What to Do if a Claim of Infringement Is Made against Your Company

If a claim for intellectual property infringement is made, the company should conduct an immediate internal investigation to determine whether there is a valid basis for the claim. If so (for example, the company may have innocently used a trademark similar to that of another), some companies contact the owner of the mark or the attorney who wrote the letter setting forth the claim and ask whether there might be a way to resolve the matter amicably. In some instances, the owner of the mark is satisfied if the company agrees to cease use of the infringing matter. If a company has a significant amount of marketing materials that display the infringing matter, the company may be ...

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