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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? Need to enforce your patent and trademark rights, or reply to a cease-and-desist letter?

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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

How does an influencer and fashion designer become so despised? However, an equally long list of controversies accompanies this list of accomplishments, the majority of which involve alleged copying. Nordstrom removed the pieces at issue, and everything seemed to be fine on the copying front—until 2020 hit.

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RIAA Takes Down Popular Music Piracy Discord Over Adele ’30’ Leak

TorrentFreak

Among other things, the coordinated Friday release scheme was designed to reduce piracy. However, at least one day before (and most likely two) at least one copy was being shared within piracy communities. The message is framed as a “cease-and-desist” but has an interesting element.

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Understanding Copyright, Trademark and Halloween Costumes

Plagiarism Today

First, design elements that are “physically or conceptually separate” from the article can be protected. This means, theoretically, that elements such as the Superman “S” can be protected by copyright because they are separate elements that are merely copied onto the clothing. However, there are two key exceptions to this.

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Let the Chips Fall Where They May: Hershey Sues Californian Cookie Maker

IPilogue

Cookie Department”) for copying Hershey’s famous Kisses shape. The design of Hershey’s cone-shaped small chocolate “Kisses” has been a registered trademark with the United States Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO) since 1996. When it comes to food designs, how far can a trademark go? On September 28, 2021 , The Hershey Co.

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Kentucky Pirate IPTV Lawsuit Heads For $5.7m Damages in a Parallel Universe

TorrentFreak

Their responses consisted mostly of denials, quite a few statements indicating a lack of knowledge, a scattering of affirmative defenses, and a concession that the plaintiffs had indeed sent cease and desist letters in both April and June 2021. He followed that up with zero cooperation towards discovery.

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Another 512(f) Claim Fails–Moonbug v. Babybus

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

” With respect to whether Babybus’ baby character infringed Moonbug’s baby, Babybus claimed that the alleged copying related to generic features found in nature. . Day to Day Imports. * Satirical Depiction in YouTube Video Gets Rough Treatment in Court. * 512(f) Preempts Tortious Interference Claim–Copy Me That v.