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2023 IP Resolutions Start with a Review of IP Assets

The IP Law Blog

For trademarks, a good place to start is the company’s marketing and promotional materials, website, mobile app, and social media. Don’t overlook company social media accounts, domain names, and toll-free numbers, which may also serve as potential trademarks.

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Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

— Bright Data has long sold the data of all the major social media companies. And that, in turn, further restricts what should be in the public domain and gives companies power to create property rights where none are otherwise granted in the law. Facebook objected and sent a cease-and-desist letter.

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2023 IP Resolutions Start with a Review of IP Assets

LexBlog IP

For trademarks, a good place to start is the company’s marketing and promotional materials, website, mobile app, and social media. Don’t overlook company social media accounts, domain names, and toll-free numbers, which may also serve as potential trademarks.

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Want to Remix a Song? Make sure not to get tangled with IP Infringement

Selvam & Selvam Blog

You can also try using the original songs available on the public domain to create your remix, or just limit the remixed version for personal use. However, it usually leads to cease & desist notices, take down notices on social media platforms and may even escalate to lawsuit if the owners initiate one against you.

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Why Netflix’s “Bridgerton” Lawsuit is Good for Fan Fiction

Copyright Lately

Netflix could have sent Barlow & Bear a cease and desist letter hand-delivered by Regé-Jean Page. For now, suffice it to say that Barlow & Bear haven’t exactly dedicated their musical to the public domain. Even better, it’s in the public domain. ” Ok, But What If I Wrapped This Up Already?

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Jean Paul Gaultier, Birth Your Own Venus

IPilogue

In April 2022 , Uffizi sent a cease-and-desist in response to Jean Paul Gaultier’s current use of the Birth of Venus , but the fashion brand never replied and continued its unauthorized use. . The public domain refers to works not protected by copyright, which means the works can be used without acquiring permission or paying a fee.

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A 512(f) Plaintiff Wins at Trial! ??–Alper Automotive v. Day to Day Imports

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

30, 2021): Plaintiff alleges that Defendants knew that Defendant Wagner did not own the copyright to the images that Plaintiff posted on its social media channels, because Wagner abandoned the copyrights when he executed the Stipulation of Settlement, which dedicated the intellectual property rights of the images to the public domain.