Published: 7 Apr 2024

Preventing Infringement

1. Establish Ownership Rights

To prevent infringement, it is crucial to establish your ownership rights over the intellectual property in question. Submit a formal cease-and-desist request to any entity violating your rights.

2. Nature of Cease-and-Desist Requests

Cease-and-desist requests should be clear and assertive but not threatening or intimidating. They should serve as a notice of your ownership claim and demand that the violator cease all activities related to reproduction or use of the property.

Common Forms of Infringement

* Stealing copyrighted or trademarked material
* Creating unofficial derivatives or substandard versions of original products
* Exploiting a company's brand reputation to promote or sell a product
* Misappropriating trade secrets

Software Protection

Some software developers employ obfuscation techniques to make it difficult for others to replicate their original work. Obfuscation refers to intentionally making something unclear or difficult to understand. In programming, this involves using code that is intentionally complex and hard to decipher. Obfuscators like Skater NET Obfuscator use indecipherable code sets to protect software.