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Their Copyrights Expired. The Legal Threats Keep Coming.

Copyright Lately

Just days before the festival, Tintinimaginatios in-house counsel sent an email to Duke Laws Center for the Study of the Public Domain , disputing the Center’s conclusion that the earliest Tintin comics are now free of copyright protection in the United States. copyright law, the Tintin rightsholders’ argument is just plain wrong.

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Steps to consider before sending a cease-and-desist letter

JD Supra Law

IP can take several forms, including patent and trademark registrations, or intellectual property rights arising from common law, such as trade secrets, confidential information, or unregistered trademarks. The intellectual property (IP) of your business has value. By: Smart & Biggar

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RestoPros Files Lawsuit for Trademark Infringement and Breach of Agreement in Restoration and Remediation Dispute.

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

Specifically, RestoPros alleges that the Baileys used its registered trademark RESTOPROS and confidential business information to launch a competing business, Restore and Renew Professionals , after leaving the RestoPros franchise.

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Recent SEC Order Reiterates Need for Affirmative Whistleblower Exclusion

Trading Secrets

And, at the federal level, Congress enacted the Defend Trade Secrets Act, which provides immunity for the disclosure of a trade secret if made in confidence to an attorney or government official for the purpose of investigating a suspected violation of law. with respect to such communications.”.

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Hollywood Demands $16.35m From Operator of Pirate IPTV Services

TorrentFreak

In 2020 his Area 51 service was shut down following an Alliance For Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) cease-and-desist letter. A confidential settlement was reached in October 2020 but it’s claimed that the defendant then launched Digital UniCorn Media and another service called Altered Carbon. It later disappeared.

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Apple Watch Stays on US Market, But Pulse-Ox Disabled Pending Appeal

Patently-O

2024) ( Apple Stay Denial ) After initially granting a temporary reprieve, the Federal Circuit has now denied Apple’s stay pending appeal of the International Trade Commission’s limited exclusion order and cease-and-desist order (“the Remedial Orders”) against Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2.

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SEC Continues to Police Confidentiality Provisions for Theoretical Whistleblower Suppression

Trading Secrets

The rule broadly prohibits any person from taking any action to prevent an individual from contacting the SEC directly to report a possible securities law. 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). with respect to such communications.”