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Dastar bars false marking claims brought under Lanham Act (dubitante)

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Urban Doll sued Lashify for Lanham Act false advertising and false patent marking, alleging that Lashify made false statements on social media that certain of its products were patented and innovative. Misrepresentations about licensing status/compliance with copyright were not, therefore, actionable. 3d 1137 (9th Cir.

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YouTube Isn’t Liable for User Uploads of Animal Abuse Videos–Lady Freethinker v. YouTube

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Same thing with the Lori Drew prosecution from 2009). The underlying legal principles are not complicated: content rules in TOSes are negative behavioral restrictions on authors’ conduct, not marketing or contractual promises to readers that such content will never appear on the site. Google LLC , 2024 WL 2809371 (Cal.

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Models' false endorsement claims fail for want of recognition, bad survey

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Facts in the light most favorable to the plaintiffs: Each of the plaintiffs has a significant number of followers on various social media platforms, ranging from greater than ten thousand to several million, and most are “considered social media influencers.” Plaintiffs didn’t show sufficient evidence of recognition.

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Navigating the Legal Maze: A Comprehensive Policy Analysis of Online Betting and Gambling Laws in India

IP and Legal Filings

Today, the prevalence of such activities can be seen in online rummy advertisements on social media and the 2013 IPL match-fixing scandal. In states like Goa and Sikkim, gambling is allowed to varying degrees, with licenses granted for activities like slot machines and casinos.

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Examples of Text and Data Mining Research Using Copyrighted Materials

Kluwer Copyright Blog

A series of recent amendments to copyright law, including in the EU Copyright and the Digital Single Market Directive (Art. Other TDM projects have examined social media and other online sources to track and explain COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy, and to identify High-Risk COVID-19 patients. million abstracts.

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Trump’s Must-Carry Lawsuit Against Twitter Moved to Twitter’s Home Court–Trump v. Twitter

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Twitter’s TOS, which Trump agreed to in 2009 when he created his account, contains a mandatory venue clause. Twitter appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Now Twitter has done the same. (A A reminder that Trump’s legal filings routinely make brain-meltingly stupid arguments. This one is no exception).

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2022 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Two recent key developments were the Digital Markets Act and the Digital Services Act. On the heels of the mandatory editorial transparency provisions in Florida and Texas’ social media censorship laws, the California legislature thought it could one-up those states by passing a law with at least 161 different disclosure requirements.

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