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Court Says “You May NOT Amend Your TOS by Posting New Terms to Your Site”–International Markets v. Thayer

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The most recent court to scowl in the direction of a company that purported to unilaterally update its terms-of-use agreement with little or no notice to users was Int’l Markets Live, Inc. Int’l Markets at 5. Reading the language of Int’l Markets and Dropbox , I think the answer should be no, but I haven’t seen a court say as much.

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Lessons from the Levandowski Case: Reimagining the Exit Interview as Risk Management

IP Watchdog

It was February 2017 when Waymo, Google’s self-driving car unit, sued Uber in what would become the biggest trade secret case of the century. Waymo alleged that its former manager, Anthony Levandowski, had organized a competing company while still at Waymo, and before leaving had downloaded 14,000 confidential documents.

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‘£1m’ Pirate TV Box Seller Avoids Prison Due to Private Prosecution Delays

TorrentFreak

Serial ‘Entrepreneur’ Tests Out Piracy Market A MEN report claims that 42-year-old Jordan Longbottom ran a ‘successful’ business selling pirate TV devices from his static caravan in Wales. When his plane touched down in March 2017, police welcomed him back onto British soil by placing him under arrest.

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512(f) Plaintiff Must Pay $91k to the Defense–Digital Marketing v. McCandless

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Case Citation : Digital Marketing Advisors v. Benjamin. * How Have Section 512(f) Cases Fared Since 2017? The post 512(f) Plaintiff Must Pay $91k to the Defense–Digital Marketing v. McCandless appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. McCandless Group, LLC, 2022 WL 17403067 (C.D. MGA Entertainment.

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EUIPO Fifth Board of Appeal rules out that sale of spare parts for Ferrari’s Testarossa is genuine use of the trade mark

The IPKat

Pursuant to Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation 2017/1001 (EUTMR), a trade mark which has not been put to genuine use by its holder within five years after its registration may be liable to revocation unless there are valid reasons for its non-use.

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Trademark Enforcement In E-Market : Challenges In Identifying The Infringer And Holding Them Accountable

IP and Legal Filings

These E-commerce platforms make it simple to access consumer goods from a computer or smart phone, but they also, by their very nature, make it simple for counterfeiters to market their counterfeit goods. In the year 2017 the market value of the E-commerce was $38.5 Nakul Bajaj &Ors, [Civil Suit No. 344/2018]. [6]

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IP rights at the interface of Artificial Intelligence and NFTs: The good, the bad, the smart

JD Supra Law

In 2017, the US-based Association of National Advertisers named AI (artificial intelligence) its marketing word of the year. In 2021, Collins Dictionary named “NFT,” the abbreviation for non-fungible token, its word of the year. As the recent rise of the use of both tools is evident, one may wonder whether they can operate together.