Patently-O

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

by Dennis Crouch Rights to use a person’s Name-Image-and-Likeness or NIL generally fall within two categories of intellectual property: rights of publicity and rights of privacy. Rights of privacy can also protect against misappropriation of NIL — typically under the guise of an invasion-of-privacy claim.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 24, 2023

State privacy laws are changing rapidly in the U.S. We anticipate that more state legislatures will continue to enact privacy laws to protect consumers due to the absence of a federal privacy law. The Oregon Consumer Privacy Act will go into effect on July 1, 2024. The law will go into effect on January 1, 2025.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 12, 2022

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed the Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring Act (CPDPA) into law on May 10, 2022, making Connecticut the most recent state to pass its own privacy law in the absence of comprehensive federal privacy legislation.

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Olartemoure Blog

MAY 3, 2024

Law 2300 of 2023 has ushered in significant changes in the Registry of Excluded Numbers (“RNE”) administered by the Commission for the Regulation of Communications (“CRC”). La entrada Registry of excluded numbers in Colombia se publicó primero en OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 27, 2023

On September 7, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs published the Draft Guidelines for Prevention and Regulation of Dark Patterns 2023, inviting comments from the public. This can lead to trademark infringement, as it involves using another entity’s intellectual property to deceive users. Image by starline on Freepik.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

With the abolishment of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board in 2021, cases previously filed with or pending before the IPAB have been transferred to the High Courts. Following this objective, the High Court of Madras established an Intellectual Property committee to devise the necessary procedures.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Government’s Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPRCenter) and Hollywood’s Motion Picture Association (MPA) revealed two new PSAs to boost the campaign’s visibility. CTAM Stream Safely Video from the i.e. network on Vimeo StreamSafely: Four Years Later In November 2023, the same story is still being told.

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Olartemoure Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The focus of these actions spans a range of issues, from anti-competitive behavior to data privacy, and more. Between 2020 and 2023, in the U.S., Then, in January 2023, eight U.S. states initiated a lawsuit against Google, for allegedly violating antitrust laws in its advertising policies. Finally, in April 2023, 19 U.S.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 17, 2024

The development of Artificial Intelligence, from being able to create edited photos to now generating deepfake videos that cannot be distinguished from real videos, has created an imminent threat to intellectual property rights and personality rights specifically. How can such rights be enforced under the existing legal framework?

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LexBlog IP

MAY 4, 2023

According to Meta’s report, “to target businesses, malicious groups often first go after the personal accounts of people who manage or are connected to business pages and advertising accounts. ” The Meta report provides useful tools to guard against these attacks and responses in the event a device is affected.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MAY 2, 2023

On April 21, 2023, the Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro N. Data Privacy : Systems should be developed with built-in protections from abusive data practices for individuals and the ability for individuals to have agency over how their data is used. Patents On February 14, 2023, the U.S. Both the U.S.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 19, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) receives so many complaints about these fraudsters that it issued a warning on January 18, 2023, entitled “ How to spot, avoid, and report weather-related scams.” They’ll advertise rentals that don’t exist to get your money and run. Spot rental listing scams.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 26, 2023

for data harvesting and targeted advertising without users’ consent. According to the Complaint , Chick-Fil-A violated the Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988 when it deployed the Facebook Tracking Pixel “to identify a user’s video-watching behavior.”

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

On September 18, 2023, NetChoice, LLC — a national trade association with members from the tech and social media industry — obtained a preliminary injunction from the District Court for the Northern District of California preventing the State of California from enforcing the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (“AADC” or the “Act”).

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Herbert Smith Freehills

MAY 29, 2023

She also advises multinationals on foreign direct investment in China, as well as data, advertising, general corporate and commercial matters. Justina's appointment is effective on 1 June 2023. 张卫华律师的任命自2023年6月1日生效。 2. Justina was recognised as an "A-List lawyer" by China Business Law Journal in 2022.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Geeta Kewalani on 2 February, 2023 (Delhi High Court) Delhi High Court relying on ‘Laxmikant V Patel v Chetanbhai Shah’ passed an interim injunction restraining the Defendant from using the mark “Foot Locker”. After the Supreme Court ruling in Toyota v. Case: Foot Locker Retail, Inc vs Smt.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 23, 2023

2023 WL 3781649 (C.D. May 2, 2023) once again confirms that for a court to retain specific personal jurisdiction over a defendant, that defendant must have expressly aimed the allegedly infringing behavior at the forum. Defendant also included references to potentially applicable privacy laws, including those of California.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Since the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) released its draft regulations pursuant to the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), the biggest gripe from businesses has been the website tracking opt-out requirements. The CPRA amends the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2020 and goes into effect on January 1, 2023.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 26, 2023

In addition to providing Chegg’s for-pay services online for free, Homeworkify has used and continues to use Chegg’s name in Google Advertising. Breach of Contract As is common with scraping cases in 2023, just because the scraper prevails on the CFAA claim doesn’t mean the scraper is going to prevail. The horror!

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LexBlog IP

JULY 8, 2022

Effective January 1, 2023, Illinois joins at least 18 other states to have a Title Act authorizing Registered Interior Designers to seal any bound set or loose sheets of technical submissions. text: ‘Advertisements’, }, creative: {. text: ‘Privacy’, }. }. }); }); __ATA.initDynamicSlot({. reportAd: {.

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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. The case, Martinez v. ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc. decided Sep.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In 2023, we can expect to see some changes in the SWIFT procedures reflecting the NAD’s experience handling these cases that are decided in less than a month, including expanding SWIFT jurisdiction in appropriate cases to implied claim challenges.

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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. The case, Martinez v. ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

14/2023 on Trading by Modern Technological Means. 14/2023 Article 1 of decree law provides a comprehensive set of definitions for key terms such as Trading by Modern Technological Means and E-signature. Introduction The UAE has embraced the digital era with the enactment of Federal Decree-Law No. Overview of Federal Decree-Law No.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

As 2023 commences, it’s time for companies to review and take stock of their intellectual property assets. This applies to companies that have never taken serious steps to protect intellectual property and companies that understand the value of intellectual property and take active steps to secure and protect those assets. .

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LexBlog IP

MAY 26, 2022

The California Office of the Attorney General issued its first opinion interpreting the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) on March 10, 2022, addressing the issue of whether a consumer has a right to know the inferences that a business holds about the consumer.

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Olartemoure Blog

JULY 21, 2023

The Colombian Congress has enacted Law 2300 of 2023, aimed at safeguarding the privacy of financial consumers. Additionally, these entities must respect individuals’ privacy and refrain from contacting them through multiple channels within the same week or more than once in a single day. Original source in Spanish.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

As 2023 commences, it’s time for companies to review and take stock of their intellectual property assets. This applies to companies that have never taken serious steps to protect intellectual property and companies that understand the value of intellectual property and take active steps to secure and protect those assets.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 2, 2023

On April 21, 2023, the Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro N. Data Privacy : Systems should be developed with built-in protections from abusive data practices for individuals and the ability for individuals to have agency over how their data is used. Patents On February 14, 2023, the U.S. Both the U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 22, 2023

. “Ratermann’s claims are, indisputably, based on these Defendants’ allegedly unlawful ‘dissemination’ of her likeness and nothing more… Even if Defendants ‘used’ Ratermann’s likeness ‘for advertising purposes,’ that does not defeat the protection of Section 230.” Remo , Franklin v.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 9, 2023

Interesting Patents | Spotify: Unleashing the Power of Bluetooth Low Energy in Your Car by Founders Legal Interesting Patents | Tuesday, May 9, 2023 The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) grants hundreds of new patents every week, showcasing developments in technology and innovation. Looking for more information on patents ?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In return for users agreeing to the TOU, Craigslist provides services to its users “including but not limited to classified advertising, forums, and email forwarding.” 2023 WL 6210901. Google changed its privacy policy to collect all “public” data (viz., TOU at 6-7. ” TOU at 1. at 976-977. StabilityAI exploded.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Despite the judiciary’s efforts to address the concerns under current intellectual property laws like copyright and trademark, the absence of relevant and specific provisions for the protection of personality rights has started to pose a serious threat. Puttaswamy v. The Plaintiff also referenced Vanna White v.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 17, 2023

They further allege that data scraping violates user privacy and that the process of scraping taxes the site to the point of causing systemic effects. Ates, 2023 WL 4035611 (N.D.Cal., 2023) ; Meta Platforms, Inc. A third seeks judgement against four John Doe IP addresses , presumably private scrapers, for unjust enrichment.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The state pretextually claimed this was an attempt to prevent China from siphoning off American private data, but the law was not a privacy initiative at all. This is especially apparent in that the same legislature enacted an entirely separate law that purports to broadly protect consumers’ digital data and privacy.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 1, 2022

Last month, as part of BakerHostetler’s “Look Back, Look Ahead: Advertising and Marketing Law in 2021 & 2022” webinar series, partners Craig A. 4: Early Opioid Medication Litigation Rulings Favor Advertisers. The following summarizes our 10 key takeaways from 2021. Takeaway No. Takeaway No. Takeaway No.

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