Story: Timbuk2 develops a new line of messenger bags that features fabric made of recycled material (engineered by RootPhi). Some of the fabric contains a symbol that Target lawyers say is their logo. Target lawyers cease and desist Timbuk2.
Thing is, the trademarked Target logo is a roundel, commonly used around the world (easily recognized in [...]

Posted October 18, 2007 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Books, Movies, Music, Planes, Trains, & Automobiles. Tags: cease and desist, copyfight, roundel, symbols, target, Timbuk2, trademark. Be the first one.

A friend got his own cease and desist letter the other day. His ISP forwarded the notice from a copyright enforcement agency along with five pages of content intended both to stop those that know they’re sharing and help out parents (or others) who may not be aware of what all is going on with [...]

Posted February 24, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Copyrights & Intellectual Property. Tags: bit torrent, cd, cease and desist, copyright, copyright violation, edonkey, enforcement, filesharing, isp, letter, mpaa. One Comment.

The MTA, the folks who run New York’s subways and busses and such, weren’t the only ones to smack a cease and desist down on iPod Subway Maps last week, but they’re the first to tell they can pay $500 for the privilege of distributing those maps in an iPod-readable format — but only for [...]

Posted October 5, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Copyrights & Intellectual Property, Libraries & Networked Information, Questionable...funny. Pointless., Travel. Tags: cease and desist, conversions, copyright law, distribution license, engadget, ipod, ipod subway maps, ipodsubwaymaps.com, mashups, mta, subway maps, subways. Be the first one.