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How to Get Sued for Sending a Cease-and-Desist Letter: Declaratory Judgment

Patent Trademark Blog

Can you get sued for sending a cease-and-desist letter? Before you send that cease-and-desist letter, understand this risk and gauge the probability of the other side escalating the fight. Need a smart strategy for enforcing your patent and trademark? Why would accused infringers file DJ legal actions?

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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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Declaratory Judgment: How to Fight a Patent Infringement Claim When Stakes Are High

Patent Trademark Blog

What is a patent declaratory judgment lawsuit? A patent declaratory judgment action is an infringement lawsuit in reverse. The plaintiff is the accused infringer seeking a declaration of noninfringement from the court. The patent owner is the defendant. Need to defend a patent infringement claim?

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

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

LLC for patent infringemen t under U.S. Patent Laws, 35 U.S.C. §§ 271 , 281 , 283 , 284 , and 285. 8,967,940 (“the ’940 patent”) and U.S. 9,745,123 (“the ’123 patent”). 287(a) , Unverferth has affixed serial numbers to its products to identify the patents used in those products. . § Continue reading

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Top 3 Ways to Defend Patent Infringement Claims

Patent Trademark Blog

How do you defend a patent infringement claim? Accusations of patent infringement should be taken seriously. 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.

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Patent Enforcement: How To Stop Patent Infringement

Patent Trademark Blog

Is patent enforcement possible for small companies? Whatever people may have heard about patent enforcement, one thing is clear. Almost everyone knows that patent infringement lawsuits are expensive. If patent infringement litigation is so costly, what options are available to startups and small businesses?

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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.