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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. Perhaps you might want to send them a C&D letter to get them to respect your patents. Are competitors copying your products?

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Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing Company (Par-Kan) Sued for Alleged Patent Infringement

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

The Plaintiff claims that Par-Kan had knowledge of the ‘940 and ‘123 patents because these patents are continuations of U.S. 8,221,047 , which Unverferth sued Par-Kan over in a similar infringement case in 2013 and had received subpoenas and a cease-and-desist letter , identifying the patents by numbers.

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How to Enforce Intellectual Property Without A Lot of Money

Patent Trademark Blog

Affordable ways to enforce intellectual property. If you don’t have at least two million dollars laying around to sue for patent infringement, this post is for you. Thankfully, you can enforce intellectual property without spending your life savings. Does cheap IP enforcement exist?

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Other Barks & Bites for Friday, October 27: Apple Hit with Import Ban; Biden Awards Innovators and Scientists with Prestigious Award; and the Commerce Department Names 31 Regional Tech Hubs

IP Watchdog

This week in Other Barks & Bites: The International Trade Commission issues a limited exclusion order and cease and desist order for patent-infringing technology in the Apple Watch; Taco Bell wins its last battle against Taco Tuesday trademark; and President Biden announces the recipients of the National Medal of Science and the National Medal (..)

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Apple Watch Patent Wars Create a Defensive Roadmap for ITC Respondents

IP Watchdog

Late last year, , the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) announced that it would issue a limited exclusion order (LEO) and cease and desist order (CDO) against Apple, Inc. prohibiting Apple from importing and selling its Apple Watch (Series 6 and 7) products in the United States.

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Other Barks and Bites: USPTO Extends Another Comment Period; Vidal Corrects PTAB’s Treatment of Multiple Dependent Claims; CAFC Orders Pharma Company to Delist Orange Book Patent

IP Watchdog

in royalties to Voxer over patent infringement; President Biden passes on vetoing a cease-and-desist order against Apple; and the USPTO launches a new education platform to teach students about innovation and intellectual property.

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IPR Proceedings to Reach Settlements

JD Supra Law

The Cost of Protecting Intellectual Property- A typical scenario for a patent infringement lawsuit may begin with some potential defendant selling a product. This potential defendant may receive a cease-and-desist letter which the defendant, for whatever reason, ignores.