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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. Would it make sense to send them a trademark infringement letter.

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Trademark Enforcement: How to Stop Infringement of Your Brand

Patent Trademark Blog

While registration will ultimately be required, a pending trademark application is sufficient to enable Amazon sellers to begin enrollment. Step 3: Record Your Registered Trademark with US Customs A registered trademark can provide you with so many advantages. Should you send a trademark cease-and-desist letter?

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How to Enforce Intellectual Property Without A Lot of Money

Patent Trademark Blog

If you don’t have at least two million dollars laying around to sue for patent infringement, this post is for you. Don’t even think about being cheap when it comes to trademark registration. So how can you enforce a registered trademark inexpensively? Affordable ways to enforce intellectual property.

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ITC Litigation: Introduction to Trade Secret Protection at the ITC

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

We have covered several introductory topics about 337 Investigations at the International Trade Commission (ITC) through the lens of its most common context [1] —as another forum for patent litigation. [2] patent; and 3) that an industry with respect to articles protected by the patent exists or is in the process of being established. [3]