Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

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.

Law 101

Law Social Media Advertising Advertising 101

SpicyIP

JULY 9, 2021

(CNR Number: KLTV010019372021) The reason for filing the suit was that certain unknown people had posted without authorisation original sound recordings created by Vempati Ravi Shankar (the plaintiff’s late husband) on the defendant’s social media platforms – Facebook and Instagram. In 2010, in Kirtibhai Raval v.

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Moral Rights Privacy Personality Rights Copyright 98

43(B)log

OCTOBER 6, 2021

They brought claims under the Lanham Act, Wisconsin’s privacy statute, and Wisconsin’s common law of negligence. Walkowicz allegedly received multiple emails and social-media messages commenting on the similarities between Walkowicz and Luciana and inquiries about whether they had endorsed the doll.

Law 59

Law Privacy False Advertising Social Media 59

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

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. The opinion upheld every aspect of Texas’ social media censorship law.

Law 112

Law Social Media Government Privacy 112