Intellectual Property: Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights

What should you do if your copyrighted work has been infringed? What if a competitor is using your trademark in a deceptive manner confusing your customers? What should you do when someone has plagiarized a fair use portion of your work with no credit attribution? Below are links to some sites that address these situations. These links are for illustrative purposes only. You should seek the advice of qualified legal counsel before reacting to any infringement scenario.

American Society of Media Photographers: What to Do If Your Work Is Infringed
https://web.archive.org/web/20201111205337/https://www.asmp.org/copyright-tutorial/work-infringed/

Graphic Artist Guild: If You Want to Sue for Copyright Infringement
https://graphicartistsguild.org/if-you-want-to-sue-for-copyright-infringement/

Nolo: Enforcing Your Trademark Rights
https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/enforcing-trademark-rights-29902.html

U.S. Copyright Office: Circular 92 - Copyright Infringement and Remedies
https://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html

U.S. Copyright Office: Stopping Copyright Infringement
https://web.archive.org/web/20201108110405/https://copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-infringement.html

Cornell University Law School: Cease and Desist Letter
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/cease_and_desist_letter

Legal Beagle: Proper Way to Serve a Cease and Desist Letter
https://legalbeagle.com/12143882-proper-way-serve-cease-desist-letter.html

National Press Photographers Association: Cease and Desist Sample
https://nppa.org/sites/default/files/cease_and_desist_sample.pdf