How to Respond to an Online Copyright Infringement Threat Letter

Welcome to Copyright Law Radio. We bring you the best in copyright news, legal advice and information. From copyright infringement claims and defenses to threat letter issues, DMCA takedown notice letters, copyright licensing, and legal analysis of the latest copyright law cases, we have a copyright attorney who can answer your copyright questions.

This is Brian Hall, an attorney with Traverse Legal, PLC, a law firm representing copyright owners and defending copyright infringement causes of action throughout the United States.  Today, I will be answering the question:  How to respond to an online copyright infringement threat letter.   So before I answer that question, let’s talk about what an online copyright infringement threat letter is.

How to Stop Trademark Counterfeiting

Welcome to Trademark Law Radio, a top web resource on issues of trademark infringement, trademark licensing, trademark protection, and trademark registration.

This is Brian Hall, a trademark attorney with Traverse Legal, PLC, a law firm representing both plaintiffs and defendants throughout the world in trademark litigation matters.  Today, I will be answering the question of how to stop trademark counterfeiting. 

Trademark counterfeiting is really a growing problem in the United States mostly because of the proliferation of the internet where goods and even services can be made and put for sale for consumers to buy without knowing whether or not it is, indeed, the actual product or a counterfeit.  So what can someone that owns a trademark on their product or service do in order to stop counterfeiting? 

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How to Identify an Anonymous Poster Online?

Welcome to Defamation Law Radio. Internet defamation of character is as easy to perpetuate as a blog post, Facebook update, rating submission, or a forum comment. Your online reputation is measured by the websites return as Google search results. Do you know what people are saying and writing about you?

This is Brian Hall, an internet lawyer with Traverse Legal, PLC, a law firm that specializes in the representation of plaintiffs and defendants alike in defamation matters online.  Today, I will be answering the question:  How do I identify an anonymous poster online? 

This is a critical question that comes up almost daily in my law practice.  And the reason being is because the internet has allowed people to post comments on websites, on social media networks and elsewhere without having to reveal their identity.  As a result, people have been very aggressive in the things that they say and, more often than not, may amount to defamation of character.  And in an internet defamation context, it’s critical to know who made the statement before that particular defamation can be addressed either via a retraction letter that’s sent demanding that that person cease and desist from any further comments online that are false or the filing of a lawsuit against a named defendant. 

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What are the Defenses to an Internet Defamation of Character Claim?

Welcome to Defamation Law Radio. Internet defamation of character is as easy to perpetuate as a blog post, Facebook update, rating submission, or a forum comment. Your online reputation is measured by the websites return as Google search results. Do you know what people are saying and writing about you?

This is Brian Hall, an internet lawyer with Traverse Legal, PLC, a law firm representing plaintiffs and defendants in internet defamation matters.  Today, I will be answering the question: what defenses are available to a claim of internet defamation? 

Before I get into those defenses, let’s remind everyone what internet defamation is.  Internet defamation, like regular defamation, occurs on the internet and amounts to a false or defamatory statement about another person that’s published on the internet somewhere and causes damage to that particular person, either damage to character or damage to their business, whatever it might be.  So, as long as all those elements that are required for a cause of action for defamation are satisfied, internet defamation does exist.  However, oftentimes, I’m asked whether or not something does truly amount to internet defamation.  And in those cases, it is critical to review each of the causes of action’s particular elements and see if it can be established.  If it can’t, then internet defamation has not occurred.  There are also other defenses that are very common in the internet defamation context. 

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