Blogging 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.
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.
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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.,
Shades of Gray
MAY 20, 2016
I previously blogged about my favorite copyright dispute of all time, the infamous Monkey Selfie, here and here. where he asserted copyright ownership in the image, including by sending a cease and desist letter to Wikimedia for including the image in its database of public domain images.
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. Section 14 of the Copyright Act, 1957 provides all rights, including further development, translation, reproduction, publication, communication to the public among others, exclusively to the owner of the work.
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