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US demand letters by China-based trademark owner, counsel, not defamatory

By Melissa Ritti ( April 23, 2025, 18:07 GMT | Insight) -- Cease-and-desist communications sent by China’s Styleline Studios International to an accused counterfeiter and his business associates were nothing more than a good faith assertion of Styleline’s belief in its global trademark rights in “J/SLIDES," a New York federal magistrate judge said yesterday. He recommended dismissal of Jay Litvack’s defamation counterclaim against his former business partners and that Litvack’s related $5 million punitive damage request be stricken.Demand letters by the principals for China’s Styleline Studios International and their legal counsel aren't actionable as defamation, US Magistrate Judge James M. Wicks of the Eastern District of New York found yesterday....

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