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E-Contract India’s present legal framework and next steps

IP and Legal Filings

Electronic contracts, or “E-contracts,” in the present economy became ubiquitous due to the rapid development of the internet. Meaning Of An E-Contract. E-contracts are agreements made electronically instead of physical meetings between the parties involved in the transaction. Image Source: Shutterstock].

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Once Again, LinkedIn Can’t Use CFAA To Stop Unwanted Scraping–hiQ v. LinkedIn

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The court remains skeptical of LinkedIn’s privacy-based arguments: LinkedIn has no protected property interest in the data contributed by its users, as the users retain ownership over their profiles. With that said, the Ninth Circuit did some serious hand-waving on the privacy issues.

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Trade Secrets In Relation To IPR

IP and Legal Filings

Trade secrets uphold the secrecy of integral information of an enterprise relating to its strategies, programs, designs, patterns, or more. Contract Law- the supply regarding restraint of commerce in Section 27 of the Indian Contract Act makes this clear. Vs timepiece Communication Pvt Ltd on 27 March 2003.

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Growth of Virtual Youtubers and IP Complications

IIPRD

The issues pertaining to the rights of VTubers encompass rights to the design of the character, the privacy of the individual, licensing and taking inspiration from an existing character. 5] The content creator reached out to the artist for a commissioned artwork which is a unique character design. 6] Stuart D. 2d 119 (2d Cir.

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Announcing the 2023 Edition of My Internet Law Casebook

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Meanwhile, product design is the real Section 230 battlefront today, and the Lemmon case is the flagship case for that line of litigation. Verio ruling (both the contracts and TTC portions) and the Hamidi ruling. The chapter makes a nice module to add discussion about online contracts to another course. Contracts Meyer v.

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Copyright Ownership of Movies and Films in Canada: Who’s on First?

IPilogue

The defendant lost at trial and on appeal because he failed to prove the contrary, i.e., that he employed the plaintiff under a contract of employment ( Choko , QCCA at [13]). 1)(b), for the provision otherwise designates the presumption only in favour of first owners. The fact is that the words found in s.

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2021 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Apple positions itself as more privacy-supportive than the other tech giants, but then it committed an unforgiveable privacy faux pas by unveiling plans to proactively scan client-side files for illegal CSAM. California voters passed a terrible privacy law in November 2020. Apple’s Client-Side Scanning Plans. issue 2, Nov.