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3 Count: That’s So Meta

Plagiarism Today

including sending him a cease and desist letter. This is a library that Facebook and Instagram users can use when editing videos for those platforms. , which they accuse of scraping and republishing data from some 350,000 Instagram profiles. Meta claims to have repeatedly taken action to stop Ate?,

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An unprotected trademark is an unguarded asset

Erik K Pelton

The following is an edited transcript of my video, What Are the Potential Costs of an Unprotected Trademark. Then they received a cease-and-desist letter: another company had already registered the identical brand name for the identical services.

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Ten Steps in the Trademark Protection Decathlon

Erik K Pelton

The following is an edited transcript of my video, The Trademark Protection Decathlon. Enforce your trademark , if necessary, by sending cease and desist letters, or take down notices, or otherwise engaging with infringements. One of the most intriguing events in the Olympics is the decathlon, at least from my perspective.

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Even Trademark Lawyers Make Branding Mistakes

Erik K Pelton

The following is an edited transcript of my video Even Trademark Lawyers Make Branding Mistakes. 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.

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Copyright Concerns When Using Others to Create Content

Erik K Pelton

The following is an edited transcript of my video Copyright Concerns When Using Others to Create Content. Lots of us use others to help create content online. Many of my clients have contractors or vendors or virtual assistants who assist them with writing blog posts, creating newsletters, doing social media posting and work.

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When Children Plagiarize

Plagiarism Today

Last week, Jamila Lemieux at Slate published an edition of her Care and Feeding advice column with an unusual question involving a young author who committed plagiarism. It would be better for all involved if the publisher learned from a polite letter froma concerned reader rather than a cease and desist.

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Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Editions Ltd. Facebook objected and sent a cease-and-desist letter. As recognized by our court of appeals, however, “claims are not preempted if they fall outside the scope of [Section] 301(a)’s express preemption and are not otherwise in conflict with the Act.” 3d 754, 760 (9th Cir. 2015) (emphasis added).