Entries Tagged as 'cease and desist'



Friday, December 7th, 2007

Groundhog Day

We received this pleasant e-mail this morning.
I am legal counsel for Ness USA, Inc. f/k/a Apar Infotech corporation and I am writing to warn that you have a contract of ours on your website which constitutes copyright infringement. Please be advised that if the Extended Development Center Agreement is not removed from your site [...]

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

Reuters Riled Over “Confidential” Contract

We received this wonderful e-mail today from a Reuters attorney:

It has come to our attention that you are reproducing a Reuters contract on your web site at http://contracts.onecle.com/instinet/reuters.svc.2003.03.14.shtml.
Not only is this contract is marked confidential, it is proprietary to Reuters. Reuters has the exclusive right to this content in any form, including on [...]

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

Super-Duper Secret Bank Loan Agreement

No better way to celebrate May Day, than to receive another cease and desist notice. This one alleges that we disseminated competitive information that may harm a bank. Believe me, there are plenty of woes ailing the banking sector nowadays, but I suspect publishing contracts on our site is not one of them.

This [...]

Friday, April 20th, 2007

iVillage - Read the Manual

It must be cease-and-desist Friday. Got one from iVillage today. Here it goes:

I write on behalf of iVillage Inc. (”iVillage”) with respect to certain contracts between iVillage and third parties that are posted on your site at www.onecle.com. As the creator of such contracts, iVillage owns the copyright in the contracts. Although these [...]

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

Baccini Calls Us Slavish

Last year, Representative Steny Hoyer apologized “for saying an African-American Senate candidate ‘slavishly‘ supported the Republican Party. Representative Hoyer asserted that no offense was intended. Today, Baccini SpA used the same word to describe our website.

Treviso, 20th March 2007
Dear Sirs
Re: Business Contracts from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Filings
We are writing to you [...]

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

#1 Problem in Major League Baseball

What are the problems confronting Major League Baseball? Steroids and amphetamines? Those certainly have made the news as of late, and not in a good way either. Well, during this baseball off-season, I received an email from counsel for the Major League Baseball Players Association. And, the #1 problem in Major [...]

Friday, January 12th, 2007

Big Bird Jumps on the Bandwagon

So, I get a letter regarding an American Idol contract yesterday. Today, Big Bird pays an unwelcome visit. Yes, that tall, cute yellow bird.

On your website at the following address http://contracts.onecle.com/looksmart/pbs.grant-sesame.1999.06.28.shtml You have posted an agreement dated June 28, 1999 between CTW and LookSmart Ltd.
Sesame Workshop (formerly known as CTW) has not [...]

Thursday, January 11th, 2007

Idol Confidential

Sony sent me an e-mail this morning:

I am an attorney at SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (”SONY BMG”), and it has come to our attention that the link on oneCLE’s website found at http://contracts.onecle.com/ckx/american-idol.lic.2005.11.28.shtml contains a highly confidential contract between Sony BMG’s UK affiliate and various other entities relating to the American Idol series. We [...]