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Cheat Makers ‘Troll’ Activision Lawyer, Brag They Will Never Be Found

TorrentFreak

Activision Investigation Has Been Running Since 2017. According to new filings with the court, Activision’s investigation into EngineOwning has been live since 2017. In 2017 and 2018, its lawyers wrote to them several times, demanding that they cease and desist. And that wasn’t all. domains.

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Anti-Piracy Coalition ACE Gets Bigger, Stronger and More Effective

TorrentFreak

During the summer of 2017, several of the world’s largest entertainment industry companies teamed up to create a new anti-piracy coalition. Cease and Desist. While court cases are also part of the repertoire, a cease-and-desist letter is usually the first step taken. ” Civil and Criminal Lawsuits.

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Youtube-dl’s Hosting Provider Fights Record Labels’ Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

The RIAA had already sent cease-and-desist orders to the hosting company in 2020, before it approached GitHub. Their complaint, which cites an earlier case from 2017 , alleges that youtube-dl aids copyright infringement by circumventing YouTube’s technical protection measures.

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Judge Recommends $83 Million ‘Piracy’ Damages Award Against YouTube Rippers

TorrentFreak

They previously sued YouTube-MP3, the world’s largest ripping site at the time, which resulted in the site shutting down in 2017. Plaintiffs also sent infringement notices and cease-and-desist letters to Defendant, yet he has continued to infringe their copyrights,” Judge Buchanan writes. FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com Lawsuit.

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EU General Court considers bad faith claim in scenario of parties’ earlier cooperation

The IPKat

Thirdly, the General Court did not consider that the cease-and -desist letter was a relevant factor in the assessment of bad faith, since such a request fell within the scope of the rights attaching to the registration of a mark. Consequently, the intervener should have refrained from applying to register the contested mark.

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

SpicyIP

On 2 nd December 2021, Mason Rothschild began advertising an NFT collection of fur-covered Birkin-like handbags that he designed, advertising them as ‘METABIRKINS’. Hermes, the owner of the Birkin trademark and trade-dress in USA, promptly sent OpenSeas a cease-and-desist notice.

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Trademark Genericide

Selvam & Selvam Blog

Raising objections to the misuse of one’s trademark by way of sending cease and desist notices, initiating action for passing off or infringement, etc. Giving proper notice of a registered trademark to consumers by using either the letter R enclosed within a circle – ® or using ‘TM’ for an unregistered mark.