Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

To many trademark owners, it’s a simple decision to sue when the advertiser includes the trademark in the ad copy. 2022 WL 4596646 (C.D. July 24, 2022). More Posts About Keyword Advertising. Griper’s Keyword Ads May Constitute False Advertising (Huh?)–LoanStreet Case citation : Porta-Fab Corporation v.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Just as sponsored content dominates social media, so too will advertising blanket the metaverse. As affirmed at the 2022 National Advertising Division (NAD) Annual Conference, the traditional. The metaverse virtual world is a shiny new sandbox for brands to play in. By: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

That’s a long prelude to explaining how my “summer 2022” really dates back to November 2021 and won’t end until January. Nevertheless, as the semester has already started at Santa Clara Law, I’ll do my rundown of my 2022 outputs-to-date anyway. Regulation of Political Advertising (2022 Edition).

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 18, 2023

458 Investigations, 449 Sites/Services Removed Published this week, BREIN’s annual report for 2022 covers enforcement actions carried out on behalf of rightsholders across most sectors, including movies, TV shows, music, games, and publishing. At the end of 2022, 196 proxies and mirrors were also blocked by IP address and/or DNS.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

With this Louis Vuitton seems to have struck a jackpot as it managed to restrain Haute24 from selling its products in a copyright dispute over its advertisement material. Due Protection to Advertisement Material The Court has rightly acknowledged the artistic merit of commissioned photos for promotional purposes. www.haute24.com

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

SA-22-CV-00096-XR, 2022 WL 17086368 (W.D. 18, 2022) Lexmark provides standing to a purchaser because the harms it alleged are “commercial” harms. Lynd advertised the Product as effective against the coronavirus. the Lanham Act false advertising claim survived. AHBP LLC v.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Arcom Will Launch in January 2022. On January 1, 2022, Hadopi will be dissolved and the CSA will take the Arcom name. A site appearing on the list will act as a signal for search engines to carry out delistings, advertisers to curtail business deals, or be presented as support for rights holders engaged in legal action.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 13, 2022

This Africa IP Highlights 2022 is the result of collaboration between myself and Doreen Adoma Agyei and Clarisse Mideva. In August , Nigeria’s National Assembly passed the Bill for an Act to Repeal the Copyright Act, Cap C28 LFN, 2004 and enact a New Copyright Act 2022. Interested readers can find the Africa IP Highlights 2021, here.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

on 2 November, 2022 (Delhi High Court) . However, the patent on Apaxiban expired in September 2022 and via the present order, the court ruled that “ there can be no injunction on the manufactured stock lying with the Defendants, from being sold as on date. ”. vs Dr. Tajinder Bhatti on 2 November, 2022 (Delhi High Court) .

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The same can’t be said for dedicated movie and TV show downloading apps advertised precisely for that purpose. GitHub Transparency Report 2022 In 2022, GitHub received and processed 2,321 valid DMCA notices, an increase of almost 27% over the 1,828 notices reported for 2021. In 2022, 15.7%

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Intepat

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The year 2022 has been an extremely important year for the development of trademark jurisprudence in India. Mentioned below are some crucial judgements passed in the year 2022 on matters dealing with trademark infringement. Vijaya Sai And Others (19 th January 2022). Frost Falcon Distilleries Limited (2 nd March 2022).

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

2022-1194, 2022-1208, and 2022-1246 (December 7, 2023) , the Federal Circuit held that generic pharmaceutical companies may continue to use skinny labels to avoid infringement of method of treatment claims as long as they do not engage in advertising or promotional activities that encourage infringement of the patents.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 15, 2023

In 2022, the existence of the PikaShow app became intolerable for Disney Star, a wholly-owned Indian subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. After becoming the official sponsor of the Afghan cricket team during Asia Cup 2022, PikaShow was able to advertise its pirate streaming app via legal TV broadcasts watched by millions of people.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 17, 2024

On October 3, 2024, the Federal Circuit held that a false advertising cause of action arises where a party falsely claims that it holds a patent on a product feature and advertises the feature in a manner that causes consumers to be misled about the nature, characteristics, or qualities of the product. 2022-2160). Crocs, Inc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Google, LLC , 2022 WL 451876 (Ga. More Posts About Keyword Advertising. Competitive Keyword Advertising Claim Fails–Reflex Media v. lululemon. * Ohio Bans Competitive Keyword Advertising by Lawyers. * Want to Engage in Anti-Competitive Trademark Bullying? Case Citation : Edible IP, LLC v. 1-800 Contacts v. Greenberg v.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In the September 2022 issue of Kattison Avenue, we reported on a decision in the Southern District of New York dismissing claims by 1-800 Contacts, Inc. (1-800) 1-800) against JAND, Inc., which does business as Warby Parker. 1-800 had claimed that this amounted to. 1-800 had claimed that this amounted to. By: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

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TorrentFreak

JULY 20, 2022

In April 2022, several Hollywood studios and Netflix won an injunction to shut down PrimeWire, a long-standing illegal streaming site that had evaded ISP blocking injunctions all over the world. Mimicking the creature of the same name in Greek mythology, when one head is chopped off, two more grow back to take its place.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

For example, we have seen hosting companies, advertisers, and social media platforms being added. 2022 Notorious Markets Review Yesterday, the USTR published its 2022 Review of Notorious Markets. Russia-based classified advertisement platform Avato is another newcomer. The fifth and final addition is an interesting one.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 9, 2022

Match Group LLC , 2022 WL 877107 (N.D. March 24, 2022). “the underlying communication created by a third-party, a Match.com user, is truly ‘the specific harmful material at issue,’ not the automatically generated advertisement sent by Match.” Donegan , 2022 WL 992527 (E.D.N.Y. March 31, 2022).

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Michael Geist

APRIL 19, 2022

After obtaining hundreds of millions in taxpayer support with programs such as the Local Journalism Initiative (made permanent in Budget 2022), the Journalism Labour Tax Credit, and the Digital Subscription Tax Credit, the organization set its sights on the Internet platforms. 2022-04-14. 2022-04-13. 2022-04-11.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 29, 2024

Most of the claims failed on summary judgment, but part of Woodland’s claim against Fiskars for false advertising, based on Fiskars’s statements about the cutting power of its tools, and some of its statements that certain products were designed in the United States, did create factual issues for trial. But Lexmark didn’t preclude this claim.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 29, 2022

The court disagrees (emphasis added): As in Dyroff , Plaintiffs’ allegations here do not establish that Meta materially contributed to the illegality of the specific advertisements in question. At most, Plaintiffs’ allegations establish that Meta encouraged and solicited third parties to advertise on its platform.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 4, 2022

“Plaintiff contends that Pinterest has infringed the copyrights of 51 of his works by displaying these works in proximity to advertisements and by displaying and distributing them to users via notifications.” You’ll see to its immediate right an advertisement (a promoted pin).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2022

2022 WL 594833 (D. 2022 WL 670919 (W.D. March 7, 2022). More Posts About Keyword Advertising. Google. * Competitive Keyword Advertising Claim Fails–Reflex Media v. lululemon. * Ohio Bans Competitive Keyword Advertising by Lawyers. * Want to Engage in Anti-Competitive Trademark Bullying? Groupon, Inc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 26, 2022

I’ve often wondered about the conversations that take place between trademark owner and counsel before filing a keyword advertising lawsuit. Now he’s helping out by helping build out defense-side keyword advertising precedents. 2022 WL 2664124 (D. July 11, 2022). More Posts About Keyword Advertising. *

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

People generating advertising revenue from ‘Fast Movies’ certainly wouldn’t improve things either. Another key goal of media companies worldwide is to prevent pirate sites from generating revenue from advertising. Signs that movie companies were about to send a message trickled through last year.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Plaintiff argues that CDA immunity does not apply, “because Seamless actively created the profiles and advertising webpages giving rise to this suit.” Defendant argues that Plaintiff’s name or likeness appearing in a string of search results on the same page as a paywall option does not create an unlawful advertisement.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 24, 2023

“Piracy Impacts Advertising” Reportedly sent to staff via an internal communications system, the new guidelines suggest that piracy harms Globo employees and has a negative effect on the advertising market. “Advertising on Big Brother Brasil will become more expensive in 2023.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2022

So it’s a nostalgic kick to blog a pure click fraud ruling in 2022. ” For standing purposes, it doesn’t matter that he still advertises through AdWords. Also, many advertisers are pretty sophisticated and would interpret Google’s statements more skeptically than Singh did. Commonality. ” Typicality.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

88453313 (September 30, 2022) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Melanye K. Refusal to register RESPONSIVEADS for advertising, marketing and promotional services and for marketing software. 90078211 (September 27, 2022) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Elizabeth A. Welch 2022. Let's see how you do with them.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

I guess RCN can better manage its copyright liability exposure by advertising that it provides shitty connections. RCN Telecom Services, LLC , 2022 WL 6750322 (D.N.J. 2022 WL 7560395 (D. Marketing fast Internet is evidence that the service is trying to profit from copyright infringement…? BONUS: Millennium Funding, Inc.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 19, 2023

The above perception by the consumer would be all the more proven given that the use of the image of famous movie character for exclusively advertising purposes is relatively common in many sectors.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 29, 2022

This week, another court added to 1-800 Contacts’ smouldering pile of trademark jurisprudence and granted a judgment on the pleadings (Rule 12(c)) dismissing 1-800 Contacts’ competitive keyword advertising lawsuit against its rival Warby Parker. ” (I think this conclusion was true many years before 2022). Keyword Ads.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 18, 2022

All members of the MPA, the studios won a default judgment and injunction in April 2022. Arm’s Length Advertising. For the curious, the company was called Glomeratus Ltd , it used an Estonian bank, and was reportedly involved with KickassTorrents’ advertising revenue.

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The IPKat

JULY 19, 2022

Earlier this year, IPKat reported on the EPO's advertised workshop on description amendments ( IPKat ). T 0471/20) (5 Jan 2022) Changes in the draft 2022 EPO Guidelines for Examination on description amendments: Substantial changes or window-dressing? (7

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Bobo Vieri during his Juventus tenure Can the unauthorized production (minting), advertising, and offer for sale of a non-fungible token (NFT) infringe one’s own trade mark rights? decision on 20 July 2022, case No 32072/2022 ). Let’s see more in detail how the Italian court reasoned.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2022

It had favorable organic indexing that made it some money, and it bought Adwords advertising that made it more money. But over time, its organic indexing declined and so did its conversion rate on advertising. These allegations fall short of alleging anticompetitive conduct in the online search advertising market.

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