The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

Whether it is a website designer hired to redesign a company website, a software developer hired to work on a company’s app, a graphic artist hired to create a new logo or artwork, or a copyrighter hired to write content, we have seen countless instances of these types of vendors taking shortcuts and “borrowing” assets from existing sources.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Finally, it points out Viacom is the owner of three valid trademark registrations for the KRUSTY KRAB mark and 400 copyright registrations covering “creative aspects of the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise,” including episodes from the animated television series, movies, drawings, and stylebooks featuring artwork from the franchise.

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IP Tech Blog

AUGUST 17, 2022

While a trademark administrative procedure would end within a few days with a peremptory order to cease and desist the illicit use of the bottles and a fine for the infringer, an unfair competition/trade dress lawsuit could last for 12 months and would be more expensive. Tsingtao’s choice.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

It gives authors and artists the sole ownership rights to their original writings, music, films, and artwork. This entails a diligent search for copyright violations using tools including cease-and-desist letters, legal action, and requesting injunctions to prevent unauthorized use.

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The IPKat

JULY 9, 2023

It emerges that brands should pay for the use of street artworks. The use of cease-and-desist letters is widespread too. Interviews with Keo, Greg Lamarche and Lady Pink provide further support. The number of registrations with the US Copyright Office has been growing since the 1970s.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

Whether it is a website designer hired to redesign a company website, a software developer hired to work on a company’s app, a graphic artist hired to create a new logo or artwork, or a copyrighter hired to write content, we have seen countless instances of these types of vendors taking shortcuts and “borrowing” assets from existing sources.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 5, 2023

When Goldsmith issued a cease and desist letter claiming copyright infringement, AWF brought a declaratory judgment action asserting that its use of Goldsmith’s photograph in Orange Prince was protected under the Copyright Act’s fair use doctrine. Goldsmith was not paid or credited for this use.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 26, 2023

When Goldsmith issued a cease and desist letter claiming copyright infringement, AWF brought a declaratory judgment action asserting that its use of Goldsmith’s photograph in Orange Prince was protected under the Copyright Act’s fair use doctrine. Goldsmith was not paid or credited for this use.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 17, 2022

While a trademark administrative procedure would end within a few days with a peremptory order to cease and desist the illicit use of the bottles and a fine for the infringer, an unfair competition/trade dress lawsuit could last for 12 months and would be more expensive. Tsingtao’s choice. .

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

Following the announcement, Roc-A-Fella’s attorneys sent cease-and-desist letters to SuperFarm and Dash. Adams created an original digital artwork that “reinterpret[ed] and recontextualize[d] the album cover to create a new contemporary take on a portrait that defined an era.” As a result, SuperFarm cancelled the auction. [5]

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IP Whiteboard

JUNE 7, 2021

NFTs have a variety of uses which extend far beyond digital artwork. million USD sale of his “Warrior” painting, which became the most expensive Western artwork sold in Asia. The IP owner may wish to send cease and desist correspondence to both the NFT’s creator and the marketplace on which the NFT is listed.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Anish Jain Trading as M/s Navkar Cosmo on December 20, 2023 (Delhi High Court) The Plaintiff contended that the Defendants had adopted identical packaging of its products, including eyeliner, kajal and mascara, and had only replaced the Plaintiff’s ‘GET BOLD’ mark with ‘NEW BOLD’, keeping the writing style and artwork identical.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 8, 2022

As the play got closer to opening, the Seuss estate sent cease and desist letters to try and stop it. was accused of copying specific elements, including parts of some of the original artwork. The play featured substance abuse, talk of murder and a variety of other themes out of step of kid-friendly source material.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

For example, when uploading artwork to Artrepreneur, the artist also gives the company a limited right to copy, display, and distribute digital copies of the artwork as needed to provide the services of the website. Perform sound recordings publicly through digital audio transmission.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

For example, when uploading artwork to Artrepreneur, the artist also gives the company a limited right to copy, display, and distribute digital copies of the artwork as needed to provide the services of the website. Perform sound recordings publicly through digital audio transmission.

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 6, 2025

Perlmutter (read opinion here) , the court upheld the Copyright Offices refusal to register artwork generated solely by a computer named the Creativity Machine. Circuit has spoken, and the answer is no: your pseudo-sentient algorithm can’t be an author under the Copyright Act. In Thaler v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The trademark owner could then invoke the registration in a cease-and-desist letter or trademark complaint submitted to an online marketplace or court, and thereby chill or suppress the speech of the named person and other individuals, organizations, and companies that want to express themselves in the same way on competing goods.

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