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Common Mistakes to Avoid When Registering a Trademark

IP and Legal Filings

In this blog, we are going to take a closer look at some of the most common mistakes in the process of registering a trademark and how you can ensure that your brand is well covered from the very beginning. Trademark Law: A Practitioner’s Guide (5th ed.). Principles of Intellectual Property Law (4th ed.

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Nintendo’s Actions Demonstrate Our Intellectual Property Laws are Broken

JIPEL Copyright Blog

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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Who Wins in the Battle of Vogue, the magazine, (David) versus Vogue, the pub (Goliath)?

IPilogue

In a cease and desist letter sent to the pub at the beginning of May 2022, Conde Nast threated to sue the pub over its name, stating that Condé Nast is the proprietor of the Vogue mark. Vogue, the village pub, has existed for approximately 200 years and Vogue, the magazine, has only existed for about 130 years.

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Should Copyright Preemption Moot Anti-Scraping TOS Terms? (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

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.

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Humanizing Copyright Infringement: “Who Is the Bad Art Friend?” by Robert Kolker

IPilogue

Lamont Abramczyk is a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, enrolled in Professor David Vaver’s 2021-2022 Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program. As part of the course requirements, students were asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice.

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Trademark Enforcement Strategies – The Ultimate Path to Protection

Kashishipr

Send Cease-&-Desist Letters Automatically. What serves as the bread and butter of trademark enforcement is sending cease-and-desist letters. The post Trademark Enforcement Strategies – The Ultimate Path to Protection appeared first on Blog | Kashish IPR | Intellectual Property Rights Law Firm.

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Insights from the Global Online Thesis Topic Meetings

IPilogue

She received a cease-and-desist notice from the photographer Michael Halsband, directing her to destroy the artwork. Guadamuz is a reader in intellectual property law at the University of Sussex and the editor-in-chief of the Journal of World Intellectual Property. Dr. Andres Guadamuz.