Can I set someone up with copyright infringement?

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Myler

the horror.
Apr 25, 2009
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My former "business partner" screwed me over again after we had our first dispute over money when I worked for him, now he did it again and frankly I'm sick to death of him.

I don't want to do anything foul to him but maybe I can add a little salt on his tail...

He has this business he operates and the logo of that shit is basically a resized blatant copy of a well known brand in the US. And we're in EU.

Any way I can get someone to call him up few times and make him sweat a lil bit?

It's definitely a legitimate case, his logo is a straight steal, except he skewed it a lil bit.

Any ideas :) :usa:
 


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What you are talking about is NOT copyright infringement. It's TM.

If he's using a blatant rip-off of a US based mark in the EU, this is contestable only if they have a corresponding mark registered with the EU. And even there, TM infringement suits are costly- so the onus would be upon the entity being infringed to fork over the cash for a lawyer to write a C&D letter and contest if need be.

And all of that is under the vast assumption that there is an actual likelihood of confusion (e.g. similar classes of services/ goods with the infringed and your ex-partner) between the uses of the marks.

In sum: If you want to get back at the guy there are other less-expensive, less time-and-resource intensive ways of doing so.
 
I guess all I can do is roll up in his favorite night club with a "original" logo shirt

We still have mutual friends...so I'll roll up with casual "whassup loco" LOL

Will be interesting
 
phillian said:
...this is contestable only if they have a corresponding mark registered with the EU.
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I'd be interested to know if this well known company has the mark filed internationally. Look up the Madrid Protocol and WIPO.

phillian said:
And all of that is under the vast assumption that there is an actual likelihood of confusion (e.g. similar classes of services/ goods with the infringed and your ex-partner) between the uses of the marks.
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Depends on how recognizable the mark is to establish a likelihood of confusion. What categories it's registered under are almost irrelevant if it is a well known mark.

phillian said:
In sum: If you want to get back at the guy there are other less-expensive, less time-and-resource intensive ways of doing so.
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He doesn't have to do anything more than drop said company's legal dept. a letter or phone call. That's not expensive, time consuming, nor resource hogging.

That being said... why did the OP get screwed multiple times by the same guy (he said "again" twice)?
 
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