Erik K Pelton

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The following is an edited transcript of Chapter 13 of my book video Building a Bold Brand: Beware of Scams Few things I have written about over the years have garnered more attention than my coverage of worthless scams that prey upon trademark owners. Search the internet for information about the material you received.

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Erik K Pelton

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

February 6, 2025 Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC (EMP&A), a leading trademark law firm dedicated to protecting brands, is proud to announce the successful registration of U.S. For more information about Erik M Pelton & Associates and its innovative approach to trademark law, visit www.erikpelton.com.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 12, 2022

Carrasquillo’s ‘Reloaded’ IPTV Branding. Carrasquillo operated several IPTV services, variously branded Reboot, Gears TV, Reloaded and Gears Reloaded but with those no longer in operation, he needed to make money in other ways. These efforts fell apart in late 2019, on information and belief, due to Mr. .

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IP Tech Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

For every successful brand, it is critical to properly protect and to productively develop and use the underlying intellectual property (IP) in that brand to ensure its long-term growth. In all of this, brand owners should be aware that, counterfeiters are very “creative” and adaptable.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Later in 2012, the RIAA submitted its regular report to the United States Trade Representative, requesting various sites to be branded notorious pirate markets. In 2018, the Municipal Court in Prague informed server operators I&Q Group and Hellspy SE that rewards must not be paid to uploaders. RIAA Reports Hellshare and Hellspy.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 19, 2024

The company has a process in place to disclose hosting information with eligible rightsholders, for example, and will also share details of allegedly pirating customers in response to DMCA subpoenas. In addition, the broadcaster wants Cloudflare to reveal all information it holds that could help to identify the operator or operators.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

There are dozens of recognizable brands in the illegal streaming market, all jostling for position in a chaotic market where trademarks are copied even more readily than movies or live TV streams. In Latin America, one brand stands out more than most, and not just because it has a bright orange logo.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 11, 2022

Earlier this month, the ecommerce site Etsy announced that they are launching a new intellectual property portal that they hope will make it easier for brands, creators and other rightsholders to report listings that are infringing on their rights. Users login with their Etsy account and then first register their brand.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

In common with other systems in use around Europe, Piracy Shield acts on information provided by rightsholders. ‘Everyone Breaks The Rules’ This remarkable system “is a s**t show” from beginning to end, a source familiar with it informs TF.

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The IPKat

MARCH 19, 2025

Jocelyn Bosse informed on the progression of EU legislation regarding gene patents, detailing the potential impact on biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Oliver Fairhurst reported on a UK court's decision in a trade mark case, focusing on the implications for brand owners and the interpretation of trade mark law.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 11, 2025

The same applied to the claim that Meta removed copyright management information ( CMI ), which would violate the DMCA. CMI is information that is included in a copyrighted work, which among other things can identify the copyright owner. The authors also request additional documents and information from Meta.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

. “Braflix.video is a popular streaming site operated from Brazil that offers a large library of titles, including movies, TV shows, live channels, anime, and K-dramas subtitled in several different languages,” MPA informed the EU. Braflix These and other enforcement efforts didn’t go unnoticed. Whack-a-Flix?

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SpicyIP

MARCH 24, 2025

(D1), Cloudtail India Private Limited (D2) and Amazon Seller Service Private Limited (D3) for selling items bearing a similar polo mark as them, under the Amazon owned brand called Symbol. The Court noted that the Trademark License Agreement between the Plaintiffs and major brands provided a sufficient basis for damage calculation (Para 103).

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Corsearch

JANUARY 31, 2025

For many brands, the holiday season brings a surge of infringements on across marketplaces and social media. To keep up with this increased seasonal activity, its critical that brand protection strategies are both flexible and targeted to priority platforms.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2024

On 19 November 2024, the Institute of Brand and Innovation Law (IBIL) at UCL Laws hosted a closed doors roundtable on academic publishing. In the complicated landscape of genAI and copyright law, several different themes have emerged as particularly thorny and triggering the interests of different stakeholders.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 11, 2021

” Prado was talking about the “fast fashion” brand Shein. The wildly popular brand is famed for its imitations of popular, luxury items at bargain-basement prices. For example, items that may sell on Prado’s website for up to $300 typical appear as copies on Shein’s app for less than $20.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

This case is crucial to understand not only the novel concept of Confidentiality Clubs in the Indian IP Litigation but also the issues with regard to the composition of such clubs and the accessibility of the members to confidential information vis-a-vis independently appointed Scientific Advisor. Dispute arose right at this juncture.

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Erik K Pelton

JANUARY 21, 2022

Not only will the odds of approval for the application be lower, but if there is ever a dispute involving the brand, others will look at the public records – before sending a letter, or after receiving a letter – and see that the brand owner made a deliberate choice to file on their own.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 20, 2024

These repacks are in high demand and, as one of the most famous repackers, FitGirl became a brand in and of itself. Both domains utilize a CDN,” ESA informs the USTR. The site, commonly abbreviated as “ FitGirl ” publishes slimmed down copies of pirated games which are easy to distribute and share.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 6, 2024

That message appeals to pirates, but also to opportunistic pirate site operators, who’ve successfully cloned the Streameast brand. This includes streameast.to, but also other cloned pirate brands such as crackstreams.dev, crackstreams.biz, nflstreams.gg, nflbite.io, nbastreams.gg, markkystreams.com, methstreams.me, and many others.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 19, 2024

For further information and to register, click here. Shades of Luxury at the Time of AI: Quiet, Sustainable and Pioneering On 7 and 8 November, MARQUES is running its annual Luxury Brands Symposium in Vienna. For further information, click here. For further information and to register, click here.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 8, 2025

The Trademarks Act, 1999, gives trademark protection to the identity of brands. An Insight into the Nexus between Customs and Trademark Laws Trademark laws protect the identity of brands through exclusive rights granted to the owners of registrations. Information about an individual suspected of counterfeiting or trading routes.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 7, 2025

Selection of the suitable Algorithm: The particular task or issue that the AI system is intended to resolve informs the selection of AI algorithms. AI AND TRADEMARK Trademarks give brand owners exclusive rights by identifying the source of goods or services. Thus, the primary step becomes the collection and gathering of primary data.

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Intepat

MARCH 25, 2025

INTRODUCTION A distinct scent has immense recall value and the potential to become a powerful identifier of a brand. Several luxury brands, including Tom Ford, Chanel, and Dior, annually invest millions into developing and marketing their signature perfumes. billion in 2025.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The Court also concluded that Chiquita Brands had failed to demonstrate that its mark had acquired a distinctive character across the entire territory of the European Union. Plant Varieties Jocelyn Bosse informed The IPKat readers about the Arusha Protocol for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants , which has just entered into force.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

These actions did not focus on a specific pirate streaming site but targeted popular pirate brands instead. The Whois information for the seized domains now list the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center ( IPR Center ) as registrant, with Virginia as the registered state.

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Erik K Pelton

MAY 2, 2022

You see, nonprofits have brands just like any other organization or business. So their brands are very, very important and they are eligible for trademark protection just like any other brand. They are brands, they can and should be protected. Those are just some that come to mind today.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MARCH 26, 2025

This guide outlines exactly what you canand can’tsay, helping you build a secure and compliant brand. Lets break down whats at stake, what you can and cant say, and how to build a strategy that protects your content, brand, and bottom line. FDA compliance for supplements is not easy. Luckily, our Amazon lawyers are here to help.

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 26, 2021

There’s a lot of information to be gained by searching the records before the application is even submitted. That could be information about possible conflicts, that could be information about goods and services, that can be a whole lot of information that can be gained by searching the USPTO.

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Erik K Pelton

APRIL 22, 2024

It allows the owner to use the ® symbol, which conveys a brand’s status and helps ward off Infringers. You appear in the USPTO database, so when other brands are searching and clearing new names, it helps avoid conflicts. Registration is essentially insurance for your brand by building up a fort of protection around it.

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Erik K Pelton

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In short, there is no more powerful tool to protect a brand than trademark registration. For more information, visit TRADEMARKIVE ® at [link]. The post Trademark Registration Provides Double Protection appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 8, 2025

This allows third parties to launch their own custom-branded IPTV streaming sites and apps for under $200. Resellers purchase credits for use with their branded services which they can resell to their own customers at a significant markup. To gather more information, DISH filed a motion to expedite discovery.

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 30, 2024

The following is an edited transcript of my book video Building a Bold Brand Chapter 5: Searching for Conflicts. Another brand name could still have superior rights based solely on their use of the name even if they never applied to register the trademark at the USPTO. This is called Common Law Rights.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 27, 2025

Background Koninklijke Philips NV (Philips) marketed various air fryers under the brand Airfryer. Ratingen argues instead that the assessment of the overall impression from the perspective of the informed user must be made at the time of the alleged infringement. 001654591-0001 and no. 001654591-0001 and no.

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The IPKat

MARCH 12, 2025

The UCL Institute of Brand and Innovation Law and MARQUES will host their annual "Question the Trade Mark Judges" event on 25 March 2025. In the latest Tuesday Wonders post, St Atilla informed readers about IP news and events. IP events and opportunities Jocelyn Bosse shared upcoming IP news, events, and opportunities.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Other Posts Hachette Book Group v Internet Archive: Archiving Access to Information or Strengthening Copyright Laws? Internet Archive, Tanishka Goswami explains the implication of the decision on fair use and access to information. Discussing the US decision in Hachette Book Group v. Luker Ecommerce Pvt.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 12, 2024

For well over a decade, Cuevana has been a dominant piracy streaming brand in Latin America. However, the problem didn’t go away, as new sites with the same brand continued to surface time and again. A year ago, for example, the MPA obtained a subpoena to compel Cloudflare to share all information the company has on Cuevana.biz.

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