TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

With around 90% of the search market, Google is regularly criticized by rightsholders for allowing infringing content to appear in its search results. It has removed billions of reported infringing links and since 2012 has been downranking pirate sites, something that hit torrent portals particularly hard. Whois Privacy Corp.,

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

JUNE 10, 2020

In Canada, the use of an individual’s image can be unlawful where: (a) an individual’s name, reputation, or likeness is commercially exploited; or (b) an individual’s right to privacy has been violated These wrongs are actionable under the tort of appropriation of personality and provincial privacy torts. Vice Versa Publishing Inc.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

Both suits were filed before the 2012 amendment to the Copyright Act. Further, given that the 2012 amendment does not have a retrospective effect, the Court held that the amendment has no effect on the legal position. The petitioner sought to exercise the right to privacy on behalf of her late aunt, J.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

Gutman created a Pinterest account in 2011 and an Instagram account in 2012, shortly after she began working for JLM. Johnson The Spectacular Failure of Employee Social Media Privacy Laws Do Employers Own LinkedIn Groups Created By Employees?–CDM Gutman appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Christou v.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Chapter 4, ‘Imperial copyright and its costs’, focuses on how copyright came to be exploited internationally, leading to the division of publishing markets into two spheres ruled from London and New York. Chapter 6, ‘Why does a gramophone maker deserve a copyright?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

2012), Docket No. Bright Data claims that it was using its Facebook and Instagram accounts for marketing purposes and was never logged in to its accounts when scraping. He’s going out of his way to enable them–despite the broad-scale movement elsewhere to crack down on data brokers and enhance consumer privacy.

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Intepat

MAY 16, 2023

A person is entitled to the right to privacy, which extends to a celebrity as well and they are entitled to protect their publicity rights on the basis of the wider ambit of Article 21. The right to publicity can be interpreted through Article 21 of the Constitution of India which provides the right to life and the right to personal liberty.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

When Mahindra launched the XUV700 with autonomous driving features in India last year, there was a huge uproar in the Indian car market. In conclusion, a specifically tailored act suitable for the incubation of autonomous vehicles into the Indian market has to be enacted keeping in mind various Indian scenarios.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 15, 2022

So the big item on the agenda was the announcement that the FTC will review the “Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims,” affectionately known as the Green Guides. It is standard practice at the FTC to review every rule or guide at least every ten years, and the Green Guides were last amended in 2012.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 9, 2025

The defendant began using ‘Zoly’ in 2012, which the plaintiff argued could mislead consumers due to phonetic similarity. It found no evidence to support the defendants claim as a permitted user and ruled that the plaintiffs registration and market presence established a prima facie case for the interim relief.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 9, 2022

In fact, the labor market is so fluid that pundits and experts often refer to it as the “Great Resignation.” In 2012, RSSI and the Port Authority entered into an agreement allowing RSSI to store railcars on the Port Authority line and giving RSSI exclusive use over the Port Authority line.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 11, 2023

Bleacher Report couldn’t have put millions of user emails into the “to” field–that would have been a privacy failure and would have led to a truly legendary “reply all” fiesta. ”” In 2012, PayPal added a mandatory arbitration clause that users could opt-out-of. Facebook, Inc.,

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Rama suggests Bharata pick bold, capable, strong-willed, and emotionally knowledgeable ministers because government needs effective supervision.Competence and privacy matter. Effective government needs good ministers. Rama tells Bharata to make difficult choices alone. Core group efficiency counts. Palana : Maintaining/complying. 1, 101-108.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2022

There are many things one could reflect on, but this blog is about advertising and marketing law, so we’ll stick to that. In recent weeks, over a thousand companies have received these letters, which cover a variety of advertising and marketing practices, including endorsements , business opportunities and for-profit education claims.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In an October 2012 post, Kruttika Vijay highlighted the Supreme Court’s concerns over the lack of transparency in clinical trials in India. We must think through these and more solutions and do so sooner rather than later. As Swaraj said, it’s Time to More Seriously Question the Spectre of Copyright in the Realm of Education.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The risks include unauthorised use and infringement, technological obsolescence, and the marketable nature of IP as collateral. This was done during 2012-2015 when it faced bankruptcy. A third-party is engaged to assess factors like product demand, market condition, and potential patent infringement. Objective 5.11.1

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43(B)log

APRIL 7, 2023

Criteria favoring a Brussels Effect are market size controlled by regulator—a lot of firms want to compete there; regulatory capacity/institutional expertise; stringent standards. Traditionally supported a highly segmented, explicitly territorial market approach by multinationals. YT had it since 2012; now only NGOs and gov’t agencies.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 20, 2022

This reflects how the protection of intellectual property laws is relevant across industries and markets. Baltimore County, Maryland $123,971 Board of Police Commissioners, St.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 8, 2025

In response to this, countries like the European Union, the United Kingdom, United States and Japan have placed economic sanctions on Russia [4] making this country to seek other markets and coalition partners. It was estimated to be responsible for half of Iranian government revenues and up to one-fifth of Iranian GPD before the year 2012.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 20, 2025

Unlike content made available in English or Spanish, when Greek content starts to feel the piracy pinch, there’s no deep well of overseas markets to exploit. More Blocking, Faster Blocking, Still Not Enough Traditional blocking orders were first issued in Greece around 2012 under Article 64A of law 2121/1993.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Regarding Mr. Sidhus right to privacy and commercial exploitation, the Court held that for such a right to exist, it should be first established that Mr. Sidhu is a celebrity and has commercial goodwill. Considering that T-Series movie is based on a biography written by Fabian Dawson and public records concerning the death of Ms.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 27, 2022

Apple positions itself as more privacy-supportive than the other tech giants, but then it committed an unforgiveable privacy faux pas by unveiling plans to proactively scan client-side files for illegal CSAM. California voters passed a terrible privacy law in November 2020. Apple’s Client-Side Scanning Plans. issue 2, Nov.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

Two recent key developments were the Digital Markets Act and the Digital Services Act. This discourages visits to new sites, which will reward incumbents and thwart new market entrants. It also puts users’ privacy and security (including minors’!) at greater risk. 18, 2022 NetChoice LLC v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

Meanwhile, Twitter’s marketplace decline has demonstrated (once again) that market mechanisms–including users and advertisers voting with their “feet”–still carry a potent sting online. Privacy Lawyers May Be Why We Can’t Have Nice Things.

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