JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In the last couple of years, generative artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative tool for the advertising industry, promising unprecedented efficiency and cost savings and innovative ways of creating content. However, alongside its potential benefits, businesses are confronted with a host of new legal challenges.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 8, 2024

This case hit my alerts because of its discussion about keyword advertising, but first, I have to digest how the court got there. ” More Posts About Keyword Advertising * Internal Search Results Aren’t Trademark Infringing–PEM v. ” That prompted this litigation. ” UGH.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In the United States, the formation of the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) in 2015 saw advertisers and advertising agencies come together to clean up the system and prevent ad revenue from reaching pirate sites. still aims to defund pirate sites and protect advertisers from undesirable associations.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

In addition to the copyright issues, which includes verbatim dialog included in the songs, Netflix alleges that the duo used Bridgerton trademarks improperly in advertising the show. According to Netflix, their agreement only extended to the audio album and that additional permission was required for anything beyond that.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 10, 2024

Pirate Site Promoter, Piracy Profiteer The opening salvo in the publishers’ lawsuit, which majors on violations of the Copyright Act, the Lanham Act, and New York’s General Business Law, details Google’s ‘systemic and pervasive advertising’ of infringing copies of their textbooks and other educational works.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 12, 2024

Whether for social media advertisements, customer surveys, or email campaigns, a data licensing agreement is often at the center of arrangements concerning the use and transfer of consumer data. Join us for our September Advertising Law webinar program, which will examine the role of data licensing within the advertising industry.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

The complaint alleges violations of the class members’ rights under the California Right of Publicity statute, which states that, “[a]ny person who knowingly uses another’s name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness, in any manner … for purposes of advertising or selling, or soliciting purchases of … services, without such person’s prior consent (..)

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2024

The court says “Because Walmart does not pay search engines to return organic search results or index webpages, it does not “use” the marks in connection with the sale or advertisement of goods.” “Walmart contends that the purchase of these Google advertisements does not constitute a “use” of Plaintiff’s Marks. .”

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

While advertising agencies will always claim to have a great solution, the default for most anti-piracy messaging is negativity, with few campaigns reaching the public without at least some element of fear. For example, the discounted ads tier satisfied users with a more positive attitude towards advertising.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 26, 2024

Amazingly, they used photographs of two Defendants (who are working professionals who value their privacy) and used them in a series of advertisements in a local mall. Vondran Legal® News: We have recently filed suit in the Los Angeles Superior Court against the South Coast Botanic Garden Foundation. By: Vondran Legal

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Erik K Pelton

JANUARY 30, 2023

Solo Stove isn’t really selling or advertising a fire pit in their commercials. What they’re advertising is something much more valuable: memories, family, good times, and the fun and peace of mind of hanging out at the fire pit. Their commercials do a great job of capturing this.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 7, 2025

An increasingly competitive and fractured marketplace and a rapidly evolving legal landscape mean that protecting your intangible assets, enforcing your rights, and mitigating intellectual property risks are more challenging than ever.

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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. Lupin Ltd.,

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TorrentFreak

JULY 16, 2024

The Court heard how 30-year-old Tuan began work on the sites back in 2019, aiming to distribute movies to the public, without permission from rightsholders, for the purpose of generating illegal profits from advertising. The men were also responsible for increasing user engagement to attract advertising revenue.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 20, 2021

1: Pizza Companies Sued for Copyright Infringement of Advertising Photo. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. First off today, Kendall Heebink at Law Street reports that a pair of pizza companies have been sued by Prepared Food Photos, Inc.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 2, 2024

These various brands have posted laudatory posts congratulating her for this achievement, while at the same time utilizing her image and Olympic win for their own commercial own use by using it in the form of an advertisement. Now the pertinent question becomes whether the advertisements in question are prohibited under the law.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

That is the case here, the music companies argue, due to the presence of advertising. The complaint showed how advertisements were shown next to copyright infringing content. This suggests that more infringements should directly lead to more advertising revenue. Both have the potential to increase advertising revenues.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 30, 2024

or false advertising – the defendant claims to be the ‘inventor of Butter Chicken and Dal Makhani’; or is there an actual ‘invention’ in question – owners of both restaurants call themselves ‘inventors’ of the dish? Some reports ( here and here ) suggest that the dispute may be related to false or misleading advertising.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2024

Technology patents unpatentable, save for one arguably key claim that covers “real-time targeted advertising.” Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on August 14 issued a Rule 36 decision that affirms several Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) rulings relating to petitions brought by Twitter and Google.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The lawsuit claims that the song is a valuable licensing asset and notes that it has appeared in several films, TV shows and advertisements. According to the lawsuit, the skaters used the band’s cover of House of the Rising Sun for their performance but without permission or authorization.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In addition to WWDC footage, the channel had archived advertisements, internal training videos and more. The channel was operated by Brendan Shanks, who had uploaded a series of WWDC videos going back to the early 2000s. However, the channel is gone after it was flooded with copyright notices filed by Apple.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

That damages the company’s search engine advertising business, and the business Google’s customers hoped to attract. Google says that despite these claims, the defendants can be found in Vietnam from where they proudly advertise their ‘SEO’ scheme to others, including via YouTube.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 23, 2024

In 2019, advertising that promoted games with cash prizes was outlawed on TV, radio, in print, on social media, and all other internet platforms. Because, in a nutshell, Google’s advertising service can’t be considered passive. Play Over 400 Games Now – Sign Up Now & Register In Less Than 30 Seconds! No downloads.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

In a recent judgment , the District Court of the Hague (the Court) found that Fruugo, an online marketplace, was not directly liable under trade mark law for the advertisement and sale, on its platform, of products which infringed the trade marks of Audi and Volswagen.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Chanel, the renowned French luxury brand, has historically exercised immense control over the distribution of its products, which has led to its concerns about The RealReal advertising itself as a secondhand retailer of authentic Chanel merchandise.1

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Olartemoure Blog

AUGUST 26, 2024

This occurs when companies use terms like “100% sustainable,” “green,” “eco-friendly,” or “100% renewable” on their trademarks, branding, packaging, containers, or advertisements without having concrete environmental actions to substantiate those claims. Why can it be problematic? 015 of 2022, seeking to sanction greenwashing.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The opinion was authored by Judge Reyna and the panel included Judge Alan Albright of the U.S.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 29, 2023

When we conducted some Google searches targeting the official website for The University of Texas at Austin, several scammy results came up, advertising pirated movies including The Super Mario Bros. These include a PDF file that advertises a free copy of “Avatar: The Way of Water”, as shown below.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 4, 2022

However, 18 months ago, the site removed all advertising and sought to keep itself afloat with donations. Finally today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that the popular anime pirate site AnimeKisa.tv has shut its doors, saying that the unwillingness of their audience to pay made the site untenable.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 19, 2024

Advertising Eyesore Assuming new pirate site owners aren’t concerned that a third party probably has root access to their server even after installation, it’s time to get the site ready for visitors. The first couple of lines in ads promoting these scripts link two key features; 1) Online movie-watching website script.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 18, 2024

Recent advances in technology and artificial intelligence have the power to completely disrupt the world of advertising, media, music, sports, and entertainment by manipulating digital content to create synthetic photos and videos that are virtually indistinguishable from real life.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 24, 2024

As publicly advertised, pirate site domains are nominated for placement on the IWL by rightsholder groups such as the MPA, BPI, IFPI, and the Publishers Association. Once police have carried out their own investigations, any domain subsequently added to the IWL finds itself blacklisted by most of the advertising industry.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 9, 2023

The most visible cost to the user is advertising, lots and lots of advertising. In basic terms, this means accessing YouTube via a different interface on a different domain which strips away the advertising, user tracking, and reliance on Google subscriptions. Premium products aside, YouTube is free to use.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 14, 2024

A federal jury in Waco, Texas, said Friday that Amazon should pay a small advertising software outfit almost $122 million, which was on the lower end of a request that stretched upward to $348 million.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 23, 2022

Next up today, The South China Morning Post reports that Audi and their advertising agency M&C Saatchi have apologized for a video campaign that featured Hong Kong actor and musician Andy Lau Tak-wah, saying that the video was a copyright infringement.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 18, 2024

and Tuvalu’s.TV), given its correlation with the abbreviation for “advertisement”. Once liberalised, the extension has the potential to generate significant interest among registrants as a pseudo generic, or “domain hack” (like Montenegro’s.ME By: Hogan Lovells

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 28, 2022

Next up today, Amos Robi at Pule reports that, in Kenya, musician Hubert Mbuku Nakitare (Nonini) has accused a local media influencer of unlawfully using one of his song as part of an advertisement for an electronics manufacturer. According to Nonini, Mutinda used a clip from his song We Kamu in the video.

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