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July 29, 2014

John Seay Quoted in Salt Lake Tribune on Trademark, Cease and Desist Letters

John Seay was quoted in a story in the Salt Lake Tribune (which you can read here) discussing, as the lede states,  the “San Diego Comic-Con and Salt Lake City’s young and burgeoning counterpart,” regarding the use of the “Comic-Con” designation. The pertinent part, in full: “The outcome could have lasting ramifications for anyone else in the […]

Filed Under: Cease and Desist, Name Disputes, Trademark Tagged With: atlanta entertainment lawyer, cease and desist, Comic Con, Entertainment Law, trademark, trademark law

February 4, 2014

Owning Your Story: Legal Aspects of Self-Publishing

By: Olivia Clark, Georgia State University College of Law, and John Seay Self-publishing your book or ebook via websites like Amazon, CreateSpace, or Lulu can provide much more immediate results than sending manuscript after manuscript to traditional publishers.  However, when you self-publish you are sacrificing the legal counsel that is part of a traditional publisher’s […]

Filed Under: Atlanta entertainment lawyer, Cease and Desist, Copyright, Copyright Registration, Entertainment Law, Fair Use, Publishing Law, Self-Publishing Tagged With: Amazon, atlanta entertainment lawyer, book, cease and desist, Copyright, Copyright Registration, CreateSpace, digital millennium copyright act, ebook, Entertainment Law, Fair Use, Lulu, notice and takedown, public domain, publish, self-publishing

July 12, 2013

I Am, I Said: Cease and Desist Letters, Declaratory Judgments, and Legal Black Eyes

by John Seay, Atlanta Entertainment Lawyer: The Seay Firm LLC (@TheSeayFirmLLC) Note: although I only refer to trademarks in this blog post, declaratory judgment actions are also a potential response to alleged copyright violations. If you need a refresher course on cease and desist letters, then feel free to consult my posts on what to […]

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May 8, 2013

How to Send a Cease and Desist Letter

by John Seay, Atlanta Entertainment Lawyer: The Seay Firm LLC (@TheSeayFirmLLC) This is Part 2 of a two-part series on cease and desist letters.  This Part discusses what to do if you need to send a cease and desist letter.  Part 1 discusses what to do if you receive a cease and desist letter.  Please […]

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