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Eleventh Circuit Rules for Viacom in FLORA-BAMA Trademark Case

IP Watchdog

The company filed a cease-and-desist letter in 2017 when Viacom first aired Floribama Shore in 2017. MGFB, the company that filed the appeal, owns the “FLORA-BAMA” trademark and owns and operates the Flora-Bama Lounge on the border of Florida and Alabama.

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JD Supra Law

There once was a company named Zotz, Which created toys for tots, The newest toy, named Ketter™, Recalled after a cease and desist letter, Oh my, no trademark search, CEO Zotz? First published in Inside magazine, NYSBA, Fall 2017. By: Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

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Major Record Labels Sue Youtube-dl’s Hosting Provider

TorrentFreak

Law firm Rasch works with several major music industry players and it was on their behalf that cease-and-desist orders were sent to local hosting service Uberspace. While the RIAA’s effort to take down youtube-dl from GitHub grabbed all the headlines, moves had already been underway weeks before that in Germany.

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3 Count: LEGO Jacket

Plagiarism Today

As a result, he sent a cease-and-desist letter to LEGO. The dispute began in 2017 when a dispute between the countries resulted in Saudi Arabia issuing a blockade against Qatar. According to the lawsuit, despite the tiny nature of the LEGO jacket, the company reproduced multiple elements from it.

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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.

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The Long Arm of APEX: When (and Where) does Amazon’s Private Enforcement Mechanism Create Personal Jurisdictional

Patently-O

2017); C5 Med. The Federal Circuit panel in SnapRays had distinguished cases involving ordinary cease-and-desist letters, reasoning that “LDG did more than send a cease and desist letter” by initiating the APEX process that would automatically remove SnapRays’ listings absent action by SnapRays.

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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.