

Just days after a complaint was filed against restaurant chain Sweetgreen by Chipotle Mexican Grill for trademark infringement, dilution, and deceptive business practices, Sweetgreen has changed the name of its offending product in order to reach possible settlement.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 26, 2023

Cases where someone is pilfering data and/or ripping off someone’s business wholesale, and the only question is which claims will be used to take them down. But if defendant scraped all the data before getting a cease-and-desist letter and while it still had valid access, no degree of subsequent misuse creates a CFAA claim.

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Patent Trademark Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

If patent infringement litigation is so costly, what options are available to startups and small businesses? Let’s explore realistic enforcement options for small and midsize companies who do not have millions of dollars to spend litigating. How can small businesses afford patent litigation?

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Patent Trademark Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

Startups and small businesses can use cost-effective ways to stop or discourage trademark infringement. Should you send a trademark cease-and-desist letter? Sending a trademark infringement cease-and-desist letter is a serious matter. Trademark litigation is not for the faint of heart.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 9, 2021

There are several strategies for protecting your brand and your business ranging from quick and inexpensive actions such as cease and desist letters, to district court and International Trade Commission (ITC) litigation.

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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. Copyright disputes do not need to escalate into costly and time-consuming litigation. Cease and Desist Letters. Cease and desist letters can prompt the infringer to cease their activities and/or negotiate a resolution.

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Trading Secrets

JULY 27, 2022

After being terminated by defendant Vanity Lab, the plaintiff and aesthetician Tori Macaroco established her own business providing aesthetician services. Notably, the defendant employer in this case went beyond merely sending a cease-and-desist letter to Macaroco, instead allegedly using it to prevent others from doing business with her.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 27, 2022

If someone is running a pirate business of any significance, they can be 100% sure that their case is somewhere in our pipeline,” van Voorn says. Cease and Desist. While court cases are also part of the repertoire, a cease-and-desist letter is usually the first step taken. ” KYBC Frustrations.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 31, 2022

Let me share some good news for startups and small businesses that might change your mind about patenting. Finally, there are several inexpensive alternatives to trademark litigation. In certain circumstances, a cease-and-desist letter may accomplish your objectives. How to enforce trademarks inexpensively.

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The IPKat

JUNE 30, 2022

It is not uncommon that the infringing party may be willing to cease the infringement, but unwilling to compensate all the legal costs claimed. In various Member States, law firms have built a business model on retrieving such legal costs for the rightholder. Koch Media is the rights owner of a computer game which is sold in Germany.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

But by providing a foil in litigation against both the Center for Countering Digital Hate (“CCDH”) and Bright Data (the world’s largest seller of scraped data), he’s given judges in the most important district court in the country for tech legal issues, the Northern District of California, plenty of motivation to rule against him.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JULY 28, 2022

LVB) conducts business under the business name “ Lafayette Interior Fashions ” in West Lafayette, Indiana. LVB is in the business of designing, manufacturing and selling window treatments, blinds and shades. Lafayette, Indiana – The Plaintiff, Lafayette Venetian Blind, Inc., (LVB)

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 2, 2022

It also sidesteps the dispute regarding whether hiQ is still in business. CFAA : The key question is whether hiQ’s continued access following receipt of LinkedIn’s cease-and-desist letter was “without authorization” under the CFAA. This is a long-running dispute and the parties are fighting over whether hiQ is still in business.

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Larson & Larson

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

for litigation. However, you can stop infringement through the following: Use a Cease and Desist Letter. A lawyer can help you draft and send a cease and desist letter. The purpose of this document is to notify the other party that a conflict between your IP rights and their business activity exists.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 25, 2022

Specifically, it was “a ‘people analytics’ company that provided information to businesses about their workforces based on statistical analysis of LinkedIn members’ wholly public profiles.” It still has its scraped database, but no business opportunities have materialized. hiQ was a data snarfer.

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Intepat

MAY 28, 2024

Apple’s smart business strategies have successfully upheld the validity of its trademark, preventing it from being diluted. Apple’s multiple trademark oppositions and IP Litigation worldwide has become a part of its broader strategy to maintain exclusive rights to the “Apple” icon and term. In 2007, Apple Inc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Its business model is to sell highly discounted flights at, near, or below cost and then to make additional profits by selling ancillary services such as food, drinks, rental cars, hotels, and insurance on their site and on their flights. Ryanair has a long history of litigating against OTAs in Europe and the United States.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 26, 2021

trademark protects names, slogans and other things that identify a specific business, product or service. Homemade costumes rarely run into any issues (no matter how elaborate) as both rightsholders and the law are focused on business uses. This isn’t to say there’s been no litigation in this area.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 26, 2022

Accompanying this action, the FTC issued two new business guidance pieces – one for marketers and one for platforms that host reviews. The short answer is that the FTC can still get money through administrative litigation.

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IPilogue

APRIL 11, 2022

Lehv is a senior litigation counsel at Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C. She received a cease-and-desist notice from the photographer Michael Halsband, directing her to destroy the artwork. Guadamuz has also created and sold many NFTs and so, in addition to law, he provided answers on the business side of the trade.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 8, 2023

Consider how you’re going to bring the game to market and to your business plan. Infringers and squatters: Forceful, persuasive cease-and-desist letters will let infringers and squatters know that you intend to enforce your work. He also is experienced in intellectual property litigation. The firm also ranks No.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JULY 12, 2021

TV Company d/b/a Watch Communications (“Watch”), the Plaintiff, is in the business of providing broadband Internet access to consumers and enterprise customers in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky. Jarman was then instructed to not include Criblez or GRiT in any future business opportunities and Jarman apparently agreed.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 5, 2024

For trademark owners, litigation was their main option. Trademark owners frequently used cease and desist letters to pressure infringers to stop using their marks without authorization before taking legal action. Businesses ought to give priority to registering their trademarks. Case Study: Satyam Infoway Ltd.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) refer to the legal rights granted to individuals or businesses for their creations or inventions. Although often overlooked by entrepreneurs in the early stages of their ventures, understanding the importance of IPR is critical for startups aiming to thrive in today’s competitive business landscape.

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Garrigues Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

weigh up and anticipate what a litigation case entails in the big picture and in light of your business. weigh up and anticipate what a litigation case entails in the big picture and in light of your business. If you own a business in Portugal and have a registered trademark, these recommendations will prove useful.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Or, for that matter, hiQ Labs, who has effectively been run out of business by their ongoing litigation with LinkedIn, and who has been on the losing end of almost every key legal decision in their dispute with LinkedIn. And most website-scraper interactions don’t fit within those scraper-litigation patterns. Or Skiplagged.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 26, 2022

These people do business online and try to hide their identities. “This can include engaging in open discussions by way of cease-and-desist notices on pirate operators, ensuring that illegal enterprises are voluntarily shut down, and criminal referrals to international and local law enforcement agencies.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Here’s what Hans writes: Thankfully Kitty found a place where to park her car Content and service aggregation is big business in 2022. The business idea is apparently that the aggregator gets paid a small sum per parking payment facilitated through the aggregator app.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Google did in fact deindex key pages of Source Capital’s website, allegedly leading to a major reduction in its business. These fraudulent claims resulted in removal of over 100,000 businesses’ websites, costing them millions of dollars and thousands of hours in lost employee time.”

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IP Tech Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The twists and turns of the case have some fun details, including Plaintiff demanding $10 million from Netflix in a pre-filing cease and desist letter (Netflix declined to pay), but we will focus on the legal issues. Plaintiff, on the other hand, created the tattoo to drive income to her business.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Which makes the question of copyright preemption of online contracts a vitally important one for any person or business that is looking to do anything important with online data. If nothing else, litigants know where they stand in these jurisdictions. But fair use isn’t a defense to a breach of contract claim.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

For example, the most aggressive companies in pursuing web-scraping litigation are the social media companies. But most of the data on the Internet isn’t easily protectible as intellectual property by those who might have an incentive to protect it. But the content that they’re trying to protect isn’t theirs—it belongs to their users.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Adidas, for example, is a brand that has achieved success in the sports business by introducing sports clothing and other related products. Because of its digital marketing being so powerful and influential, many small businesses come forward to collaborate with large companies like this. For Example, Nike, Apple, Haagen-Dazszl.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

Will it incentivize more trademark litigation since it clearly establishes that a showing of willfulness is not required to obtain a profits award? But we believe the decision is unlikely to have much of a practical effect on trademark litigation other than in situations substantially similar to Romag.

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azrights

MARCH 23, 2022

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.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

In broad terms, both defendants have agreed to permanently cease and desist from knowingly or intentionally performing any of the activities detailed in a comprehensive list. “Generally speaking, non-attorney litigants are less like to be victorious than those assisted by counsel. The image below contains a small sample.

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Patent Trademark Blog

JUNE 8, 2023

Do they reply to your emails by the end of the business day or the next day? Everyone has busy schedules. Does the new patent attorney have litigation experience? Even if you never intend to litigate, you want your patents to be defensible. Any business that needs patents will also need trademarks.

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