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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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

StreamSafely: How it All Began The people who came up with the StreamSafely campaign and still run it today are collectively known as Ctam Cable Marketing Association Inc. , As the current member list shows, cable marketing has considerable scope. or CTAM for short. ” Under the heading The Cable Industry v. million expenses, $1.1

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 8, 2023

Celebrities have objected to this because it interferes with their personal lives and their right to privacy. This recorded music is frequently sold at significantly lower prices than market rates, resulting in massive losses for music producers. The Indian Copyright Act of 1957 forbids and punishes acts of piracy.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 16, 2021

Blackbaud “provides data collection and maintenance software solutions for administration, fundraising, marketing, and analytics to social good entities such as non-profit organizations, foundations, educational institutions, faith communities, and healthcare organizations.” Customer Data Breach MDL Litigation , 2021 U.S.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 27, 2022

We’re pleased to bring our readers Part 2 of the series by Surabhi Pande and Devvrat Joshi looking at the proposed draft amendments to the IT Rules, 2021. The Amendment to the IT Rules, 2021: Locked, Loaded, and Aimed at the Intermediaries – Part II. Surabhi Pande and Devvrat Joshi. What exactly are the problems or challenges?

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 9, 2022

Even as the NFT market has grown to billions of dollars, public perception remains very low. If anything, it just further connects NFTs with piracy and lack of security/privacy. According to a 2021 update, the company has 5 million subscribers. Most of the people who used it, did so as a Napster alternative.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 13, 2021

This was originally published by Esports Insider on June 24, 2021. The world of competitive video gaming implicates a complicated patchwork of privacy laws, and esports companies need to keep in mind some key issues when assessing privacy and cybersecurity obligations. Collecting information.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

This fast lane is a historical anachronism; it does little to balance the privacy interests of the alleged infringer. Knowing what we know now about the dangers of unmasking subpoenas, I would like to think that Congress would draft 512(h) with more privacy sensitivity today. Market effect. GoDaddy.com LLC , 2021 WL 4942658 (D.

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Olartemoure Blog

AUGUST 10, 2022

Worldwide, on 2022 companies are planning to invest over US$1M on privacy initiatives, resulting in the fact that companies with higher revenues tend to invest larger sums. Competitive and reputational matters : privacy is one of the current motives which drives consumer choices in the marketplace. 2 Consumer Privacy Survey.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 2, 2022

The court doesn’t engage with the many other cases currently percolating through the courts involving the collision between Section 230 and privacy law, including the data broker cases and the yearbook cases. Overall, 2021 was a pretty good year for plaintiffs in those cases, as they survived motions to dismiss more often than not.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 28, 2021

data privacy : what businesses NEED TO know. Keeping pace with the state of data privacy and data privacy regulations is becoming a pressing responsibility for businesses in the digital age. Data privacy legislation is on the rise, with jurisdictions adopting stricter protective measures on a national and global front.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 20, 2021

CCIS_CMD/2021/776/RFP - Creators Platform: Program Management Team and Content Delivery Team. The UCL Institute of Brand & Innovation Law 's Sir Hugh Laddie Annual Lecture 2021 is to be delivered by Professor Barton Beebe (NYU), considering the question: 'Is Europe Running Out of Trademarks?'. Register here.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Submissions on Competition and IP laws are also encouraged to consider issues which intersect with privacy in online markets. Deadline for Submissions: 30th September 2021. Announcement of Results: 1st November 2021. To promote accessibility of writing, there shall be no registration fees for this competition.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 24, 2021

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. The 2018 privacy investigation only fuels the antitrust quagmire. Amazon’s slogan is “Work hard. Make history”.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 14, 2021

This article was originally posted on E-TIPS For Deeth Williams Wall LLP on December 8, 2021. On November 16, 2021, Miramax filed a lawsuit against Quentin Tarantino for his planned auction of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) based on his original hand-written script of the film Pulp Fiction.

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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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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 6, 2022

2021 was a rough year for many businesses, but there was at least one winner: in a recent blog post , privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo reported a record growth of over 46 percent and now claims to serve more than 27 million Americans. This post was authored by C. Blair Robinson, legal intern at Robinson+Cole.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2021

This is my last blog post for 2021. 2021 WL 6135300 (N.D. 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. Due to the failed fair use defense, the court orders Twitter to comply with the 512(h) subpoena.

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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

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. Ancestry appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. ” Intrusion into seclusion.

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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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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In the October edition of our Privacy and Security Roundup , we dive into the latest details surrounding OFAC’s efforts to stifle ransomware attacks, how organizations should carefully assess the new Personal Information Protection Law in China, the new EU Standard Contractual Clauses requirement effective Sept. 27, and more.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 19, 2021

This is a defense lawyer bonanza in terms of briefing opportunities in privacy and other cases. This opinion is more understandable than the Spokeo ruling, but I’m still confused about what this opinion does to privacy litigation (and maybe other areas of the law). Ramirez , 594 U.S. __ (2021). Eric’s Comments.

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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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TorrentFreak

MAY 29, 2023

The lawsuit began in August 2021 with the aim of shutting down the ‘Wallhax’ cheat. ” DoNotPay says its AI product provides affordable legal representation but according to Tewson, the supposed AI amounts to a document wizard dressed up in Theranos-style marketing. By June 2022, Bungie had a $13.5

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 8, 2021

To kick off the final day of the National Advertising Division’s (NAD) 2021 virtual conference last week, FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter gave a keynote address laying out her views on consumer privacy and the digital data economy writ large. Myth #1: “Privacy” is the only concern for consumers in digital markets.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 19, 2021

And it is worth noting that Classmates has availed itself of the benefits of doing business in Ohio by acquiring Ohio yearbooks expressly for the purpose of marketing access to them and related services to—by and large—Ohioans. 2021 WL 3510350 (W.D. Classmates appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

9, 2021, No. 3:20-cv-04333-WHA) 2021 WL 1338553 at *3–5; Dohrmann, supra , 823 Fed.Appx. See, e.g., In re Ring LLC Privacy Litigation (C.D.Cal., JustAnswer (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. See, e.g., Britt v. ContextLogic, Inc. 484; Allen v. Shutterfly, Inc. 14, 2020, No.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 16, 2022

CV CCB-19-1397, 2021 WL 3852323 (D. 6:17-CV-2206-CEM-GJK, 2021 WL 3008153 (M.D. May 4, 2021). CV CCB-19-1397, 2021 WL 3852323 (D. 27, 2021) (imposing sanctions on parties who failed to preserve relevant text messages because they neglected to disable the automated deletion feature on their iPhones). Absolute Med.,

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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. The deadline for submissions is September 19, 2021.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 20, 2021

Directly below the three buttons, it stated: “By signing up, I agree to Airbnb’s Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Guest Refund Policy, and Host Guarantee Terms.” 2021 WL 2932203 (D.C. July 13, 2021). Airbnb appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Case citation : Selden v. Airbnb, Inc.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

million devices were seized and destroyed in 2020-2021, although a lucky few were repurposed in schools, hospitals, even police cars. It appears that an 18-month period ending December 31, 2021, returned the best results before seizures completely leveled off in the first half of 2022. A reported 1.5 Most recent actions below).

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 2, 2024

Currently, Bhaker is managed by iOS Sports & Entertainment, who released a statement calling such unauthorized advertising as “moment marketing free of cost,” and issued a legal notice to the above brands to take such commercials down, contending that such advertisements violated their ownership of Bhaker’s personality rights.

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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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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In our latest Privacy and Security Roundup , we cover the Senate-passed bill that includes nearly $2 billion in national cybersecurity funding, recent sanctions by the SEC on investment advisors and broker-dealers, a new initiative that aims to improve defense planning and information sharing between the public and private sectors, and more.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

In an announcement posted to its portal on November 6, 2021, seedbox provider Seedbox.io As a result, the case has been cited in many separate copyright infringement discussions since, sometimes with references to how those devices were marketed and the sellers’ stated aim of allowing customers to access content for free.

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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. Plus, BrandTotal still has some Muppet accounts. ” Wait, what?

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