Legal Question in Personal Injury in New York

Suing is expensive and because the former student is not in the US you may need to sue the student in the student's home country which would likely be expensive and at the same time the home country may have different laws that do not protect intellectual property in the same manner that the US protects.

However there are other effective and cost effective measures that can be taken:

1) an attorney's cease and desist letter is often an effective tool to stop illicit or unlawful actions.

2) you should register your intellectual property rights (copyrights and trademarks) that are part of your teaching materials. This will not only protect you as against this student but will continue to protect you in the future.

3) direct legal action against ISPs and hosts (even foreign!) is often a very effective measure to limit the unlawful dissemination of infringing materials. Ideally you would first need to register the rights (see point 2 above) for this to be as effective as possible.

I have dealt with similar matters in the past. Please contact me on Monday.

Roman R. Fichman, Esq.

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