ceaseanddesist

Networks Demand To Be Taken Off Time Warner Cable's iPad Streaming App
Some content providers didn't see it as an honor to be included in Time Warner Cable's TV-streaming iPad App. In fact, some, such as Fox, saw it as unauthorized use of their content and sent the company cease and desist letters. More »

Send AT&T CEO Too Many E-Mails, Get A Free Cease And Desist Order
If you're planning to send AT&T Wireless an Executive E-Mail Carpet Bomb regarding their changes to iPhone and iPad data plans, maybe remove CEO Randall Stephenson from your address book. Engadget reports that a customer who sent Stephenson one e-mail too many got a friendly call from the Executive Response Team.... threatening him with a cease and desist order. More »

Trademark Wars: SPARC International Tells Small Electronics Website To Stop Existing

—>The whole David and Goliath trademark thing continues with two new players. Meet SPARC International, a self-described "extremely valuable asset" belonging to Sun Microsystems, and SparkFun Electronics, a website where you can buy things to make little robots and stuff.  More »

Monster Cable Threatens The Wrong Small Cable Manufacturer

—>Not long ago Monster Cable sent a cease and desist letter to Blue Jeans Cable alleging that the small cable manufacturer was infringing on several of their patents. What they probably didn't expect was that Kurt Denke, the president of Blue Jeans, "spent nineteen years in litigation practice, with a focus upon federal litigation involving large damages and complex issues," after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1985.   More »

Comcast Sends Cease And Desist Letter To The NFL

—>Comcast is fed up with the NFL telling its customers to switch providers because the cable company has chosen to offer the NFL network only on their sports tier.   More »

Donning Copyright Cloak, DirectBuy Forbids Posting Of Cease And Desist Letter Sent To Consumer Opinion Site

—>DirectBuy got more pushback than they expected after sending a cease-and-desist to InfomercialScams.com over the site's users calling the direct to consumer seller of furniture and home supplies a "scam" and a "nightmare." Absurdly, DirectBuy even tried to threaten legal action if their cease and desist was published, saying it was copyrighted!  More »