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

Selvam & Selvam Blog

However, there are instances when economically stronger entities or large corporations aggressively secure their intellectual property against, mostly, smaller entities without any justifiable grounds. The trademark law firmly establishes that a trademark owner reserves the exclusive right to use the trademark and enforce the same.

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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. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?. The key takeaway from the China Tang case is the importance of doing thorough due diligence before deciding on a name.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Injunctive relief (Section 97(1) UrhG) and cease and desist agreements. The BGH stated in 2018 that when interpreting (contractual) cease and desist agreements in cases of doubt cease and desist obligation must be interpreted as meaning that its effect has the same scope as the statutory claim for injunctive relief.

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“For Sale: This Article”: an overview of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and IP

IP Whiteboard

And what role does intellectual property ( IP ) play in their creation and sale? The IP owner may wish to send cease and desist correspondence to both the NFT’s creator and the marketplace on which the NFT is listed. Grimes (Canadian musician) releases NFT collection that sells out in 20 minutes for $6 million USD.