Indiana Intellectual Property Law

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

According to the complaint, in early 2022, Andretti Global hired the Plaintiff and the Defendants to design and construct a racing facility in Fishers, IN. The parties then entered into a Design-Build Contract , which included financial terms, budgets, building plans, completion dates, etc. Continue reading

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

APRIL 1, 2024

The jury’s March 2024 verdict found inTech Trailers guilty of willfully infringing on Forest River’s trademarks, specifically those associated with its popular Della Terra brand and distinctive mountain design. Forest River promptly issued a cease and desist demand to inTech upon discovering the infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 13, 2022

2: Textile Designer Sues Zulily for Copyright Infringement. Next up today, Guy Demarco at Law Street Media reports that fabric maker EKB Textiles has filed a lawsuit against ecommerce platform Zulily alleging copyright infringement of their fabric designs. The lawsuit seeks an injunction as well as damages, costs and other relief.

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IP Law 360

JULY 25, 2022

A Canadian engineering firm can't countersue an Ohio-based agricultural device manufacturer for sending cease-and-desist letters that accused it of trade secret theft related to designs for a cannabis trimmer, a federal judge has ruled, citing the First Amendment.

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The IP Law Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

However, after hiring three professional athletes, including Maxx Crosby of the Las Vegas Raiders, to appear in a new advertisement, the NFL sent a cease-and-desist letter to Dimopoulos accusing the firm of unauthorized use of the Raiders’ marks. The Dimopoulos Law Firm alleges that the NFL’s cease-and-desist letter is unfounded.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 12, 2022

1: LEGO is Being Sued for Copyright Infringement Over Leather Jacket Design. First off today, The Fashion Law reports that LEGO is facing a lawsuit from artist James Concannon following the inclusion of a jacket similar to one that he designed as part of a recent LEGO set. According to Concannon, he designed the jacked in 2018.

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Patently-O

MAY 3, 2024

Plaintiff SnapRays (d/b/a SnapPower) is a Utah company that designs and sells electrical outlet covers with USB ports and night lights. 1998), which held that “principles of fair play and substantial justice” protected a patentee from jurisdiction based solely on sending cease-and-desist letters into a forum.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Among other things, the coordinated Friday release scheme was designed to reduce piracy. A copy of a copyright complaint / cease-and-desist notice shared with TorrentFreak (as far as we know sent by the RIAA as early as November 17) warns that distributing copyrighted tracks in advance of their commercial release is illegal.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

TPG aggregates and collects information from the most prominent rewards programs and provides a series of rankings and recommendations designed to help maximize your rewards points. On January 9th, American Airlines sent TPG a cease-and-desist letter. Of course, Facebook objected and sent a cease-and-desist letter.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Lululemon and Peloton are suing each other over clothing design patents and trade dress. Specifically, the case involves designs for athletic bras and leggings. Peloton won the "race to the courthouse" in response to a cease and desist letter from Lululemon's counsel. By: Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

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The IPKat

APRIL 27, 2024

Analysis of these cases often raises questions about the conditions for protection under copyright and design law, and even about the concept of cumulative protection. Facts ROSAE PARIS designs and sells ready-to-wear clothing, leather goods and accessories. A Kat taking a rest. The court then analysed the copyright infringement.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Freedom Mortgage alleges that the Defendant, Freedompoint, began using the word and design marks FREEDOMPOINT, FREEDOMPOINT MORTGAGE, and their FREEDOMPOINT logo as early as 2020. According to Court documents, all the trademarks are specified for use in financial services, specifically the mortgage industry. Continue reading

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Would Sending a Cease-and-Desist Notice Harm Your Chances of Securing an Ex Parte Ad Interim Injunction? Some Perspectives Would Sending a Cease-and-Desist Notice Harm Your Chances of Securing an Ex Parte Ad Interim Injunction? Swapnil Patil & Ors. on 15 September.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

However, before the event happened, Paramount learned of the event and sent a cease and desist letter to JMC requesting that they cease the event. The CCB was designed to give small creators and rightsholders a new tool to protect their copyright. However, it could still be an indicator of what is to come. Bottom Line.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2023

However, after hiring three professional athletes, including Maxx Crosby of the Las Vegas Raiders, to appear in a new advertisement, the NFL sent a cease-and-desist letter to Dimopoulos accusing the firm of unauthorized use of the Raiders’ marks. Below we analyze the grounds of the dispute and the legal implications of the case.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 9, 2022

PUMA SE , based in Herzogenaurach, Germany, is a multi-national company that designs and manufactures athletic and casual footwear, apparel, and accessories. Brooks”) cease and desist the use of the Mark NITRO mark in connection with footwear. 1114 and Design Patent Infringement in violation of 35 U.S.C. § § 271 and 283.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JULY 28, 2022

LVB is in the business of designing, manufacturing and selling window treatments, blinds and shades. Plaintiff also claims Defendants’ actions amount to unfair competition, false designation of origin, in violation of 15 U.S.C. Lafayette, Indiana – The Plaintiff, Lafayette Venetian Blind, Inc., (LVB)

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 26, 2022

In April 2022 , Uffizi sent a cease-and-desist in response to Jean Paul Gaultier’s current use of the Birth of Venus , but the fashion brand never replied and continued its unauthorized use. . Jean Paul Gaultier originally used Birth of Venus in its S/S 1995 Collection on a sheer mesh top.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JULY 21, 2022

According to the Complaint, in or around March 2022, Thrivent requested the Defendant, PFJ Ventures LLC a/k/a Thrivant Consulting LLC , “PFJ Ventures” to cease and desist the use of the Mark THRIVANT mark in connection with financial services. 1125 and Trademark Infringement under Indiana Common Law.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It, however, appears that the sign Crompouce® was registered as a trademark with the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) already in 2020 and the design was registered as a Benelux design in the same year. The validity of the design right(s) to the Crompouce® might be a topic for another post.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 9, 2021

Monster claims Bear’s logo consisting of a claw mark design in a green and black color scheme is confusingly similar to the Claw Icon and Monster Trade Dress. Following further cease and desist communications, it does not appear Bear has discontinued its use of its claw logo in connection with a black and green color scheme.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

Whether they are asserted in the form of cease-and-desist letter or an Amazon patent violation, an accused infringer needs to gauge the seriousness of the problem. Utility patents are generally more complicated to review than design patents. Noninfringement of a design patent boils down to the appearance.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 30, 2023

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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TorrentFreak

APRIL 4, 2022

In 2019, the police unit delivered cease-and-desist notices to suspected IPTV resellers in the hope they would shut down voluntarily, thus avoiding arrest. High-value assets, including a Range Rover Sport SVR V8 and an Audi A5 convertible, were seized along with designer clothing, designer bags, and jewelry.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Copyright and design rights are often invoked in parallel, particularly in relation to works of applied art [ e.g. IPKat here ]. In July 2019, a cease-and-desist letter was sent to the company H Z without much effect. A Kat on a monster-truck Facts Feld Motor Sports Inc. Feld Motor Sports Inc.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 14, 2023

With the surge in utility model and design patent applications in China, the role of Patent Evaluation Reports (PER) has become increasingly significant. The Double-Edged Sword of PER While PER can be a valuable asset for enforcing utility model or design patents, it also carries risks.

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Erik K Pelton

APRIL 25, 2022

It turned out to be a blessing in disguise about a year later when–believe it or not, a trademark lawyer–myself, received a cease and desist letter from someone else. Pelton & Associates with a new logo, a new design, a new look about 10 years ago. I still use TM4SMALLBIZ from time to time in my branding.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 19, 2021

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. Cookie Department”) for copying Hershey’s famous Kisses shape.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 21, 2023

This lamp was registered as an international design on 28 January 1991 [ here ]. Carlo Rampazzi, an interior designer, placed numerous orders for the “Lyre” lamp in various sizes between 1995 and 2006, in particular to decorate the Eden Roc Hotel in Ascona, Switzerland. The interior designer then appealed.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 14, 2022

to and, in addition to explaining what went down , the operator took this opportunity to announce a new design. We were planning to release a new fresh design of the website with new features in the next few days but since we are at this point already, what the hell… we did it now on our new domain – lookmovie2.to”

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The IPKat

MARCH 14, 2024

Background The solicitors to Ini Edo and Minini Empire Productions Limited (MEP) stated in their petition to the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) and Trademarks and Patent Design Registry that Chinenye Nworah sought to bypass their right as co-owners of the IPRs to the movie, Shanty Town.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 31, 2022

In certain circumstances, a cease-and-desist letter may accomplish your objectives. If a design patent is being infringed, Amazon may remove the listing without further effort from the patent owner. Patent owners may still consider the cease-and-desist letter option, but beware of the declaratory judgment risk discussed above.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Design Patent No. 13, 2015, which was the design patent asserted in the matter noted above. Design Patent No. The Quarles & Brady design rights legal team is nationally-recognized for its extensive knowledge and practice experience in this complex and important field. Annotated versions of Figure 1 of U.S.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

How does an influencer and fashion designer become so despised? They first called out Bernstein on their Instagram stories and privately sent her and We Wore What a cease and desist letter in August 2020. In this case, via alleged copyright infringement. If successful, this would mean TGE could not file an infringement suit).

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

Such groundless threats are commonly achieved by sending cease and desist letters or legal notices threatening the recipient with legal proceedings. Lately, this has been called out as ‘ trademark bullying’ and recently, BigBasket and DailyBasket were involved in a tussle over the word ‘Basket’.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JULY 21, 2021

As of the filing of the Complaint, Vroom claims Defendants did not respond to any of the cease and desist communications and continued using the Allegedly Infringing Properties. Also, under the Lanham Act, Vroom is seeking damages for false designation of origin and unfair competition in violation of 15 U.S.C.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 16, 2023

On June 8, 2023, the Supreme Court in a unanimous decision held that a trademark claim concerning “a squeaky, chewable dog toy designed to look like a bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey” which, as a play on words, turns the words “Jack Daniels” into “Bad Spaniels” and the descriptive phrase “Old No. 1125(c)(3)(A). 1125(c)(3)(A).

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