Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 30, 2024

The user took the matter to court (pro se), where the lawsuit failed: Contract Breach. This case also highlights the stakes of the individualized explanations requirement in the TX and FL social media censorship laws if those survive constitutional scrutiny. Google LLC , 2024 WL 3551878 (D.D.C. July 26, 2024).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

— Bright Data has long sold the data of all the major social media companies. sued Bright Data for trespass to chattels, breach of contract, tortious interference with a contract, violation of California Business and Professions Code Section 17200, and misappropriation. May 9, 2024). March 25, 2024).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 4, 2024

Thus, Lady Freethinker sued YouTube for breach of contract and related claims. (A I’m ignoring the complicating effects of various social media censorship laws that may require Internet services to enforce their TOSes as written, a requirement I think is unconstitutional). ” [Discussing Cross v. .”

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BYU Copyright Blog

APRIL 1, 2024

Private School Too Public With Photographs Joshua Potter April 01, 11:19 AM April 01, 11:22 AM In March 2024, professional photographer Mando Morlos ("Morlos") filed a Complaint alleging that St. Francis High School - Salesian College Preparatory ("St. Morlos and St.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 27, 2024

These duties do not derive from or even require publishing—they arise from Defendants’ alleged possession, use, and/or dissemination of biometric data without notice or consent Cite to the federal Social Media Addiction ruling. 2024 WL 3842563 (W.D. The court shrugs its shoulders. Case Citation : Mayhall v.

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43(B)log

MARCH 28, 2024

2024 WL 1285631, C.A. 26, 2024) Defendant, d/b/a Wonderland, operated an adult entertainment club and was one of the many such sued by various models for using their images in advertising without their consent from 2015 to 2019. Defendants counterclaimed for payment and damages for breach of contract and bad faith.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 10, 2024

in April 2024 from 7.4% Worker privacy In the last few decades, artificial intelligence (AI) has progressively permeated our professional as well as personal lives, improving our social media feeds, operating our devices invisibly, and altering how marketers interact with customers through improved analytics [3]. 2024, July 22).

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The TTABlog

JUNE 26, 2024

92078934 (June 20, 2024) [not precedential]. As a relatively small operation consisting of only the two Co-Founders based in the Netherlands, prior to the application filing date Respondent created globally accessible social media pages and began producing its goods using a production facility that was registered with the U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 25, 2024

In a highly technical ruling, the court rejects Twitter’s CFAA claim on a motion to dismiss and rejects Twitter’s other claims, including breach of contract, on an anti-SLAPP motion to strike. As a result, CCDH met the first prong of the anti-SLAPP protections that the lawsuit targeted socially important speech.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

That decision could have significant implications for this case as well as all other First Amendment challenges of states’ efforts to censor social media.] AG Yost disingenuously argued that the law enhances parents’ control over their children’s contracts. I previously blogged the TRO.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 10, 2024

Ohio enacted a law, the “ Parental Notification by Social Media Operators Act ,” Ohio Rev. Obviously, these definitions reach most user-generated content (UGC) services, not just “social media” in the classic sense. Recall the term “social media” is literally in the bill title).

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 19, 2024

On 15 January 2024, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ ICO ”) [1] launched a series of public consultations on the applicability of data protection laws to the development and use of generative artificial intelligence (“ GenAI ”). 3] See ICO Generative AI first call for evidence (15 January 2024). [4]

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The IPKat

AUGUST 4, 2024

position papers for review) and information from external sources (such as the commencement of relevant consultations, reviewing social media posts and disseminating this to members). Deadline for applications is Monday 26 August 2024 at 5PM. With hybrid/flexible working arrangements over 22.5

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43(B)log

JANUARY 5, 2024

2024 WL 22039, No: 6:20-cv-2354-GAP-EJK (M.D. 2, 2024) Some interesting comments on when individual instances of “confusion” don’t count, as well as their relevance to evaluating out-of-court social media etc. Florida Virtual School v. statements as evidence of confusion.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 24, 2024

While creative industries claim their work has been not only stolen but specifically used to replace them, AI providers continue, remarkably, to insist that the millions of images ‘fed’ to the AI can be used without permission as part of the ”social contract” of the Internet.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 27, 2022

If a consumer breaches a TOS by scraping content or posting violative content, does this provision require businesses to sue the consumer for breach of contract? The bill obligates the CPPA to come up with regulations supporting this bill by April 1, 2024. Knowing that, what exactly are UGC services supposed to do differently?

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

According to a Bloomberg Intelligence report [2] , the worldwide revenue opportunity from the metaverse is predicted to hit $800 billion in 2024, up from the estimated $500 billion in revenue generated by the metaverse in 2020. It ought to function similarly to how online contracts are upheld.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The Court interpreted the clause on ownership of work made during a contract of service (Section 17(c)) to not apply in situations where there is a contract between equals. The Court limited the scope of Section 17(c) to apply to contracts where the relationship between the parties is akin to that of an apprenticeship.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 22, 2024

2024 WL 2260718 (M.D. May 17, 2024) I’m blogging this one for completeness because I remain fascinated by the incredible futility of account termination/content removal lawsuits. This case got a little media coverage in October. Facebook , 2024 WL 2260363 (D. May 15, 2024) A followup to this post.

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