SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

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. His predominant areas of practise are Arbitration, Commercial and Intellectual Property Laws.

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Cease and Desist Intellectual Property Law Settlement Copyright Infringement 115

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 9, 2022

PUMA applied for a Federal Trademark registration under Application Serial No. Brooks”) cease and desist the use of the Mark NITRO mark in connection with footwear. (“Brooks”) cease and desist the use of the Mark NITRO mark in connection with footwear. The parties were unable to reach a settlement.

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Patent Infringement Cease and Desist Trademark Design Patent 52

IPilogue

JULY 5, 2022

In a cease and desist letter sent to the pub at the beginning of May 2022, Conde Nast threated to sue the pub over its name, stating that Condé Nast is the proprietor of the Vogue mark. Vogue, the village pub, has existed for approximately 200 years and Vogue, the magazine, has only existed for about 130 years.

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Cease and Desist Intellectual Property Law Intellectual Property Settlement 120

LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 25, 2021

A glaring issue with this practice is that many search terms in keyword advertising programs are already trademarked, and trademark owners have an affirmative duty to enforce their trademark rights. In August 2021 , 1-800 Contacts filed a complaint against Warby Parker alleging trademark infringement over search engine ads.

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Advertising Advertising Trademark Cease and Desist 52