Blog Cease and Desist Public Domain 
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
MAY 13, 2024
And that, in turn, further restricts what should be in the public domain and gives companies power to create property rights where none are otherwise granted in the law. Facebook objected and sent a cease-and-desist letter. Here, the court agreed, and dismissed Twitter’s breach-of-contract claims on that basis.
IPilogue
OCTOBER 26, 2022
In April 2022 , Uffizi sent a cease-and-desist in response to Jean Paul Gaultier’s current use of the Birth of Venus , but the fashion brand never replied and continued its unauthorized use. . The public domain refers to works not protected by copyright, which means the works can be used without acquiring permission or paying a fee.
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Technology & Marketing Law Blog
DECEMBER 13, 2023
And to characterize zero-click online terms of use that are imposed by cease-and-desist letter as enforceable contracts is horrible policy and bad law. The whole point of copyright preemption is that Congress sought to prevent states from infringing on the public domain and undermining key concepts of copyright law.
BYU Copyright Blog
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Public Policy, or Private Use? In early September of this year, both Plaintiffs received Cease-and-Desist (C&D) letters from PSBA about the districts policies and annotations, which were created using the PSBAs policy service.
The IP Law Blog
JANUARY 12, 2023
When looking into company assets protectable under federal copyright laws, one should check the company’s website, marketing materials, manuals, YouTube videos, podcasts, posted content on Instagram, TikTok, and the like, photos, software, blog posts, articles, white papers, etc. Such inventions may be protectable under federal patent laws.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
DECEMBER 15, 2021
As I’ve blogged many, many times on this blog (see list below), 512(f) has been a complete failure. A few plaintiffs have won default judgments (including one I blog below). Some other 512(f) cases I’ve not previously blogged: * Paul Rudolph Foundation v. Diebold from 2004, which led to a $125k damages award.
IP and Legal Filings
JANUARY 9, 2025
” This blog will explain causes as well as consequences of trademark abandonment, and will provide insights into how corporations can keep their trademarks effectively to prevent the loss of this valuable intellectual property. In the U.S., A presumption of abandonment: Generally in the U.S.,
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