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  1. RE: mastodon.social/@arstechnica/1

    This is what lawyers like me (#advertising and marketing law) help our clients avoid. Either someone ignored legal advice or never sought review, or someone used the image as a placeholder and no one recognized the celebrity nor went back to check that they had a proper model release, or, also possible that someone used an “AI” tool to generate an image to “look like Dua Lipa”, thinking they could avoid liability.(Wrong.)

    tldr: Hire an advertising lawyer.

    #IP #PersonalityRights #Trademark #Law

  2. RE: mastodon.social/@arstechnica/1

    This is what lawyers like me (#advertising and marketing law) help our clients avoid. Either someone ignored legal advice or never sought review, or someone used the image as a placeholder and no one recognized the celebrity nor went back to check that they had a proper model release, or, also possible that someone used an “AI” tool to generate an image to “look like Dua Lipa”, thinking they could avoid liability.(Wrong.)

    tldr: Hire an advertising lawyer.

    #IP #PersonalityRights #Trademark #Law

  3. RE: mastodon.social/@arstechnica/1

    This is what lawyers like me (#advertising and marketing law) help our clients avoid. Either someone ignored legal advice or never sought review, or someone used the image as a placeholder and no one recognized the celebrity nor went back to check that they had a proper model release, or, also possible that someone used an “AI” tool to generate an image to “look like Dua Lipa”, thinking they could avoid liability.(Wrong.)

    tldr: Hire an advertising lawyer.

    #IP #PersonalityRights #Trademark #Law

  4. RE: mastodon.social/@arstechnica/1

    This is what lawyers like me ( and marketing law) help our clients avoid. Either someone ignored legal advice or never sought review, or someone used the image as a placeholder and no one recognized the celebrity nor went back to check that they had a proper model release, or, also possible that someone used an “AI” tool to generate an image to “look like Dua Lipa”, thinking they could avoid liability.(Wrong.)

    tldr: Hire an advertising lawyer.

  5. RE: mastodon.social/@arstechnica/1

    This is what lawyers like me (#advertising and marketing law) help our clients avoid. Either someone ignored legal advice or never sought review, or someone used the image as a placeholder and no one recognized the celebrity nor went back to check that they had a proper model release, or, also possible that someone used an “AI” tool to generate an image to “look like Dua Lipa”, thinking they could avoid liability.(Wrong.)

    tldr: Hire an advertising lawyer.

    #IP #PersonalityRights #Trademark #Law

  6. Dua Lipa sues Samsung for $15m over use of her image on TV boxes theguardian.com/music/2026/may
    British singer claims electronics company ‘repeatedly refused’ to stop using a photo of her on its packaging. #USlaw #uspol #publicityrights #trademark #copyright

  7. 🎤 𝐓𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐭'𝐬 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐫 $900 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠 #𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐭 #𝐚𝐢 #𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 #𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤
    youtube.com/watch?v=KBpj7f4kUu

  8. 🎤 𝐓𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐭'𝐬 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐫 $900 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠 #𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐭 #𝐚𝐢 #𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 #𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤
    youtube.com/watch?v=KBpj7f4kUu

  9. 🚨 Breaking News: Someone dared to misuse the sacred "Notepad++" name, but fear not, the #trademark police were on it faster than a buffer overflow! 🎉 Problem resolved, but stay alert for future rogue trademark desperados lurking in the shadows of open-source projects. 😂 #JusticeServed
    notepad-plus-plus.org/news/cla #NotepadPlusPlus #Justice #OpenSource #News #CyberSecurity #HackerNews #ngated

  10. 🚨 Breaking News: Someone dared to misuse the sacred "Notepad++" name, but fear not, the #trademark police were on it faster than a buffer overflow! 🎉 Problem resolved, but stay alert for future rogue trademark desperados lurking in the shadows of open-source projects. 😂 #JusticeServed
    notepad-plus-plus.org/news/cla #NotepadPlusPlus #Justice #OpenSource #News #CyberSecurity #HackerNews #ngated

  11. 🚨 Breaking News: Someone dared to misuse the sacred "Notepad++" name, but fear not, the #trademark police were on it faster than a buffer overflow! 🎉 Problem resolved, but stay alert for future rogue trademark desperados lurking in the shadows of open-source projects. 😂 #JusticeServed
    notepad-plus-plus.org/news/cla #NotepadPlusPlus #Justice #OpenSource #News #CyberSecurity #HackerNews #ngated

  12. 🚨 Breaking News: Someone dared to misuse the sacred "Notepad++" name, but fear not, the #trademark police were on it faster than a buffer overflow! 🎉 Problem resolved, but stay alert for future rogue trademark desperados lurking in the shadows of open-source projects. 😂 #JusticeServed
    notepad-plus-plus.org/news/cla #NotepadPlusPlus #Justice #OpenSource #News #CyberSecurity #HackerNews #ngated

  13. 🚨 Breaking News: Someone dared to misuse the sacred "Notepad++" name, but fear not, the #trademark police were on it faster than a buffer overflow! 🎉 Problem resolved, but stay alert for future rogue trademark desperados lurking in the shadows of open-source projects. 😂 #JusticeServed
    notepad-plus-plus.org/news/cla #NotepadPlusPlus #Justice #OpenSource #News #CyberSecurity #HackerNews #ngated

  14. #Notepad++ creator threatens legal action over #macOS port of #opensource app — developer says port is fine, but branding is too far
    Notepad++ creator #DonHo has filed a #trademark complaint with Cloudflare and is threatening further legal action against the developer of a macOS port that used the editor's name, logo, and even Ho's own biography to present itself as an official release.
    tomshardware.com/tech-industry

  15. 👀 macOS port of Notepad++ called out for trademark violation

    「 It's not the fork that's the problem, it's the attempt to make it look official, says original Notepad++ dev Don Ho 」

    theregister.com/2026/05/04/not

    #opensource #notepadpp #trademark

  16. #SXSW Used AI-Powered #Trademark Tool To #Censor #Dissent on #Instagram

    An AI-powered tool designed to target trademark violations on social media was used to silence critics of SXSW, the massive annual tech, music and film conference in #Austin , #Texas.
    #ai #socialmedia

    404media.co/sxsw-used-ai-power

  17. Some bot-on-bot action here:

    “It’s an AI system that mass reports these accounts, and then, you know, probably an AI system at Instagram that just sorts through, and approves or rejects.”

    404media.co/sxsw-used-ai-power

    🧵 1/2

    #SXSW #Censorship #Copyright #Trademark #AI

  18. :awesome: So what's up with airline food … err, I mean with the crappy random chinese off-#brand names on Am*zon, like Taygeernis, ZESZICAN, Tronjikoolpick or all the others that sound like someone having a stroke?

    #Enshittification and privatisation of #patent and #trademark law, that's what.

    slashgear.com/1956799/why-amaz
    stemerlaw.com/2025/07/16/why-a

    🗑️

  19. @ocean

    They've been doing this for many years. You're right, it hits hard when it's you.

    Maybe try it this way instead?:

    ~$ whois frankandbeanyboitoo.com
    No match for domain "FRANKANDBEANYBOITOO.COM".
    >>> Last update of whois database: 2026-04-26T23:08:23Z <<<
    

    We correctly, rightfully, and accurately called them all cybersquatters back when, but then that term was legislated to mean something different, and "Domainers" as they still call themselves, came to prominence, seemingly legitimized by the process of semantic labelling - One noun is as good as the next, they're still fricken' cybersquatters as far as I'm concerned, because that's exactly what they're doing - they're squatting on a plot of land in the DNS name space, offering nothing of value themselves.

    In the real world there are three types of symbiosis:

    - Mutualism: Both the host and the symbiont benefit [the same] from this relationship - although in nature, true mutualism may not actually exist in it's entirety, the relationship between lampreys and sharks are often cited as an example of this kind of symbiotic relationship.
    - Commensalism: This is a more realistic plateau whereby it is acknowledged that although neither party are harmed by their relationship, one organism definitely benefits more.
    - Parasitism: Domainers, Cybersquatters, and other nouns have been used to identify these blood sucking leeches. The best insecticide is to never consider any offer above that of the standard retail price of registration by that of the registry itself. These insidious parasites wither and perish when they are unable to attach themselves to a host.

    Automated scripts that run checking for domain registrations that have freshly fallen out of the redemption period are still a thing. What used to not be a thing was ICANN accredited registrars themselves engaging in this criminal behavior - Yeah, I said criminal. They can sue me.

    In my case there were a few domains that slipped away, and for more than twenty years in one case the filthy cybersquatter (legitimized by congressional approval) sat on it, even traded it with another cybersquatter. Eventually, seeing that no one was ever going to pay their exorbitant ransom fees, they (the criminal squatters) themselves eventually let it fall into redemption, and then the black abyss below from which point these strings of characters ultimately will appear in the available name space for registration, but somewhat randomly.

    That last bit was supposed to be punishment for the original registrant who let their registration renewal become so delinquent that they could no longer just renew following expiration, but have to spend a tidy (and in some cases, rather arbitrary) sum to "get their domain registration out of redemption".

    But why would you pay so much, when you could just wait it out and just pay the standard registration fee at the end of it all? Early on, some folks had to shell out duckets in the neighborhood of $200, to their registration service providers.

    The answer, was because someone was waiting in the shadows to snatch up their brand, their domain registration, and could ransom it for even more at that point.

    So if you checked for the availability of your desired domain each day to see if it was back in the pool of available domain names (presumably using your registrars facilities to check - so they know you're still interested in claiming it again).

    And suddenly it went from the post redemption black hole to coming up in your web based whois search as...

    >"You can have this domain for $12,340 or make an offer!"

    Man I feel your pain.

    In my case, one of the domains came back to me after more than 20 years. The other one was only being ransomed for about three years before the cybersquatters let it go.

    Remember, a domain is worth nothing above what the actual registrar charges for the resources under that Top-Level Domain. Period. Your Brand, however, can be worth considerably more, especially with service or trademarks, and therein lies one of the weaknesses of these cybersquatters (although you might pay less to ante up the ransom they demand). I think I've conveyed the idea sufficiently, and notwithstanding WIPO, and ICANN's UDRP, there's always the courts, and reimbursement is not unheard of.

    I mention that because in your case it wasn't due to incompetence or negligence that left you without your brand (domain registration), you were spitballing and some nefarious parasite perked up when they said, "Hey I think we got a live one here, let's kidnap it!

    And the rest is where things stand as of now.

    I do indeed feel your pain, yet the first course of action, if you were planning on using a domain name to expand your brand's recognition, I usually recommend that people search through other Top-Level domains for that SLD and forget about the TLD that the blood sucking leeches snatched up, knowing it had meaning to you. Eventually, they'll have to decide whether it is worth it to continue renewal fees, because you've obviously moved on and have no further interest in the registration - and then, lo and behold, one day you notice that it's in the pool of available domain names again, and one of the registrars is running a special that month: First year $5.

    And that's when you can say, Boom Shakalaka BOOM

    #Cybersquatters #ransomers #domainers #UDRP #TRADEMARK #USPTO

    RE: https://raru.re/users/ocean/statuses/116461609325897641

  20. @ocean

    They've been doing this for many years. You're right, it hits hard when it's you.

    Maybe try it this way instead?:

    ~$ whois frankandbeanyboitoo.com
    No match for domain "FRANKANDBEANYBOITOO.COM".
    >>> Last update of whois database: 2026-04-26T23:08:23Z <<<
    

    We correctly, rightfully, and accurately called them all cybersquatters back when, but then that term was legislated to mean something different, and "Domainers" as they still call themselves, came to prominence, seemingly legitimized by the process of semantic labelling - One noun is as good as the next, they're still fricken' cybersquatters as far as I'm concerned, because that's exactly what they're doing - they're squatting on a plot of land in the DNS name space, offering nothing of value themselves.

    In the real world there are three types of symbiosis:

    - Mutualism: Both the host and the symbiont benefit [the same] from this relationship - although in nature, true mutualism may not actually exist in it's entirety, the relationship between lampreys and sharks are often cited as an example of this kind of symbiotic relationship.
    - Commensalism: This is a more realistic plateau whereby it is acknowledged that although neither party are harmed by their relationship, one organism definitely benefits more.
    - Parasitism: Domainers, Cybersquatters, and other nouns have been used to identify these blood sucking leeches. The best insecticide is to never consider any offer above that of the standard retail price of registration by that of the registry itself. These insidious parasites wither and perish when they are unable to attach themselves to a host.

    Automated scripts that run checking for domain registrations that have freshly fallen out of the redemption period are still a thing. What used to not be a thing was ICANN accredited registrars themselves engaging in this criminal behavior - Yeah, I said criminal. They can sue me.

    In my case there were a few domains that slipped away, and for more than twenty years in one case the filthy cybersquatter (legitimized by congressional approval) sat on it, even traded it with another cybersquatter. Eventually, seeing that no one was ever going to pay their exorbitant ransom fees, they (the criminal squatters) themselves eventually let it fall into redemption, and then the black abyss below from which point these strings of characters ultimately will appear in the available name space for registration, but somewhat randomly.

    That last bit was supposed to be punishment for the original registrant who let their registration renewal become so delinquent that they could no longer just renew following expiration, but have to spend a tidy (and in some cases, rather arbitrary) sum to "get their domain registration out of redemption".

    But why would you pay so much, when you could just wait it out and just pay the standard registration fee at the end of it all? Early on, some folks had to shell out duckets in the neighborhood of $200, to their registration service providers.

    The answer, was because someone was waiting in the shadows to snatch up their brand, their domain registration, and could ransom it for even more at that point.

    So if you checked for the availability of your desired domain each day to see if it was back in the pool of available domain names (presumably using your registrars facilities to check - so they know you're still interested in claiming it again).

    And suddenly it went from the post redemption black hole to coming up in your web based whois search as...

    >"You can have this domain for $12,340 or make an offer!"

    Man I feel your pain.

    In my case, one of the domains came back to me after more than 20 years. The other one was only being ransomed for about three years before the cybersquatters let it go.

    Remember, a domain is worth nothing above what the actual registrar charges for the resources under that Top-Level Domain. Period. Your Brand, however, can be worth considerably more, especially with service or trademarks, and therein lies one of the weaknesses of these cybersquatters (although you might pay less to ante up the ransom they demand). I think I've conveyed the idea sufficiently, and notwithstanding WIPO, and ICANN's UDRP, there's always the courts, and reimbursement is not unheard of.

    I mention that because in your case it wasn't due to incompetence or negligence that left you without your brand (domain registration), you were spitballing and some nefarious parasite perked up when they said, "Hey I think we got a live one here, let's kidnap it!

    And the rest is where things stand as of now.

    I do indeed feel your pain, yet the first course of action, if you were planning on using a domain name to expand your brand's recognition, I usually recommend that people search through other Top-Level domains for that SLD and forget about the TLD that the blood sucking leeches snatched up, knowing it had meaning to you. Eventually, they'll have to decide whether it is worth it to continue renewal fees, because you've obviously moved on and have no further interest in the registration - and then, lo and behold, one day you notice that it's in the pool of available domain names again, and one of the registrars is running a special that month: First year $5.

    And that's when you can say, Boom Shakalaka BOOM

    #Cybersquatters #ransomers #domainers #UDRP #TRADEMARK #USPTO

    RE: https://raru.re/users/ocean/statuses/116461609325897641

  21. @ocean

    They've been doing this for many years. You're right, it hits hard when it's you.

    Maybe try it this way instead?:

    ~$ whois frankandbeanyboitoo.com
    No match for domain "FRANKANDBEANYBOITOO.COM".
    >>> Last update of whois database: 2026-04-26T23:08:23Z <<<
    

    We correctly, rightfully, and accurately called them all cybersquatters back when, but then that term was legislated to mean something different, and "Domainers" as they still call themselves, came to prominence, seemingly legitimized by the process of semantic labelling - One noun is as good as the next, they're still fricken' cybersquatters as far as I'm concerned, because that's exactly what they're doing - they're squatting on a plot of land in the DNS name space, offering nothing of value themselves.

    In the real world there are three types of symbiosis:

    - Mutualism: Both the host and the symbiont benefit [the same] from this relationship - although in nature, true mutualism may not actually exist in it's entirety, the relationship between lampreys and sharks are often cited as an example of this kind of symbiotic relationship.
    - Commensalism: This is a more realistic plateau whereby it is acknowledged that although neither party are harmed by their relationship, one organism definitely benefits more.
    - Parasitism: Domainers, Cybersquatters, and other nouns have been used to identify these blood sucking leeches. The best insecticide is to never consider any offer above that of the standard retail price of registration by that of the registry itself. These insidious parasites wither and perish when they are unable to attach themselves to a host.

    Automated scripts that run checking for domain registrations that have freshly fallen out of the redemption period are still a thing. What used to not be a thing was ICANN accredited registrars themselves engaging in this criminal behavior - Yeah, I said criminal. They can sue me.

    In my case there were a few domains that slipped away, and for more than twenty years in one case the filthy cybersquatter (legitimized by congressional approval) sat on it, even traded it with another cybersquatter. Eventually, seeing that no one was ever going to pay their exorbitant ransom fees, they (the criminal squatters) themselves eventually let it fall into redemption, and then the black abyss below from which point these strings of characters ultimately will appear in the available name space for registration, but somewhat randomly.

    That last bit was supposed to be punishment for the original registrant who let their registration renewal become so delinquent that they could no longer just renew following expiration, but have to spend a tidy (and in some cases, rather arbitrary) sum to "get their domain registration out of redemption".

    But why would you pay so much, when you could just wait it out and just pay the standard registration fee at the end of it all? Early on, some folks had to shell out duckets in the neighborhood of $200, to their registration service providers.

    The answer, was because someone was waiting in the shadows to snatch up their brand, their domain registration, and could ransom it for even more at that point.

    So if you checked for the availability of your desired domain each day to see if it was back in the pool of available domain names (presumably using your registrars facilities to check - so they know you're still interested in claiming it again).

    And suddenly it went from the post redemption black hole to coming up in your web based whois search as...

    >"You can have this domain for $12,340 or make an offer!"

    Man I feel your pain.

    In my case, one of the domains came back to me after more than 20 years. The other one was only being ransomed for about three years before the cybersquatters let it go.

    Remember, a domain is worth nothing above what the actual registrar charges for the resources under that Top-Level Domain. Period. Your Brand, however, can be worth considerably more, especially with service or trademarks, and therein lies one of the weaknesses of these cybersquatters (although you might pay less to ante up the ransom they demand). I think I've conveyed the idea sufficiently, and notwithstanding WIPO, and ICANN's UDRP, there's always the courts, and reimbursement is not unheard of.

    I mention that because in your case it wasn't due to incompetence or negligence that left you without your brand (domain registration), you were spitballing and some nefarious parasite perked up when they said, "Hey I think we got a live one here, let's kidnap it!

    And the rest is where things stand as of now.

    I do indeed feel your pain, yet the first course of action, if you were planning on using a domain name to expand your brand's recognition, I usually recommend that people search through other Top-Level domains for that SLD and forget about the TLD that the blood sucking leeches snatched up, knowing it had meaning to you. Eventually, they'll have to decide whether it is worth it to continue renewal fees, because you've obviously moved on and have no further interest in the registration - and then, lo and behold, one day you notice that it's in the pool of available domain names again, and one of the registrars is running a special that month: First year $5.

    And that's when you can say, Boom Shakalaka BOOM

    #Cybersquatters #ransomers #domainers #UDRP #TRADEMARK #USPTO

    RE: https://raru.re/users/ocean/statuses/116461609325897641

  22. R to @EU_IPO: ▶️ Watch our video to learn more about intellectual property at the General Court 👉 youtu.be/fuh71kK23qE?si=ZiCp78

    #IntellectualProperty #Trademark #GeneralCourt

    ▶️ Watch our video to learn more about intellectual property at the General Court 👉 piped.video/fuh71kK23qE?si=ZiCp…

    #IntellectualProperty #Trademark #GeneralCourt
    ---
    nitter.net/EUCourtPress/status

  23. I've had an email from a solicitor titled "Formal Legal Notice Regarding Your Business Name", which smells like a scam to get us to spend money with that solicitor to register a trademark application.

    Anybody else had similar? Is it just a scam? Anything we should worry about?

    #UKLaw #Trademark

  24. Mastodon schützt den Namen stärker: Was der neue Domain-Hinweis wirklich bedeutet

    Ein Commit, ein Markenhinweis, dazu Domains mit mastodon oder mstdn im Namen. In diesem Artikel gehts um die Markrenrechte von Mastodon

    dasnetzundich.de/mastodon-schu