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 Court was not satisfied that any of this evidence confirmed that Pugliese was a US citizen in April 2015, when photos were created.

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Copyright Infringement Copyright Registration Social Media 104

Velocity of Content

AUGUST 10, 2022

Under the IPO’s proposal, “Rights holders will no longer be able to charge for UK licences for TDM and will not be able to contract or opt-out of the exception. The need remains for high quality, validated news unavailable from social media. The music industry has already fired a shot about the new TDM exception.

Law 116

Law Licensing Publishing Intellectual Property 116

43(B)log

MARCH 28, 2024

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. Defendants counterclaimed for payment and damages for breach of contract and bad faith. about your goods, products or services”).

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Advertising Advertising Settlement Contracts 64

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Power Ventures was a platform that attempted to enable users to manage all their social media accounts from one platform. 2015 WL 1289984 at 4 (N.D. March 20, 2015). Power Ventures was a 2016 case involving Facebook (back when the company itself was still known as Facebook). emphasis mine). Koninklijke Philips N.V.

Blogging 111

Blogging Cease and Desist Business Litigation 111

Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 6, 2024

David Adjmi was previously sued over his Three’s Company parody 3C , but in 2015 the court found the play protected by fair use. These contracts typically give producers access to interviews, personal materials, and behind-the-scenes stories, in addition to waivers for defamation and privacy claims.

Art 125

Art Copyright Copying Copyright Law 125

Trading Secrets

JANUARY 24, 2024

And, as we previously blogged , the SEC historically had limited enforcement activity for Rule 21F-17(a), with roughly 14 enforcement actions between 2015 and 2021. However, Rule 21f-17(a) does not create a private right of action.

Confidentiality 52

Confidentiality Cease and Desist Settlement Social Media 52

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 24, 2024

And, as we previously blogged , the SEC historically had limited enforcement activity for Rule 21F-17(a), with roughly 14 enforcement actions between 2015 and 2021. .” However, Rule 21f-17(a) does not create a private right of action.

Confidentiality 52

Confidentiality Cease and Desist Settlement Social Media 52

IIPRD

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

On 12 th February 2021, Taylor Swift re-released one of her most famous songs “Love Story” the reason being as Swift told Good Morning America last August was, “My contract says that starting November 2020 … I can record albums one through five all over again.”. The Big Move. A master recording is the original recording of a piece of music.

Music 40

Music Branding Branding Brands 40

LexBlog IP

MARCH 23, 2023

The lawsuit states that De La Cruz’s “distinguishable voice” also has been used without her consent for songs, records, promotions, worldwide concerts, television, radio and social and musical platforms.

Business 40

Business Social Media Television Contracts 40

Copyright Lately

JULY 17, 2022

But then, starting in 2015, Travilyn began to serve copyright termination notices on over 50 of Jay’s most valuable compositions, including “Que Sera, Sera,” which became effective in 2019. In the meantime, let me know if you have any comments or questions below, or @copyrightlately on social media.

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Copyright Music Social Media Publishing 61

43(B)log

JANUARY 5, 2024

2, 2024) Some interesting comments on when individual instances of “confusion” don’t count, as well as their relevance to evaluating out-of-court social media etc. The parties settled in 2015; defendants agreed to cease their use of those marks and to avoid the words “Florida” and “Virtual” together in a mark. “The

Branding 59

Branding Branding Brands Marketing 59

The IPKat

MARCH 27, 2022

In 2015, a sales agent of Fairfox & Favor began discussions with House of Bruar to supply them with boots. After further design work on an elasticated panel (or gusset to expand and contract with the calf) with strips of leather/suede running down the back of the boot and adding of tassels, the design was finalized in November 2014.

Designs 52

Designs Design Copying Art 52

LexBlog IP

AUGUST 7, 2023

The Center for Countering Digital Hate is a not for profit organization that publishes reports on among other things, hate speech and disinformation on social media. For example, it alleges that 12 posters are responsible for two thirds of the anti-vax content on social media. Radiance v NAACP, 1415-68 (4th Cir 2015).

Social Media 52

Social Media Reporting Contracts False Advertising 52

LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

delivered by a Michigan federal jury for the breach of its contract with Versata Software and the misappropriation of Versata’s trade secrets. Versata had been a vendor of Ford’s since the 1990’s until 2015 when Ford terminated the relationship. million for Ford’s breach of contract. The jury awarded $22.39

Cease and Desist 40

Cease and Desist Journalism Blogging Law 40

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 23, 2025

I didn’t use much social media 20 years ago – and still only primarily use 1 (BlueSky) for personal. I follow (via social and blogs) more independent journalists than I did then – I may not have followed any journalists in 2004. I don’t remember when we abandoned that subscription…maybe 2015?

Social Media 52

Social Media Blogging Journalism Law 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

” [For more on the crisis of online contracts, see this short piece.] __ “I analyze everything you post and often apply those insights to my workespecially topics like Section 230 of the CDA, privacy issues, and e-commerce.” The fiction of mutual agreement is intriguing.”

Blogging 52

Blogging Privacy Social Media Law 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 27, 2022

First, governments can never successfully operate a social media service. Of course, mobs, riots, rebellions, pogroms, lynchings, and other coordinated killings have taken place throughout human history, well before social media existed. social media has played an outsized role in finding and prosecuting the insurrection.

Social Media 145

Social Media Law Privacy Government 145

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 122

Law Social Media Government Privacy 122

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

But MAGA got one thing right: some social media owners would find the temptation to embrace partisanship irresistible. MAGA has also complained that the government improperly pressured social media to make content moderation decisions (the so-called “censorship-industrial complex”). FOLLOW ME THERE!

Social Media 102

Social Media Law Government Privacy 102