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1H 2021 Quick Links, Part 4 (Advertising, Contracts, & More)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Advertising/E-Commerce. While such social media posts may not have the indicia of a traditional advertisement, there can belittle doubt that these paid posts are in fact advertisements… Today, consumers face waves of advertisements amid a sea of product choices. Ariix, LLC v. NutriSearch Corp., Employment.

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TIL: “Texas Tamale” Is an Enforceable Trademark–Texas Tamale v. CPUSA2

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This case hit my alerts because of its discussion about keyword advertising, but first, I have to digest how the court got there. Still, there should be many circumstances where descriptive fair use permits the defendant to use the term “Texas tamale” in the ad copy. ” That prompted this litigation. ” UGH.

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AimJunkies Returns Fire in Destiny 2 Copyright Lawsuit: ‘Cheating Isn’t Against the Law’

TorrentFreak

According to Bungie, AimJunkies copied and distributed its copyrighted work, to develop and advertise its cheat software. The cheat software itself certainly isn’t a copy of Bungie’s work, they add. Copyright Questions. The cheat maker also highlights another problem with Bungie’s copyright claims.

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Movie Piracy Site Operator Faces Five Years in Prison After Arrest in Japan

TorrentFreak

In 2020, Japan’s parliament followed up by criminalizing those who download pirated manga. Following amendments that came into effect on October 1, 2020, anyone operating such a site faces up to a five million yen fine, a five-year prison sentence, or potentially both. It seems that some people didn’t get the memo.

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Etsy Launches New IP Portal

Plagiarism Today

According to one lawyer, 2020 saw Etsy served with some 54,000 requests, a rise of more than 60 percent year over year, and that includes a major spike during the holiday months. The system itself has not been very broadly advertised. For example, in Bowman’s case, are his hats genuine second-hand merchandise or unauthorized copies?

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Team-Xecuter’s Gary Bowser Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charges

TorrentFreak

The group offered hardware and software solutions that allowed people to install and play unofficial games and pirated copies on various consoles, including the popular Nintendo Switch. He was arrested in the Dominican Republic in September 2020 and was deported to the U.S. One of the defendants is Canadian Gary Bowser. soon after.

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Microsoft Sues Activation Key & Token Sellers For Enabling Customers’ Piracy

TorrentFreak

Microsoft’s problem is that product activation keys can be ‘decoupled’ from the software they were meant to authorize and then reused to activate more copies of the software, in some cases more copies than the attached Microsoft license permits.

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