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Would Sending a Cease-and-Desist Notice Harm Your Chances of Securing an Ex Parte Ad Interim Injunction? Some Perspectives

SpicyIP

We are pleased to bring to you a guest post by Roshan Santhalia ruminating on the question of whether a cease-and-desist notice before instituting a trademark or copyright infringement suit should be issued or not. Cease and desist by Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0

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“Go Ahead, Sue Us”: Sony sends Cease-and-Desist after Taunts

IPilogue

Unsurprisingly, Sony sent DBrand a cease-and-desist letter , which the Canadian company published online and used to generate marketing for a newer, allegedly “not illegal,” albeit similar, product. The cease-and-desist letter can be found here. Photo by DBrand.

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Other Barks & Bites for Friday, January, 13: Marjorie Taylor Greene Removes Video after Cease-and-Desist Letter from Dr. Dre; Computer Scientist Asks Courts for Copyright on AI-Generated Art; and Adidas Loses Case Over Three-Stripe Trademark

IP Watchdog

This week in Other Barks & Bites: Dr. Dre issues a cease-and-desist letter to Marjorie Taylor Greene alleging copyright infringement; Apple loses a patent case that threatens the import of certain Apple Watches; a jury rules in favor of fashion designer Thom Browne over Adidas in a trademark case; and the USPTO extends the deadline to submit comments (..)

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Dillon Construction Group Files Copyright Infringement Suit Against Andretti Global Construction Team

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

Indiana) in part, for copyright infringement of works of original authorship. At the time the Plaintiff claims Cardinal still owed them $1,011.462.21, which, according to the terms of the Design-Build Contract, meant the copyright license granted to Cardinal should have ceased. Indiana); and Glenmark Construction Co.

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Music Publishers Launch Crackdown on Copyright Infringing Apps

TorrentFreak

Many of the enforcement efforts are targeted at services or tools that offer pirated content, but there are less visible copyright infringement challenges too. The music industry association has already sent cease-and-desist letters to nearly 100 apps that use copyrighted music without proper licenses.

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Failure to comply with the terms of a copyright assignment agreement held to amount to copyright infringement in France

The IPKat

On 8 July 2019, Ms Y unsuccessful addressed a cease-and-desist letter to L'Oréal. Subsequently, on 31 December 2019, Ms Y brought an action against L'Oréal Paris a for copyright infringement before the Paris Court of First Instance. The French company refused to regulate the situation. Such position is not surprising.

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Is Copyright Infringement Illegal?

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

We cannot term that as copyright infringement. Such an act will lead to copyright infringement. Hence, it is important to check both the quantity and quality of work when you are hoping to prove infringement of copyright. After due investigation, you learn that someone is infringing your copyrighted work.