Category Archives: Intellectual Property

Transparency reports

By Intellectual Property

Google: https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/ Google (copyright): https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/removals/copyright/ Apple: https://www.apple.com/privacy/transparency-reports/ Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/en-us/reporting/transparency/ Facebook: https://govtrequests.facebook.com/ Twitter: https://transparency.twitter.com/ Yahoo: https://transparency.yahoo.com/ AT&T: http://about.att.com/content/csr/home/frequently-requested-info/governance/transparencyreport.html Wikimedia: https://transparency.wikimedia.org/ DropBox: https://www.dropbox.com/transparency Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/wiki/transparency/2014 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/transparency Automattic (WordPress.com): http://transparency.automattic.com/ Medium: https://medium.com/transparency-report/copyright-trademark-and-other-takedown-requests-433e5e91429 Page added March 23, 2015

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See me speak next Friday at Hispanicize 2015

By Copyright, Cyberlaw, Intellectual Property, ,

I’ll be speaking next Friday, March 20 in Miami at Hispanicize Week 2015. It looks to be a great event. My panel’s topic is Protect Your Work! A Legal Primer on Copyright Law for Digital Content Creators. The panel will be moderated by my friend Teresita Chavez Pedrosa, formerly with St. Thomas Law. The panelists will be: Jessie Abad of Estefan Enterprises Jason […]

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Elements of a cease-and-desist letter a/k/a how NOT to be an IP gorilla

By Intellectual Property

Here’s a listing of the elements of a cease-and-desist (C&D) letter. It’s derived from a page that was once on the Chilling Effects website but the listing appears to be gone. See Maya Alexandri, What to Expect When You’re Expecting to Be Sued for Trademark Infringement, CHILLING EFFECTS. In any case, the page from Chilling Effects was geared towards […]

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Copyright Cease & Desist: Scoring Criteria

By Copyright, Intellectual Property, Projects, Skills

Scoring for each component will be done on a 4.0 scale. Below is a brief explanation of what I look for in each category. Investigation 20% C&D letter 25% Client memorandum 40% Bottom line recommendation 5% Organization 10% Total 100% Investigation (20%). This looks to the documentation of your investigation. Is sufficient documentation provided to reflect a meaningful investigation […]

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