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Courts Still Have No Clue How to Determine Who Owns Social Media Accounts–JLM v. Gutman

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Gutman created a Pinterest account in 2011 and an Instagram account in 2012, shortly after she began working for JLM. The last time we blogged this case , the district court had sided with JLM, initially restricting Gutman’s use of the social media accounts and then awarding control over the accounts to JLM.

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Why Impersonation is Difficult to Stop

Plagiarism Today

Back in 1991, Phill Zimmermann released an encryption program named Pretty Good Privacy or PGP. Online chats, social media, forums and other means of communication rose in popularity and all dealt with impersonation in various ways. To be clear, this isn’t a new problem, news reports about it go back to at least 2011.

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2023 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The term “link taxes” refer to the government compulsion of large Internet services, such as social media or search engines, to pay news media for indexing and publishing their headlines and links. 4) Social media “defective design” lawsuits go forward. #StopTheSADScheme. Does anyone care?

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John Doe Order Issued Against “Taarak Mehta” Infringers: Revisiting the Rights Vested in Fictional Characters

SpicyIP

Simply Life India (2023) (“Anil Kapoor”) (in paragraph 53), wherein the Court, had ruled in favour of safeguarding the distinct personality rights of celebrities, including the rights of endorsement and privacy, against widespread online exploitation and unauthorised commercial use. Baby Gift House & Ors. Rajat Nagi & Ors.

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Were You Affected by the University of Michigan Data Breach? Your Rights, Legal Options & How to Seek Compensation.

Traverse Legal Blog

If youre a victim of the University of Michigan Matt Weiss hacking scandal, discover your legal rights, options for compensation, and how Traverse Legal’s expertise in data privacy, security, and forensics makes our law firm different. Your privacy, security, login information, and well-being may have been severely compromised.

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False endorsement remains broader than many state ROP laws

43(B)log

They brought claims under the Lanham Act, Wisconsin’s privacy statute, and Wisconsin’s common law of negligence. In a 2011 presentation, Walkowicz discussed their work on NASA’s Kepler Mission studying the constellation Lyra, including the constellation’s brightest star, called Vega.” But the cases go back and forth on this.]

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Takedown Services Under Copyright Law

IP and Legal Filings

Rules on Information Technology, 2021 (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code). By adopting rules and regulations, as well as a privacy policy, the intermediary must prevent its users from presenting, uploading, changing, or transferring any information that may result in infringement of any trademark, patent, or copyright.