IPilogue

AUGUST 24, 2021

Luxembourg’s National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD) penalized Amazon for their misuse of consumer data for advertisement. The $887 million fine is almost triple the amount of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) fines ($322 million) issued by all of Europe’s regulators combined up to the start of 2021. Make history”.

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Olartemoure Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This growing trend reflects a broader effort to closely examine and mitigate the market power held by these corporate giants. Abuse of dominant position, in the context of antitrust and competition law, refers to the improper and anti-competitive practices undertaken by a company that holds a dominant market position.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

I always enjoy these and recommend the free GALA webinars to those interested in advertising law; I joined in progress due to some technical difficulties on my end. Kelly Harris: In Canada, Competition Bureau brought enforcement action against FB for misleading privacy representations even though it’s a free service. Chemence, Feb.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

I completed my last Internet Law class before Thanksgiving 2021 and had Spring semester off. That’s a long prelude to explaining how my “summer 2022” really dates back to November 2021 and won’t end until January. 6th Edition of Advertising & Marketing Law: Cases and Materials (with Rebecca Tushnet).

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

I also had the pleasure of working with Cristina Aguirre, Privacy Officer at AstraZeneca, and learned about the day-to-day operations of a major pharmaceutical company from her perspective. I began my internship at a very exciting time for privacy law in Canada. On September 22, 2021, Quebec’s Bill 64, received Royal Assent.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 19, 2021

The court says: The offending content is generated by Classmates and the advertisement is not merely some passive display of content created by another entity, even if it contains a picture from a school yearbook. Here, the focus is on Classmates’ use of a yearbook photo in stand-alone advertisements it uses to lure in potential customers.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Bungie’s interest in individuals linked to Destiny 2 cheat maker and distributor, Ring-1, became public in 2021. Defendants also use privacy protection services to hide their names and contact information from the public domain name WHOIS database.”

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The Staff Report is derived from a virtual workshop the FTC held in April 2021 addressing user interfaces across websites and mobile apps. The FTC published helpful guidance on tackling dark patterns through the Staff Report and 2021 Enforcement Policy Statement. Why do they matter to you?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2021

2021 has seen the emergence of a litigation genre against “yearbook” database vendors that publish old yearbooks online. In particular, they are having some success bending Section 230, and this genre offers some interesting considerations for folks paying attention to the privacy/230 borders. 2021 WL 5050079 (N.D.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Amazon, 2021 U.S. 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). Amazon appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Case citation : Nicosia v. LEXIS 188893 (S.D.N.Y.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2021

This is my last blog post for 2021. 2021 WL 6135300 (N.D. 2H 2019 and Q1 2020 Quick Links, Part 1 (Copyright, E-Commerce, Advertising). Q2 2015 Quick Links, Part 1 (IP, Marketing and More). The post Twitter Can’t Quash a 512(h) Subpoena appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

Any legal policy that encourages data snarfing must simultaneously contend with the potentially anti-competitive and anti-social effects of preventing legitimate players from snarfing, along with the potentially massive privacy and security risks that data snarfers create. ” Click on the image to see the animation.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

The court dismisses the claim because there’s probably no privacy interest in yearbook photos, and publishing them isn’t sufficiently offensive. 2021 WL 4245359 (D. RocketReach, LLC , 2021 WL 4282700 (N.D. Section 230 Doesn’t Protect Advertising “Background Reports” on People–Lukis v. Implications. Whitepages.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Marketing. * Court strikes down Maryland’s Digital Advertising Tax Act on First Amendment, Dormant Commerce Clause, and other grounds (including the Internet Tax Freedom Act). A reasonable advertiser would also know that it was being charged a much higher rate for clicks than impressions. targeted social media advertising.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

For some time now, dark patterns have been quite the trending topic for both marketers and privacy professionals. But back here, other than high-level, broad definitions that could theoretically deem advertising itself a dark pattern, there has been a lack of clarity on the issue.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

But this fact does not turn a conduit website like GMB into a livery… GMB simply provided a platform for Petitioner Chaves (the livery) to perform the tasks of advertising his boat rental, negotiating a rate, renting his own vessel, and earning a rental fee. portion of the total rental fee. LEXIS 23688 (S.D.

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Herbert Smith Freehills

MAY 29, 2023

She has extensive experience advising Chinese growth and large tech clients on mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, capital markets, joint ventures and corporate restructurings in both China and internationally. Justina was recognised as an "A-List lawyer" by China Business Law Journal in 2022.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 6, 2021

American Girl Brands, LLC, 2021 WL 510729, No. 11, 2021) Lucianne Walkowicz “has achieved a measure of celebrity as an astronomer,” and contended that defendants misappropriated distinctive aspects of their personal identity into a space-themed American Girl doll named Luciana Vega. Walkowicz v. 20-cv-374-jdp (W.D.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 14, 2023

Photographer Jeff Sedlik filed the lawsuit in February 2021 , claiming that Von D infringed the copyright in his photo of Miles Davis by tattooing a reproduction of the image on her friend Blake Farmer’s arm and by displaying images of the tattoo on her social media accounts.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2023

All claim to be the best, but some are more privacy-conscious than others. When it comes to privacy and anonymity, an outsider can’t offer any guarantees. Many of these questions relate to privacy and security, and the various companies answer them here in their own words. The VPN review business is flourishing as well.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

For a succinct background on NFTs, see Your NFT Playbook , by our colleagues Kyle Fath, Alan Friel, and Carlton Daniel, posted in Consumer Privacy World. Rothschild began selling his METABIRKINS NFTs in December 2021. Also consider international markets. NFTs also may embody or use trademarks.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

I’m a professor at Santa Clara University School of Law, located in California’s Silicon Valley, where I hold the titles of Associate Dean for Research, Co-Director of the High Tech Law Institute, and Supervisor of the Privacy Law Certificate. When we finalized our dataset in early 2021, we found 62 opinions.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

For a succinct background on NFTs, see Your NFT Playbook , by our colleagues Kyle Fath, Alan Friel, and Carlton Daniel, posted in Consumer Privacy World. Rothschild began selling his METABIRKINS NFTs in December 2021. Also consider international markets. NFTs also may embody or use trademarks.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

Continuing our annual tradition of recounting the significant developments that impacted the Indian IP landscape in the year that has been, we bring you a round-up of 2021’s developments. Here’s wishing all our readers a very happy, safe, and healthy new year! b) Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Jurisprudence/Legal Lucidity) and.

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The IP Law Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The Ninth Circuit was recently asked to address the “public interest” exemption to California’s anti-SLAPP law in a class action lawsuit brought by a Plaintiff whose photo and personal information were used without her consent to advertise subscriptions to a website. In September 2021, Ms. The case, Martinez v. decided Sep.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

vs Sotkon Sp Slu on 30 January, 2023 (Delhi High Court) Delhi High Court dismissed an appeal against the impugned order and held the Appellant prima facie guilty of contempt for continuing to supply garbage bins to Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation, in violation of an interim injunction dated October 2021. .) & Ors.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 26, 2022

To give a bit of a context, it is worth noting that in July 2021, Andreesen Horowitz confirmed their commitment to crypto by announcing the launch of their $2.2 From a legal and regulatory point of view, it seems challenging to dismantle their current dominance across various markets. The VCs and their limited partners do.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The Ninth Circuit was recently asked to address the “public interest” exemption to California’s anti-SLAPP law in a class action lawsuit brought by a Plaintiff whose photo and personal information were used without her consent to advertise subscriptions to a website. In September 2021, Ms. The case, Martinez v.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2022

There are many things one could reflect on, but this blog is about advertising and marketing law, so we’ll stick to that. Another year has come and gone. To say it was an eventful year would be an understatement. So we asked four of our partners to each select two interesting developments from the year. Daniel Kaufman.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Although the publishing of Plaintiffs’ most private and intimate information for profit might be a gross invasion of their privacy, it is not a misappropriation of their name or likeness to advertise or promote a separate product or service. Plaintiffs do not cite a single right of publicity case with analogous facts.

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SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

The Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2021: Overbroad, Disproportionate and Unnecessary. In this post , Adyasha analyses the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2021 (‘Bill’) which seeks ‘ to tackle the menace of film piracy ’, and is a revision of the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2019. Topical Highlight. Thematic Highlights. Other Posts.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Yes, it’s 2021. There’s also a copyright claim for Luxy copying the plaintiff’s TOS/privacy policy. Marketing channels. ” Every sex worker just took massive umbrage at the judge’s condescending stereotypes about the role of online marketing in their financial and safety decisions.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

.” With respect to policy, the majority goes property-absolutist: “Because state property rights can facilitate market exchange, interpreting the § 230(e)(2) limitation to include state intellectual property laws tracks Congress’s pro-free-market goal.” I even agree with the latter point!) Case citation : Hepp v.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 5, 2022

First, companies such as Facebook deserve much of the criticism that has come their way and there is a desperate need for stronger regulatory measures, most notably involving privacy, competition, taxation, and appropriate accountability for foreseeable harms that arise from the platforms. A sampling would include: AllNovaScotia. The Breach.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 25, 2022

By engaging in this content moderation, the platforms develop particular market niches, foster different sorts of online communities, and promote various values and viewpoints. McManus ruling, which rejected some mandatory disclosures about political advertising. Does this ruling create a circuit split with the 4th Circuit?

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Union of India [1] , established that privacy is an essential Fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution. Unauthorised use of someone’s identity is a violation of both their personality rights and their basic right to privacy. The Court rejected the privacy defence, which is often employed in IP proceedings.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

2021 WL 4134839, No. 13, 2021) Eric Goldman has highlighted the toxic assumptions about sex workers and their clients that the court tosses off in its likely confusion analysis. On the other hand, because Seeking is on Google Play, confusion is also more likely there because of the similarity of marketing channels.

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