Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 12, 2022

You might also check out (1) my Internet Law course page , which includes a quarter-century of syllabi and old exams with sample answers, (2) my article on “ Teaching Cyberlaw ,” (3) my blog post on teaching Internet Law as an online-only course , and (4) my Canvas modules for my Fall 2021 online-only course. Social Media.

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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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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

Defendants also managed the social media presence of the “La Baguette” business, which primarily consisted of a Facebook page. Moore, Find Out Who Your Friends Are: A Framework for Determining Whether Employees’ Social Media Followers Follow Them to A New Job, 39 CAMPBELL L. See generally, Christopher A.

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The IPKat

JULY 4, 2021

Common Market Law Review has announced the 2021 Prize for Young Academics. Submissions on any topic on EU law are expected until September 15, 2021. The winning essay will be published in Common Market Law Review and will also receive a monetary prize of 500 euros.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 17, 2021

Clubhouse , the former invitation-only social media darling that captured the attention of investors, social media early adopters, and competitors since its introduction in April 2020, now faces significant challenges as it strives to remain relevant and attract new and engaged users. To date, Clubhouse has 30.2

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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

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

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Marketing. * 2, 2022): Nor does personal jurisdiction arise out of the Film Defendants’ so-called “advertising strategy,” which allegedly “featured a significant push on social media[ ] targeting Washington, DC residents via Instagram and Facebook.” targeted social media advertising. Comptroller , No.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 7, 2023

One of the individual defendants is “a social media personality and model who became well-known for her photos and videos, and who has also started an agency to provide management services to other models and influencers.” COY hired MG to develop COY’s subscription platform. Wilmott Storage Servs., 4th 1065 (9th Cir. the servers.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 25, 2022

The opinion holds that the key parts of Florida’s social media censorship law (SB 7072) likely violate the First Amendment and should remain enjoined. ” The opinion also highlights the madness of the Fifth Circuit allowing the Texas social media censorship law to take effect via a 1-line order. “S.B.

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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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SpicyIP

JULY 5, 2021

In this post , we informed our readers about a free online course on intellectual property starting on 1st July 2021. July 2, 2021]. June 30, 2021]. June 29, 2021]. June 28, 2021]. on their FM Radio stations till July 2, 2021. June 29, 2021]. The Bombay High Court in Franco Indian Pharmaceuticals Pvt.

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IP Tech Blog

JULY 18, 2023

At the same time, we are obligated by both ethical rules and market conditions to offer reasonable rates – which in turn make the use of generative AI compelling. ChatGPT has only been trained on pre-2021 data, before the proliferation of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs (an observation and not a judgment).

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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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LexBlog IP

APRIL 11, 2023

A brand that uses material generated by AI in a public-facing manner – such as in an ad or a social media post – could run the risk of infringing on another’s rights, for which the brand could be held liable. For more information on these issues, read our sister blogs here , here , and here. See also, Urantia Found.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 15, 2021

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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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LexBlog IP

JULY 18, 2023

At the same time, we are obligated by both ethical rules and market conditions to offer reasonable rates – which in turn make the use of generative AI compelling. ” ChatGPT has only been trained on pre-2021 data, before the proliferation of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs (an observation and not a judgment).

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 11, 2023

Finnberry has been developed through extensive trials conducted between 2015 and 2021 in Corvallis and Aurora, Oregon. The new plant also has a longer harvest season, potentially giving growers more flexibility in managing their harvests and extending the availability of fresh raspberries in the market.

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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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43(B)log

JUNE 29, 2023

GDPR has become a gold standard but how much do we know about whether it’s enforced or whether it makes any difference in people’s actual level of privacy? US pushes to provide alternative standards—crossborder privacy regulation as an alternative. If you do, then maybe this isn’t the optimal strategy. What are the other consequences?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 27, 2022

To do the authentication, businesses will be forced to collect personal information they don’t want to collect and consumers don’t want to give, and that data collection creates extra privacy and security risks for everyone. Third, this bill reaches topics well beyond children’s privacy.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

Missed deadline and transposition In the same way as many EU member states, Ireland missed the transposition deadline (7 June 2021). The Irish legislative transposition finally became law on 19 November 2021. The key element to note here is that the Regulations are a type of secondary legislation, known as a Statutory Instrument.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 7, 2024

Photo by Sara Kurfeß on Unsplash Today marks the fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. Most of the evidence for this finding comes from YouTube’s copyright transparency reports , which YouTube began publishing in 2021. So was it worth it?

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SpicyIP

JULY 11, 2021

After the Tribunal Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance 2021, disbanded the IPAB and transferred its powers to the High Courts and Commercial Courts, the IPD has been constituted on the basis of the recommendations of a two-member committee consisting of Justice Prathiba M. Bombay High Court in Aman Chhabra and Ors v.

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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 20, 2021

He shared this story on social media with the “#airbnbwhileblack” hashtag, which went viral. 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, Inc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

Privacy Review: 16 C.F.R. Part 312, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act’s Regulations Overview of the E.U.’s s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and State Consumer Privacy Laws In re. Social Media People v. Last year, I shrunk the book by 7%. Pharmatrak (1st Cir.) Part 316 [[link] XI. Lopez (Cal.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Thus, I think most government-operated online commenting venues, especially on social media, will be characterized as designated public forums–with all of the legal baggage that attaches to that status. We’ve already seen how trying to moderate social media activity has become a liability trap for government actors.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The court summarizes the allegations: Plaintiffs John Doe #1 and John Doe #2 allege that when they were thirteen years old they were solicited and recruited for sex trafficking and manipulated into providing to a third-party sex trafficker pornographic videos (“the Videos”) of themselves through the social media platform Snapchat.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2021

.” This passage illustrates the brief’s duality: Florida’s version of the First Amendment would give the government sweeping authority over the digital public sphere and impede social media companies from addressing real harms online. Neither of these theories is defensible, and the Court should reject both of them.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 31, 2021

This will include a robust arbitration process and the creation of IP right for article extracts shared on social media platforms. . Make sure that Netflix, Facebook, Google, and other digital media companies play by the same rules as Canadian broadcasters. Privacy Policy. Data Policy.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 16, 2023

Over the years, the FTC has issued many 6(b) studies, ranging from the annual studies of cigarette and tobacco marketing to a 2021 study on internet service provider privacy issues to a 2018 study on mobile security issues. Second, the substance Two items were on the agenda today, and they both involve FTC 6(b) studies.

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IP Tech Blog

JULY 17, 2023

Consequently, in April 2021, the European Commission proposed the first EU regulatory framework for AI – the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). High-risk AI systems will be subject to strict obligations before they can be put on the market: Adequate risk assessment and mitigation systems.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In late October, Facebook announced that it would change its name to Meta , signaling a shift of the social media giant’s focus toward the metaverse , a virtual space where social media, gaming, augmented reality, virtual reality, and cryptocurrencies converge and allow people to interact virtually with one another.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 17, 2023

Consequently, in April 2021, the European Commission proposed the first EU regulatory framework for AI – the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). ” High-risk AI systems will be subject to strict obligations before they can be put on the market: Adequate risk assessment and mitigation systems.

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