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Should Copyright Preemption Moot Anti-Scraping TOS Terms? (Guest Blog Post)

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by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy Many characterize the law of copyright preemption of contracts as a circuit split. It’s not that half of federal judges have adopted one clear stance on copyright preemption of contracts and the other half have adopted another clear stance. But fair use isn’t a defense to a breach of contract claim.

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Game On! Bright Data Scores Major Victory in Web-Scraping Dispute with Meta (Guest Blog Post)

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Then he reversed course on remand and ruled in favor of LinkedIn on its breach of contract claims. On January 23rd, Judge Chen once again dropped a bombshell for the web-scraping world (and those looking to stop it) by ruling in favor of Bright Data and against Meta on its breach of contract claims at summary judgment. Bright Data Ltd.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 8- May 13)

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After perusing the material on record, the court concluded that Brompton had no privity of contract with YSL and the Supply Agreement with Beverly from which Brompton claims to derive its rights was in contravention of the original Franchise Agreement with YSL. Case: Holyland Marketing Pvt. vs Vijay Pal Vineet Kumar And Co.