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Send us Fan Mail Vondran Legal - Crypto & NFT Law - Ripple vs. SEC (motion for summary judgment).Ripple, the company behind the third-largest cryptocurrency by the same name, is facing a lawsuit from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC alleges that Ripple violated federal securities laws by selling unregistered securities in the form of its XRP tokens. Ripple has motione...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Crypto Lawyer - SEC vs. RippleOn December 22, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a motion for summary judgment against Ripple Labs Inc. and two of its executives, alleging that they had raised over $1.3 billion through an unregistered securities offering. The SEC's complaint alleges that Ripple's sales of digital tokens, known a...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Fair Use BasicsFilm producers and video creators have a real chance today to be the next Stephen Spielberg.  Content abounds on the internet, and sites like Instagram rolls, YouTube shorts, and TikTik videos can provide a chance to get your name out there and potentially even make money in the career you love.  Many times, the top creators (just like the top teache...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® - TV Signal Piracy - Joe Hand PromotionsIf you received the Joe Hand Promotions "love letter" call us to discuss your case.  This podcast explains a common example of what happens if you are sued in a boxing piracy case.  Below are some helpful links to videos we have created to educate you if you find yourself in this situation. ATTORNEY STEVE VIDEOSBoxi...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® - Software Piracy Essentials - The Hexagon/Vero software infringement letterGetting a legal demand letter from Hexagon is no fun.  You may also get a direct phone call from one of their representatives.  When this happens, my BIGGEST TIP is HANG UP THE PHONE. Don't talk to them and admit infringement of their software before you talk with a copyright lawyer. ...

Send us Fan Mail The Piracy Log with Attorney Steve® - Wrap up of the latest piracy and copyright legal news! Topics discussed:Business Software Alliance appears to be back with audit casesCalifornia new Cyberflashing law has BIG penaltiesDish-Nagrastar on the movie with piracy cases9th Circuit Braking News - extenstion on right to recovery copyright infringement damagesCounterfeit product commerc...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve Copyright Law Essentials - Copyright Small Claims Board ("CCB")The copyright claims board, also known as the CCB, is set to open in Washington D.C. on June 16th, 2022. The board will accept copyright claims for things like photo infringement, art infringement, and music infringement. Claimants will be able to receive up to $30,000 for their claim. This is...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Attorney Steve® - Vondran Legal Hour - Thinking of becoming a lawyer?  What you need to know! In this episode, Attorney Steve® discusses the steps you might consider taking if you are planning on going to law school and becoming a lawyer.  In general, you can expect the following:Finish high school or GEDFinish collegeDecide if you want to be a lawyerDecide what type of lawye...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Internet Law - Brand Protection Essentials - Using the DMCAGeneral tips if someone is abusing your brand online:1.  Someone copying or displaying your personal photo- could be a violation of the Right of Publicity (using your name, image or likeness for commercial purposes without consent).  Could be a lawsuit if the defendant is financially solvent.  You can also...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® - Strike 3 Holdings Litigation Updates - Order to Show CauseHere is a case from Michigan Federal District Court where Strike 3 violated the Court's order (whether intentional or accidental remains to be seen since no response to the OSC has been filed.  This can highlight the importance of seeking to settle your copyright BitTorrent file-sharing case (Tushy, B...

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Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve BitTorrent Settlement Essentials - Submitting financialsIn this episode of Vondran Legal Hour® Attorney Steve® discusses what we look for in terms of financial hardships when seeking to get the best settlement possible in a Strike 3 Holdings file-sharing lawsuit case.  We have appeared in over 250 federal court copyright infringement cases making us one of the top f...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® IP Enforcement Essentials - Protect your brand and IP from infringing or counterfeit importation of goods. If your company has valuable intellectual property (such as trademarks registered on the principal register, trade secrets, copyrights registered with the United States Copyright Office (USCO), or patents registered with the USPTO), then it would behoove you t...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Domain Name Dispute Essentials - Overview of the domain dispute procedural process! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Copyright Small Claims CASE ACT updates for March 2022 - Corporations, Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations eligible to designate agents for infringement matters! In a new partial final rule, the Copyright Claims Board ("CCB") is now initiating the ability to register an "agent" where copyright claims cases can be served on the corporati...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Copyright Law Essentials - Safe Harbors for Copyright Registration DefectsIn this exciting episode of Vondran Legal Hour Attorney Steve® discusses copyright registration and defects thereto and how the copyright "safe harbors" come into play.  Plaintiff (Unicolors) filed a lawsuit and had their registration placed at issue apparently because they filed to...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® IPTV illegal Movie and Television Interception and Broadcast - MPAA is hiring internet investigatorsIn this exciting episode of Vondran Legal Hour® Attorney Steve® Copyright infringement lawyer discusses the MPAA (Motion picture association that has members such as Paramount, Universal Studios, Warner Brothers, Universal, and Amazon Content Services - among others)...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® IP Law Updates - February 2022 - Latest Trends in IP lawIn this episode of Vondran Legal Hour, we discuss some of the most pressing and trending topics in IP Law including:NFT lawsuitsMetaverse and sexual gropingTrademark and Domain Disputes (recent victory for Vondran Legal over a Strike 3 Holdings bitTorrent competitor)Social media defamation law and Anti-SLAPPCr...

Send us Fan Mail Metaverse Legal Group - Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress - Virtual GropingIn this exciting episode of Litigation Whiteboard® Attorney Steve® discusses the metaverse and "sexual assaults" that have allegedly occurred in the virtual reality zone.  One question I pose is whether or not it is legal (meaning, is there any law prohibiting such digital conduct)?  On...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Domain Dispute Essentials - Bad Faith Abuse of UDRP Proceedings can lead to RDNH allegations in federal court. In this important IP law podcast, Attorney Steve® discusses domain disputes with WIPO and the National Arbitration Forum.  Basically, these are what's known as "UDRP domain name disputes" and arises where a Plaintiff claims to have valid tra...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Digital Asset Essentials - NFT and Smart Contracts on Etherium and Copyright OwnershipA lot of people are talking about NFT's being the next BIG THING technology-wise.  This may be true as we have seen some people generate some whopping sales prices (Twitter owners first tweet was minted and sold for 2.4 million) using cryptocurrency to purchase digital assets...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® - Digital Currency Law Essentials - SEC vs. Ripple (XRP) lawsuit over alleged unregistered securitiesHere is a general legal overview (not legal or investment advice) of the SEC lawsuit filed in December of 2020 against Ripple Labs (now XRP).  This lawsuit alleges that Ripple is selling unregistered securities to "investors."  Will the lawsuit hold up or...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® TV Signal Piracy Updates 2021 - What you need to know when you receive a lettter from Joe Hand alleging illegal interception and boradcast of boxing events or combat sports. Joe Hand has not shown much sign of letting up on infringers of their UFC fights.  The reason for this makes sense as they are contractually obligated to enforce their intellectual property rig...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® - Software Audit Essentials - End of year deals on your radar?  Close out your licensing disputes for a clean slate in 2022.Our law firm has helped hundreds of companies resolve software licensing disputes with companies like Microsoft (Business Software Alliance), Adobe, Vero, Siemens, VB Conversion, SIIA, Software Compliance Group, Ansys, Autodesk and Solidworks...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Technology Law - Crypto, NFT's and now Digitial Real Estate ("collectibles").  In this interesting episode of Vondran Legal Hour, Attorney Steve® intellectual property attorney discusses the new phenomena of investing in digital real estate in the "metaverse" on sites such as Superworld, The Sandbox, or Decentraland.  Is this a passign fad...