Our modern e-commerce world is just beautiful. Anyone can launch a t-shirt sales empire literally overnight with print-on-demand services such as Amazon Merch on Demand, Redbubble or other related sites…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Business Torts, Commercial Law & Contracts, Intellectual Property
I grew up in a different time. When I was 18 we didn't have computers (for the most part) or online dating sites such as eHarmony, Bumble, Match, Dating.com, and the whole slew of other niche dating sites…
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/ Civil Remedies, Communications & Media Law, Privacy
Here at Vondran Legal® we are seeing more and more incidents of YouTube refusing to forward counternotices on to a DMCA complainant. This is most unfortunate because most creators take great pride in their work, including…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Intellectual Property
Amazon.com is an amazing company that offers people just like you and me an incredible opportunity to create an online store and sell your creative designs and products…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Commercial Law & Contracts, Intellectual Property
If you received an ISP subpoena notice, you are involved in a file-sharing copyright infringement case. Strike 3 Holdings is accusing you of downloading their adult movies online via torrents, and they are alleging you have…
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/ Civil Procedure, Electronic Discovery, Intellectual Property
According to the lawsuit referenced above filed against Twitter in 2022:
Backgrid is the world's premier celebrity-related photograph agency and provides highly sought-after images of celebrities around the world to top news…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Civil Procedure, Communications & Media Law, Intellectual Property
We have talked about this in other blogs; ASCAP is getting aggressive in enforcing their legal rights when restaurants, bars, fitness centers and other establishments play copyrighted music without having the proper BMI, ASCAP…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
With the formation of the new College Sports Commission, things are starting to get intriguing. There is a new commission headed up by Bryan Seeley, a former United States Federal Prosecutor whose job, among other things, is to…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Intellectual Property
Legal Issue: Some people think you can just sell a trademark for profit. Sometimes these are called trademark farms where people will register a trademark only to sell it. Another situation arises where a company is…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Intellectual Property, Mergers & Acquisitions
Sometimes you want to know the identity of an infringer but you don't know it due to the use of a fake handle name or social media account name. In these circumstances, you may need to serve a "DMCA subpoena" on a social media…
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/ Civil Procedure, Communications & Media Law, Intellectual Property
After years of handling hundreds of Strike 3 Holdings (S3) copyright defense cases, there is one question I get seemingly more than any other. The question is this:
"should I contact my ISP to call off the subpoena?"…
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/ Civil Procedure, Communications & Media Law, Intellectual Property
Who is the International Intellectual Property Alliance? Here is some general information…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Intellectual Property, International Law & Trade
You may have recently received a letter from a Texas law firm of Daniels and Trednick. This company has a strong presence in handling software piracy cases. GibbsCam is one of the products they enforce as far as intellectual…
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/ Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
Trade secret litigation can be brutal. Many times you have a company going after an ex-employee (and sometimes their new employer) for alleged theft of sales leads, confidential documents, and other proprietary information. For…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
There are times when Strike 3 cannot prove its case and may be forced to dismiss the case. In these instances, the defendant may well be deemed the "prevailing party" in the case, which can support an award of costs and attorney…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
