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UK Police and FACT Continue IPTV Piracy Whack-a-Mole

TorrentFreak

New Pirate Streaming Crackdown Today, FACT announced yet another successful ‘crackdown’ where cease and desist letters were sent to thirty suppliers of illegal IPTV services across the UK. To further combat illegal IPTV services, FACT has also issued takedown notices to various social media sites and online marketplaces.

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The 5 Worst Copyright Decisions of 2024

Copyright Lately

The trouble began when Albany radio station WGNA asked its social media followers to vote for the regions best fried chicken and tagged a few contenders, including Chicken Joes, which retweeted the stations original post. Admittedly, it’s not a textbook cease-and-desist response. Whyte Monkee Productions, LLC v.

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Bogus Complaint Disables Itch.io, Google Ignored Same Sender For Years

TorrentFreak

“I kid you not, @itchiohas been taken down by @OriginalFunko because they use some trash ‘AI Powered’ Brand Protection Software called @BrandShieldltd that created some bogus Phishing report to our registrar, @iwantmyname, who ignored our response and just disabled the domain,” the company complained. .

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Trademark Enforcement Strategies – The Ultimate Path to Protection

Kashishipr

Additionally, they help the customers distinguish between brands and understand the quality of the products they buy. Trademarks also carry all the image and reputation a brand builds over the years. It has already knocked out some widely recognized brands in the past, including Cellophane, Asprin, and Escalator.

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An unprotected trademark is an unguarded asset

Erik K Pelton

Then they received a cease-and-desist letter: another company had already registered the identical brand name for the identical services. So they not only had an unprotected trademark, they had skipped some critical steps in the brand protection process. Second, there’s the cost of time.

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PrimeStreams Pirate IPTV Lawsuit Sucks in KTV Streams & Firestick Steve

TorrentFreak

Still fresh after obtaining a judgment worth more than half a billion dollars against an IPTV seller in May, DISH quickly filed a new lawsuit against the alleged operators of PrimeStreams, one of the most recognizable brands in the market. The complaint alleges that through his KTV brand, Everly was one such reseller.

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Airline Sues to Stop Popular Web-Scraping Service–American Airlines v. The Points Guy (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

TPG is a service built around the brand of a world-traveling man sipping champagne in first class, selling to the world his knowledge of the best rewards programs for credit cards and flights. On January 9th, American Airlines sent TPG a cease-and-desist letter. Of course, Facebook objected and sent a cease-and-desist letter.