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2023 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

My roundup of the top Internet Law developments of 2023: 10) California court bans targeted advertising (?). Regulators have sought to suppress online targeted advertising for years, with only minimal success. In turn, advertisers have fled Twitter. 4) Social media “defective design” lawsuits go forward.

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Hashtags And Trademark

IP and Legal Filings

Today’s world is growing so fast and we humans are becoming completely dependent upon the technology If you’ve spent any length of time on any social media site in the previous few years, you’ll recognise three facts. For starters, social media is become an essential marketing platform for the majority of firms.

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Audi and the Challenge of Cross-Media Plagiarism Detection

Plagiarism Today

The ad, which was produced by the London-based advertising agency M&C Saatchi, featured prominent Hong Kong actor and musician Andy Lau Tak-wah as he delivered a monologue about Xiaoman, the eighth solar term and second solar term of summer on the traditional Chinese calendar. Now, virtually every creator is dabbling in various media.

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Intellectual Property Protections of Olympic Proportions: A Look at Tokyo 2020

IPilogue

Canada’s Olympic and Paralympic Marks Act (OPMA) was enacted in 2007 and includes a list of 39 protected Olympics-related marks in Schedule 1. Rule 40 restricts social media posts and advertisements published by athletes and sponsors during the Games, both in volume and content.

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Is The Server Test Ready for a Reboot?

The IP Law Blog

“Embedding” means the process of copying unique HTML code assigned to the location of a digital copy of the photo or video published to the Internet, and the insertion of that code into a target webpage or social media post so that photo or video is linked for display within the target post. In September, U.S. District Judge Charles R.

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Covid-19 Act gives government more options in proceeding against supplement seller

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for deceptive advertising of dietary supplements in violation of the FTCA and the COVID-19 Consumer Protection Act. Since early 2020, Defendant Nepute and Quickwork have used several platforms, including social media, emails, and radio, to tout the purported benefits of Vitamin D and zinc and to promote Wellness Warrior supplements. ”

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Section 230 Doesn’t Protect App Stores That Sell Virtual Chips for Casino Apps–In re Apple App Store

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

” The term “websites-generated message and functions” is gibberish, but the court amplifies: “Immunizing a website’s own targeted advertisements and algorithms does not advance a website’s internal policing of indecent content or promoting third-party speech.” ” This is insane, amirite? Implications.