Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 9, 2022

PUMA SE , based in Herzogenaurach, Germany, is a multi-national company that designs and manufactures athletic and casual footwear, apparel, and accessories. Brooks”) cease and desist the use of the Mark NITRO mark in connection with footwear. The parties were unable to reach a settlement. PUMA North America Inc.

Patent Infringement 52

Patent Infringement Cease and Desist Trademark Design Patent 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Lenz case got a lot of press, but it ended with a confidential settlement. The precedent work is “a set of replacement stickers for the dashboard climate controls for certain GM vehicles”: The Copyright Office registered this design. Defendant had not obtained the Deposit Design from the Copyright Office.

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Registration Fair Use Copyright Designs 132

SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

In the last week of October, NSE proceeded to issue cease and desist notices to stock gaming apps to prevent them from using its data in their gaming apps that mirror the real-time trading of shares. Kartik and Aditya are 2nd year students at NLSIU, Bengaluru, and had earlier written for us here and here.

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Copyright Cease and Desist Copyright Law Copying 105

SpicyIP

AUGUST 22, 2022

On 2 nd December 2021, Mason Rothschild began advertising an NFT collection of fur-covered Birkin-like handbags that he designed, advertising them as ‘METABIRKINS’. Hermes, the owner of the Birkin trademark and trade-dress in USA, promptly sent OpenSeas a cease-and-desist notice.

Trademark 130

Trademark Fair Use Registering Trademarks Non-Fungible Tokens 130

LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Starting in 2004 , the Company began issuing cease-and-desist letters to competitors, demanding that they prevent their search ads from appearing in response to the keyword “1-800 Contacts.” 1-800 Contacts also claims that Warby Parker copied its website design to “ intentionally deceive and confuse ” consumers.

Advertising 52

Advertising Advertising Trademark Cease and Desist 52

Corsearch

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Trademark protection is granted to any word, phrase, symbol, or design that conveys a specific brand identity, and it prevents other companies from using similar marks that could cause confusion among consumers and dilute the original brand’s value. Websites that could easily be confused with genuine brands, deceiving unaware customers.

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Branding Brands Branding Trademark 59

Patently-O

JUNE 24, 2024

As the Patent Act does for design patent infringement, the Lanham Act allows for disgorgement of profits as a remedy for trademark infringement. That litigation ended with a settlement agreement that allowed DG to use only the “Dewberry Capital” mark, and only for certain services in certain geographic areas.

Trademark 40

Trademark Cease and Desist Litigation Registering Trademarks 40

SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Regardless, it sent a cease and desist to the defendants in 2022 who have a shop in Jaipur with a similar name and have registered the word mark in 2013. The court clarified that for this defence, enshrined u/s 19 and 22(3), to work, “ the lack of novelty or originality has to be seen as on the date when the design was registered.

Designs 52

Designs Design Trademark Cease and Desist 52

The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

The issue arose from a dispute between Romag, a manufacturer of magnetic snap fasteners for leather goods, and Fossil, a designer and distributor of a wide range of fashion accessories. When settlement discussions proved fruitless, Romag sued.

Intellectual Property 52

Intellectual Property Contracts Trademark Trademark Law 52