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Concept Of Trademark Bullying: Forceful Enforcement Of Trademark Rights In The Name Of Protection

IP and Legal Filings

The modus operandi of bullying and legal threats which are baseless by large entities gets initiated by serving a cease and desist notice which contains threats of instituting a trademark infringement suit. Conclusion In the world of trademark owners Trademark bullying is a persistent issue.

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Four Thoughts Before Bringing a Trademark Infringement Lawsuit

Traverse Legal Blog

Once you have determined that your trademark is likely being infringed, there are a few different enforcement options you can pursue. A cease and desist letter is typically the most cost-effective option, but in some cases a particularly egregious or blatant instance of trademark infringement can call for initiating a lawsuit.

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Trademarks as a Barrier to Free-Speech: An Examination of the MetaBirkins Dispute

SpicyIP

This article seeks to examine how trademark law interacts with the freedom of expression of artists to choose the subject matters they wish to engage with, using the dispute between Hermès, a fashion industry giant and Mason Rothschild, a digital artist, as a contextual backdrop. Concluding Remarks.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 6- February 12)

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Can “honest concurrent use” be used as a defense against a trademark infringement claim? Lokesh, highlighting its history, argues that honest concurrent use is a principle of trademark law and is not limited to a provision. trademark trial over ‘MetaBirkin’ NFTs. lawsuit over infinity-logo trademark.

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Meeting of the Minds: The Price of Recklessness: Disgorgement of Pro?ts in a Post-Romag World

The IP Law Blog

When settlement discussions proved fruitless, Romag sued. The Supreme Court first looked to the section of the Lanham Act governing remedies for trademark violations, 15 U.S.C. But even if the Court put aside these issues, its own survey of the case law was less convincing than Fossil would have had the Court believe.