Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Judging from the Rusty Krab’s marketing efforts and social media promotion as detailed in Viacom’s complaint, the pop-up was far more focused on providing the backdrop for Instagram-worthy selfies than it was on producing edible food. Rusty Krab Restaurant (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

As usual in these types of cases, Ryanair sent cease-and-desist letters to Booking telling it to stop. Power Ventures was a platform that attempted to enable users to manage all their social media accounts from one platform. Booking (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

For example, the most aggressive companies in pursuing web-scraping litigation are the social media companies. And while their terms of use provide the social media companies a license to use that user-generated content, it is their users who typically have a copyright interest in their content.

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Olartemoure Blog

MARCH 16, 2021

Create trademark alerts for your main brands, block them on Google, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and other social media. Request verification of your account from social media. Authorities are always curious about your products. Create local accounts in Colombia to connect with local consumers.

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Erik K Pelton

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Believe it or not, I even had to face changing my brand name early on as a result of receiving a cease and desist letter! Missed opportunities to reclaim social media usernames registered by others. More challenges to license or franchise the brand. Reduced brand credibility. Missed opportunities to stop cybersquatters.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Look no further as we present to you the SpicyIP Weekly Review, highlighting the discussions that took place on the blog along with other IP news. Would Sending a Cease-and-Desist Notice Harm Your Chances of Securing an Ex Parte Ad Interim Injunction? Ltd vs Poi Social Media Pvt. Humans Of Bombay Stories Pvt.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

For trademarks, a good place to start is the company’s marketing and promotional materials, website, mobile app, and social media. Don’t overlook company social media accounts, domain names, and toll-free numbers, which may also serve as potential trademarks.

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KMK Blog

AUGUST 21, 2018

As a result, companies will send “cease and desist” letters to enforce and protect their marks. Once a company owns a trademark, it must police the mark for unauthorized use, or risk losing its rights. At times, however, legal rights are only one consideration.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

They first called out Bernstein on their Instagram stories and privately sent her and We Wore What a cease and desist letter in August 2020. TGE claimed Bernstein copied their signature pattern of nude female silhouette line drawings, which had been printed on their tissue paper since the store’s inception in 2016.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

AUGUST 9, 2022

In this blog, we will see brands and trademarks on the internet and how to protect them from infringement. Further, using legal assistance and adopting traditional enforcement strategies like a cease and desist notice may also help enforce trademark rights. Thus, it becomes important to safeguard your business.

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2020

With the ever-increasing presence of social media, including websites like YouTube where content can generate income, copyright infringement is escalating at alarming rates. The social media platform would then notify the copyright violator, usually by forwarding the letter they have received.

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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.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

scene in the past, things seemed to come to a head in November 2020 when Nintendo sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Tournament Organizers (TOs) of the Big House, an upcoming streamed Melee tournament, and subsequently forced them to cancel the event. Melee , know this better than anyone.

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Kashishipr

JULY 21, 2021

Online marketplaces, search engine results, and social media should be monitored regularly, and infringements acted on quickly. Takedown notices, cease and desist notices, etc., The post Dealing with Counterfeits on E-Commerce Websites appeared first on Blog | Kashish IPR | Intellectual Property Rights Law Firm.

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Garrigues Blog

JULY 11, 2022

Consequently, the Supreme Court has confirmed the previous judgment by the Madrid Appellate Court, which was appealed by the sponsor of the festival, ordering it to pay compensation of 20,000 euros, and to partially publish the judgment in a media outlet in print and on two social media outlets. The Supreme Court’s opinion.

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JIPL Online

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

This blog will argue that copyright law should not be leveraged to destroy donation-based mods the way it has done so to paywalled mods. First, this blog will explain the reason that mods have turned to crowdfunding by discussing the history of mod monetization. 6] Mod creators are not always deterred by these setbacks. [7]

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 24, 2024

And, as we previously blogged , the SEC historically had limited enforcement activity for Rule 21F-17(a), with roughly 14 enforcement actions between 2015 and 2021. As part of the order, JPM agreed to pay an $18 million file and to cease and desist from any further violations of Rule 21f-17(a).

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BYU Copyright Blog

APRIL 1, 2024

In December 2022, Morlos sent a cease-and-desist letter to St. Morlos found that the school had indeed left hundreds of his photos on their website, and, beyond that, various school employees and administration had used his pictures in their social media accounts, which was never permitted in Morlos' contract.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 24, 2024

And, as we previously blogged , the SEC historically had limited enforcement activity for Rule 21F-17(a), with roughly 14 enforcement actions between 2015 and 2021. As part of the order, JPM agreed to pay an $18 million file and to cease and desist from any further violations of Rule 21f-17(a).

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

JULY 11, 2024

Cease & Desist Notice – If you are dealing with a repeat squatter, sending a cease & desist notice might probably do the trick. You can read more about the ways to do the same at our blog available here. This is the most cost effective and time conscious way to prevent squatters.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

For trademarks, a good place to start is the company’s marketing and promotional materials, website, mobile app, and social media. Don’t overlook company social media accounts, domain names, and toll-free numbers, which may also serve as potential trademarks.

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IP Tech Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

As a way to supplement her income, she put on a contest whereby her social media followers would buy gift certificates for future tattoos and would get to vote on one of several funny tattoos that would eventually be tattooed onto the artist’s husband. Netflix moved to dismiss the complaint on, among other grounds, fair use.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Once a brand becomes popular, it is no longer necessary to use the actual brand name in posters and other forms of marketing; this may be accomplished by simply writing the product’s information with the trademark sign and flashing it on social media and other sites to increase its popularity.

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Garrigues Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The strategy commences by sending a cease and desist letter to the other company detailing which rights you are enforcing and the consequences of not complying with the request to “ cease using the trademark”. Still, it is the best approach.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

While both cover song and remix attract copyright implications, we focus on the laws pertaining to remix in this blog. However, it usually leads to cease & desist notices, take down notices on social media platforms and may even escalate to lawsuit if the owners initiate one against you.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MARCH 6, 2024

PopSugar allegedly created profiles of prominent social media influencers and copied their photos from Instagram without permission, leading to a class action lawsuit. One example that comes to mind is the time PopSugar Inc. faced a lawsuit for the unauthorized use of influencers’ likenesses.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

JUNE 27, 2024

Defendants’ Response: The Defendants stated that they are not intending to use the marks ‘SAUNDARYA POTLI’ and ‘BABY ESSENTIALS’ and have undertaken so, in their reply to the cease-and-desist notice issued by the Plaintiff prior to filing the suit.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

As previously reported on this blog , non-fungible tokens (or “NFTs”) recently emerged as one of the hottest new items on the art market—artists, auction houses, museums, sports organizations and others have jumped at the chance to create and sell their own versions of these unique tokens. As a result, SuperFarm cancelled the auction. [5]

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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. . Jean Paul Gaultier originally used Birth of Venus in its S/S 1995 Collection on a sheer mesh top.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Robles , provides a textbook example of how NOT to respond to a cease-and-desist letter from your former employer’s lawyer (the emojis below were attached as an exhibit to the complaint): Having prevailed before the U.S. Isaiah Weedn has a good summary of the case in Sheppard Mullin’s Trade Secrets Law Blog.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

VIP Products (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. One final thing I found interesting about the Jack Daniel’s opinion is that the Court’s discussion was similar in organization to the Court’s constitutional scrutiny analysis from its First Amendment jurisprudence.

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