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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? Would it make sense to send them a trademark infringement letter. Should you send a C&D letter?

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9 reasons why a business should apply to register its trademarks

Erik K Pelton

Registered trademarks appear in the USPTO’s online database, the first place most companies and trademark lawyers look when. Trademark owners can sometimes use a U.S. registration as the basis for trademark rights in another country, giving owners enhanced options for filing for international. similar name.

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Understanding Copyright, Trademark and Halloween Costumes

Plagiarism Today

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. Bringing us back to our Juice Demon, the elements that are copied include the striped suit and tie. Trademark infringement, however, isn’t like copyright.

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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. On September 28, 2021 , The Hershey Co.

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What are the intellectual property rights for startups?

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Startups can secure copyrights to prevent unauthorized copying or distribution of their creative works. This means that no one else can copy or distribute their creations without permission. To obtain copyright protection, startups do not need to register their works as copyrights automatically exist upon creation.

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Trademark Genericide

Selvam & Selvam Blog

For example, referring to the trademark ‘Google’ as “Run a search on Google” rather than saying “Google it.”. Giving proper notice of a registered trademark to consumers by using either the letter R enclosed within a circle – ® or using ‘TM’ for an unregistered mark. In 2012 while deciding B.V Ilango Himachalapathy v.

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The five steps to help you protect and enforce your trademarks in Portugal

Garrigues Blog

Successful products and services are likely to have their trademarks copied. It is not that you in particular and your trademark are being targeted, but awareness on how to proceed yields value to your brand. If you own a business in Portugal and have a registered trademark, these recommendations will prove useful.