SpicyIP

MARCH 24, 2025

C Union of India (2012). Social media intermediaries are directly connected to the aspect of freedom of speech and expression, whose over-regulation can stifle the same. Even if one were to assume D2 and D3 as wholly owned subsidiaries of Amazon Tech. (D1), Why Does it Matter?

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Social Media Trademark Law Branding 76

TorrentFreak

JUNE 30, 2023

The site originally launched in 2012 by an Egyptian national, who operated it out of the Egyptian capital Cairo. Based on the responses on social media, many people are disappointed to see their favorite pirate streaming site offline. As part of the enforcement action, the alleged owner was arrested.

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Social Media Branding Brands Branding 140

TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The court allowed the gaming company to conduct broad discovery against a number of services, including internet service providers, payment providers, and social media websites, to help put more meat on the bones. Two further counts of racketeering (RICO) relate to offenses that allegedly began as early as 2012 and remain ongoing.

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Social Media Contracts Copyright Infringement Copyright 145

IPilogue

MARCH 13, 2023

Think back to 2012, for example, when a New York Times article suggested that a statistician working at Target predicted a teenage girl’s pregnancy based on her shopping habits. One of the most effective ways to influence consumer behaviour online is through targeted advertising. What did Target do with this information?

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Social Media Advertising Advertising Privacy 105

IPilogue

DECEMBER 1, 2021

When reports about Facebook’s plan to change its corporate name hit the internet, branding experts offered their theories about the driving force behind the social media giant’s decision to rebrand itself.

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Business Trademark Social Media Registration 111

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

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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Law Social Media Advertising Advertising 111

SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The defendants were accused of illegally uploading copyrighted works online on social media and other online private groups. The Court ruled that since the agreement in question was signed in 1980, the Copyright Amendments made in 2012 did not apply to the case in question. Ayachak Ashrama & Ors vs Youtube India & Ors.

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Copyright Litigation Trademark Copyright Infringement 95

TorrentFreak

MARCH 9, 2022

The protests were targeted at Vladimir Putin so, in return, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) made requests to local social media giant vKontakte to begin blocking opposition groups on the basis they were trying to organize a revolution. A fight for control of the online narrative began.

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Government Social Media Reporting Law 145

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2023

In 2012, the FBI arrested Shah for extortion, which sparked news coverage. The media entities republished 20 photos he uploaded to Facebook and IMDB and misattributed the photo credits. He posted the photos to Facebook and his IMDB page ( this one? ).

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Copyright Fair Use Licensing Ownership 124

IPilogue

AUGUST 16, 2022

August asserts that the Defendant, AirG Inc, a Canadian social media brand, committed copyright infringement by reproducing six of Pugliese’s Jennifer Lopez photos on their website without permission. The same was true regarding the address listed on the 2012 syndication agreement between Pugliese and August.

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Copyright Infringement Copyright Registration Social Media 104

IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2023

The Plaintiff’s website, www.raleigh.co.uk, which was registered in 1998, as well as different social media platforms like Facebook, Telegram, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, etc., The word “RALEIGH” is used globally for a variety of products, including children’s bikes, city cycles, mountain bikes, etc.

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Trademark Registering Trademarks Social Media Business 98

TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

It has removed billions of reported infringing links and since 2012 has been downranking pirate sites, something that hit torrent portals particularly hard. A similar order was granted requiring email services, social media services, search engines and other online providers to disable service to all of the defendants’ websites.

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Social Media Publishing Copyright Law Copyright 109

Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

JUNE 10, 2020

We live in the digital age of smartphones and social media, where the large scale capturing and sharing of photographs has become a global run-of-the-mill form of communication and expression. The rights in these photographs are typically subject to the licensing schemes of the various social media platforms to which they are posted.

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Privacy Social Media Intellectual Property Intellectual Property Law 52

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Firstly, take the example of social media. With the advent of social media, anyone can post anything on it. Recently, the Twitter Account of the Union Minister for Information Technology has been blocked by the social media site for failing to comply with the DMCA Notice. Kind of Copyright Infringement.

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Copyright Law Copyright Law Social Media 52

Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Even the staunchest copyright maximalist would be hard-pressed not to feel for Wilmott based on the facts of the case: The company bought the website VisitUSA.com in 2012 from a third party. Hit me up in the comments below or on social media @copyrightlately. Bell is a retired attorney. As always, let me know what you think.

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Copying Social Media Copyright Copyright Infringement 105

Velocity of Content

AUGUST 31, 2021

It was reported that the average number of articles read by faculty has grown from 150 per year in 1977 to 252 articles per year in 2012 (264 articles per year if you exclude humanities scholars.). Scholarly peer-reviewed articles remain the most highly rated source of information.

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Social Media Reporting Blogging Journalism 96

IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 17, 2023

August 21, 2006, (Unreported) [iii] Shammad Basheer, The Copyright (Amendment) Act 2012, A Fair Balance ,5 NUJS L. i] (2012) [iv] Christopher Beam, How Strict Are Chinese Copyright Laws? 2008)13SCC30 [xxi] Angelina Sanchez, Copystrikes and Meme Bans: Social Media and Copyright Protections in the Digital Age , 47 BROOK.

Copyright Law 96

Copyright Law Copyright Music Law 96

U.S. Department of Commerce

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Imagine you gave your PII to a bank and a social media platform, and both got hacked. With that, they identify your PII from the social media hack, which also reveals your phone number and ZIP code. states from 2012 to 2018. The bank redacted your home address, but the hackers still got your name and email address.

Privacy 69

Privacy Social Media Technology Public Use 69

Corsearch

APRIL 19, 2023

Read insights from fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger and a leading social media consultant on how brands can raise awareness of the dangers of counterfeits and turn this into a positive message for change. Typically defined as people born between 1997 and 2012, Gen Z are seen by many brands as the number one audience to connect with online.

Branding 40

Branding Brands Branding Social Media 40

IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 23, 2023

Following the 2012 revision to the copyrights Act, it was made clear that Internet activities were also covered by the copyright law. The media industry as a whole encourages creativity and innovation, and copyright is crucial for digital media platforms. They serve as a medium for new ideas, images, and sounds.

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Non-Fungible Tokens Copyright Intellectual Property Ownership 98

IIPRD

AUGUST 29, 2024

It is noteworthy that the upcoming bills broaden their shoulders to bring a large section of social media content creators and seek to bring them within the purview of their guidelines, which carries the possibility of bringing down various kinds of broadcasters, including the ones on digital platforms. & Intell.,

Intellectual Property Law 52

Intellectual Property Law Intellectual Property Contracts Law 52

43(B)log

AUGUST 17, 2021

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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Social Media False Advertising Advertising Advertising 45

43(B)log

MAY 2, 2022

30,000 Chanel labels, stickers, and authenticity cards bearing unique serial numbers were stolen from its Renato Corti factory in 2012. It used Chanel marks and indicia, such as Chanel artwork and images of Chanel runway shows, in advertisements and displays featured in-store and on its webpages, social media, and direct-to-consumer emails.

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False Advertising Advertising Advertising Social Media 59

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 Supreme Court also touched upon issues relating to Covid drug procurement through importation.

IP 143

IP Intellectual Property Copyright Trademark 143

JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

Basically, corporations must employ someone willing to scour the internet and report such infringing content by either filing Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notices, reporting such individual posts via the methods provided by social media platforms, or both. 511, 523 (2012). vii] Deidrè A.

Copyright Infringement 98

Copyright Infringement Copyright Intellectual Property Blogging 98

Intepat

MAY 16, 2023

A fraudulent lottery-winning message with Amitabh Bachchan’s voice from KBC was viral through various social media platforms and many people fell into this trap. Ramkumar Jewellers (2012), the defendant copied the plaintiff’s advertisement picture containing a popular artistic pose of Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan.

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Branding Brands Branding Personality Rights 98

The TTABlog

MARCH 17, 2022

The Board noted that "[i]t is not the law that 'the slightest cessation of use causes a trademark to roll free, like a fumbled football, so that it may be pounced on by any alert opponent.'"

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Television Social Media Trademark Registration 61

43(B)log

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Vital also sought to exclude Dr. Carpenter’s opinions about the impact of Defendants’ marketing strategies on Bang consumers, arguing that his review of social media posts was not sound methodology, and that his reliance on an assertedly flawed consumer survey prepared by Monster’s expert Dr. Cowan made his opinions unreliable.

False Advertising 59

False Advertising Advertising Advertising Social Media 59

Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Back in 2012, Pandora started flagged this precise issue in its annual reports filed with the SEC, warning investors that its spoken word comedy content “is performed absent a specific license” from any performing rights organization. Performance “Absent a Specific License”.

Music 91

Music Licensing Copyright Publishing 91

LexBlog IP

JUNE 21, 2022

Indeed, in the last go-round, the FTC held a workshop on the issue, so it is certainly possible that if the comments raise enough interesting issues, we will see a sequel to the 2012 workshop. But it is also possible that the agency will review the comments filed and just issue revised guides without further comment. So many options.

Advertising 52

Advertising Advertising Social Media Intellectual Property 52

LexBlog IP

APRIL 6, 2022

Founded in 2012 as a multi-level marketing company (“MLM”) selling women’s clothing, LuLaRoe reached 80,000 distributors by 2017. With the promise of working part-time, at home, for a full-time salary, many women (and men) known as “retailers” joined LuLaRoe, dollar signs flashing in their eyes.

Marketing 52

Marketing Marketing Social Media Law 52

IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 13, 2023

The Delhi High Court Division Bench was concerned with two combined cases in the 2012 India TV Independent News Service v. The recent surge in technological advancements and social media hacks have resulted in trivial violations being brought to court that necessarily may not be copyright infringements. Yashraj Films Pvt.

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Copyright Infringement Copyright Copyright Law Journalism 52

IP Whiteboard

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Since 2012, it has hosted several pop-up restaurant events in Australia and owns a number of registered trade marks in the jurisdiction, including: Reg. g) placing apparent weight on evidence of confusion from social media posts and no weight on the absence of evidence of actual confusion. Lettuce recap. Trade mark.

Social Media 52

Social Media Branding Brands Branding 52

IIPRD

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Bregoli instantly became an internet meme worldwide, and her catchphrase gained much media attention, getting her worldwide recognition as the “Catch me outside girl.” This reportedly led her to secure appearances worth $30,000, and widening her social media presence. [i] iv] 2012(51)PTC 251(Del). [v] 541 of 2019.

Copyright Law 59

Copyright Law Branding Brands Branding 59

Copyright Lately

JANUARY 16, 2022

I expect the case to settle relatively quickly for this reason, much like a similar case filed against Kirkman in 2012 by Tony Moore, an early illustrator of “The Walking Dead” comic. As always, let me know what you think in the comments below or on my social media accounts @copyrightlately!

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Ownership Television Copyright Copyright Notice 70

43(B)log

DECEMBER 1, 2022

An online article used photos of the Lounge in its coverage of the series, and MGFB also submitted social media posts. Plaintiffs’ social media expert opined that the show meant that Internet searches for “Florabama” or “Flora-Bama” led to “blurred” results filled with MTV Floribama Shore content. Grimaldi, 875 F.2d

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Artistic Work Television Trademark Trademark Law 64

43(B)log

AUGUST 4, 2023

Xuan-Thao Nguyen, Tech Bros, Social Media, and the End of IP Financing? The problem is that this system fell apart around 2008-2012 when smartphones came out. Ideas are nothing without financing. Banks will not give loans secured by patents; banking law constraints. Piggyback on VC due diligence, valuation.

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IP Copying Due Diligence Registration 40