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Manu Bhaker’s Olympics Victory: Do Brands Violate Publicity Rights by Putting out Congratulatory Posts?

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These various brands have posted laudatory posts congratulating her for this achievement, while at the same time utilizing her image and Olympic win for their own commercial own use by using it in the form of an advertisement. Personality Rights: Publicity or Privacy? As held by the Delhi High Court in D.M. Entertainment Pvt.

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2023 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

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. Then, in Liapes v. seriously, are you still posting THERE???)

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Lawsuit Still Goes to Arbitration, Even Though Amazon Has Since Removed Its Arbitration Clause–Nicosia v. Amazon

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Facebook Gets Bad Ruling In Face-Scanning Privacy Case–In re Facebook Biometric Information Privacy Litigation. 2H 2015 Quick Links, Part 7 (Marketing, Advertising, E-Commerce). 2H 2015 Quick Links, Part 7 (Marketing, Advertising, E-Commerce). TransUnion. Court Rejects “Browsewrap.” Is That Surprising?–Long

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Publicity Rights Concerning Sports Athletes

IP and Legal Filings

This Act explains the significance of support when it comes to the enrollment of trademarks for the matter of Publicity or Privacy, and The Copyrights Act 1957 [iv] defines word “performer” as an actor, singer, musician, dancer, acrobat and juggler etc.

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adult venue's insurer did not successfully exclude ads from ad injury coverage

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26, 2024) Defendant, d/b/a Wonderland, operated an adult entertainment club and was one of the many such sued by various models for using their images in advertising without their consent from 2015 to 2019. So the burden falls to Princeton to show that its exclusion is valid.” Princeton Excess & Surplus Lines Ins.

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Twitter Can’t Quash a 512(h) Subpoena

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2H 2019 and Q1 2020 Quick Links, Part 1 (Copyright, E-Commerce, Advertising). Q2 2015 Quick Links, Part 1 (IP, Marketing and More). Other Blog Posts on 512(h). 512(h) Doesn’t Preempt Doe Unmasking Lawsuits–Strike 3 v. eBay Must Disclose User Identities In Response To 512(h) Subpoenas. Did a Court Eliminate 512(h) Subpoenas?–Maximized

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Who Owns a Disputed Social Media Account? – JLM v. Gutman

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The court is emphatic that the accounts “served as critical advertising platforms for JLM’s products affiliated with the Hailey Paige brands.” The court relies on two decisions: (1) In re CTLI, a bankruptcy ruling from 2015 blogged here: “ Company’s Social Media Accounts Transferred in Bankruptcy ” and (2) Int’l Bhd. Teamsters Loc.