Respond when someone uses your work without permission
Found your photographs in another store or a similar name in a competitor’s advertising? First, preserve the use and assess the basis for a claim. We help review the situation and consider a response: contacting the other party, reporting to a platform or negotiating.
What to keep immediately
Page links, dates, screenshots, seller details and your original materials. Preserve complete correspondence and any demands you have received. Formal proceedings may require a particular way of recording evidence; an ordinary screenshot is not always enough.
Review the rights behind the claim
We compare your rights, their territory and the actual use. Brand matters involve signs and goods; photograph matters involve authorship and rights in the images; design matters involve the protection and product features. Similarity alone does not establish infringement.
Define the business outcome
Stop the use? Remove specific materials? Agree a licence? After assessing evidence, we agree the objective, prepare a reasoned notice or report and support the agreed negotiations. A platform or the other party may reject a request. Removal and compensation cannot be promised in advance.
If you received the claim
Send the document, attachments and response deadline. We review the demands, the rights relied on and your evidence of permitted use. A letter’s legal presentation alone is not a reason to admit infringement.
Questions about pre-litigation IP protection
What does pre-litigation IP protection include?
Depending on the situation, it may include reviewing rights and evidence, preparing a reasoned notice or platform complaint, or supporting negotiations. We first agree the objective, such as stopping use, removing material or reaching another settlement. The response follows an assessment, not visual similarity alone.
What should we do if our brand, photographs or design are copied abroad?
Preserve links, dates, details of the use and original materials, and seek an assessment. Ownership, territorial protection and the method of recording evidence need review. An ordinary screenshot may not be sufficient for a later formal procedure.
Does a platform complaint guarantee removal or account reinstatement?
No. The outcome depends on the grounds, evidence, platform rules and the other party’s position. Zakhyst helps assess the situation and prepare the agreed submission. The platform’s decision and response time are outside our control.
Can you help if we received an IP infringement notice?
Yes. Share the complete notice and attachments, the date received and the stated response deadline. We review the demands, the claimant’s rights and documents relating to your use. We determine the position and scope of the response after reviewing the materials.
Can we demand money immediately?
The legal basis, evidence and available remedies in the relevant jurisdiction need review first. The appearance of a copy online does not itself establish an amount.
When is dispute support needed?
When formal proceedings begin, procedural deadlines arise or negotiations do not produce an acceptable outcome. We then agree a separate strategy for the next stage.