Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Matters relating to copyright, trademark and advertising law give rise to some special ethical considerations. Negotiating settlement of advertising-related competitor suits and class actions. Ethical duties are paramount in any legal practice.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 17, 2024

In recent years, the advent of the social media “influencer” has revolutionized advertising. Likewise, influencers create certain content to secure brand deals and attract advertisers. Companies often partner with influencers to market their products, hoping to tap into the influencer’s devoted audience.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 4, 2024

to Fights Back The removal, which also affected the associated AdSense advertising account, came as a surprise to MP3.to to’s law firm Boston Law Group sent a cease and desist letter to Promusicae, describing the takedown notice as defamatory and false. Because there are no copyright infringements, MP3.to

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43(B)log

JANUARY 13, 2023

Five 18 is a direct competitor of Wolf that allegedly copied its designs and stole its customers in violation of copyright law and the Lanham Act, and engaged in tortious interference and unfair competition. Copyright: Three of Wolf’s customers allegedly opted to hire Five 18 to install vehicle wraps featuring designs Wolf owned.

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The IPKat

JULY 7, 2021

Late in May, a High Court in South Africa delivered judgment in Bliss Brands (Pty) Ltd v Advertising Regulatory Board NPC & Others , on the issue of the extent of the powers of the Advertising Regulatory Board (‘ARB’) in matters relating to trade mark and copyright laws. you are not one of us! [An the public).

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 18, 2022

In order to finance their operations, millions of websites rely on advertising to generate revenue. For some readers, however, excessive or obtrusive advertising is something to be combatted, often through the use of adblocking tools. ” In other words, AdBlock Plus breaches copyright law.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

More than five years ago the USTR described Taiwan’s ISD problem as “rampant” but welcomed amendments to copyright law in 2019 that criminalized the provision of piracy apps, helping the public to access pirated content, and the importation or manufacture of piracy devices.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 9, 2024

court rules Google violated antitrust law and operates a monopoly in the search engine and text advertising markets; Elon Musk swaps out legal team in a legal spat with OpenAI; and 84% of tech company executives who responded to a poll say they want changes to U.S. copyright law.

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Olartemoure Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

On August 21, 2023, the Advertising Guide for Influencers of the Federal Consumer Protection Agency (PROFECO) was published in the Official Journal of the Federation (DOF). This guide provides guidelines for influencers and content creators in Mexico to follow the advertising regulations established by the Federal Consumer Protection Law.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

He has experience working with clients in advertising, fashion, FMCG, retail and technology. Oliver is also a City of London Law Society IP Committee member. News InternKat Asude Sena Moya has been accepted into a PhD program in law at Sun Moon University in the Republic of Korea. More on Oliver here. More on Simone here.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 15, 2023

After a criminal complaint to the Tamil Nadu Police Cyber Cell failed, Disney filed a First Information Report (FIR) with the Bengaluru Cyber Cell, alleging various crimes under computer abuse and copyright laws. PikaShow didn’t shut itself down – it doubled down instead.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Foreword - In legal sense, "architectural works" refer to works with aesthetic significance expressed in the form of buildings or structures, which are protected by Copyright Law. However, landmark buildings have public attributes in addition to the legal attributes of copyright. By: Linda Liu & Partners

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 15, 2023

“Twitter fuels its business with countless infringing copies of musical compositions, violating Publishers’ and others’ exclusive rights under copyright law,” the complaint reads. ‘Music Piracy Fuels Revenue’ Twitter’s revenue partly relies on advertising which, in turn, is boosted by additional views.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

copyright law; material contribution to copyright infringement should be sufficient to state a claim. Responding to the vicarious copyright infringement allegations, X disputes the notion that it financially profits from copyright infringing activities on is platform and that it has the ability to do anything about it. .

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The IPKat

APRIL 8, 2022

The CJEU might also clarify whether the approach recently adopted under copyright law with regard to the right of communication to the public and the liability of internet platforms is to be applied to other areas of IP.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Through a bunch of IP laws like copyright, patent, and trade secrets, expressions, innovations, and confidential information are respectively protected. Copyright and trade secrets are the two main aspects with which data privacy laws are concerned. Memes and parodies are all protected by Intellectual Property law.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 24, 2022

When YouTube first got off the ground in 2005, most of its users would’ve been oblivious to how closely copyright law would govern their online activities moving forward. The overall message is one of deterrence coupled with the reaffirmation of copyright law, Goto said.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 20, 2022

This week in Other Barks & Bites: the European Commission sent notice to several EU member states directing them to codify recent rule changes to EU copyright law; a WIPO report shows that China has a significant lead in global patent application filings for hydrogen fuel cell vehicle technologies; Judge O’Grady is removed from the criminal copyright (..)

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Defendants allegedly copied key components of Trackman’s copyrighted software and falsely suggested, in promotions and advertisements, that defendants were authorized to use the well-known courses in their game. Although the court dismissed a contract claim, copyright and false advertising claims survived.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 27, 2022

Ideally, YouTube is looking for someone with experience of SQL and running a quality assurance program but it’s likely that the successful candidate will have a solid knowledge of relevant copyright law too. Handling ‘High-Risk’ Internal Escalations.

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Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

APRIL 25, 2022

Business is booming for cannabis ventures, but the legal landscape for brand protection and product advertising is rife with complications that demand special consideration. Advertising best practices and what not to say. Reed , Partner, Co-Chair, Trademark, Copyright & Unfair Competition Practice.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 18, 2021

This week Malaysia’s Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives) passed the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2021 which, among other things, will more directly address the challenges of illegal streaming.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 27, 2023

Whether prompted to write a corporate slogan, create music, generate works of art and advertisements, or summarize a book – GAI can do it all. GAI programs can generate new texts, images, and content (outputs) based on textual prompts by a user (inputs). However, its increasing. By: Troutman Pepper

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

She graduated from National Law University, Delhi in 2023 & enjoys reading and writing on copyright laws. Mahindra, Tanishka Goswami analyzes the Court’s findings on the importance of house marks in infringement assessment, and the nature of the relevant market. Tanishka is an advocate at the High Court of MP.

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Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

JANUARY 14, 2021

Advertising can take many forms, including statements about a company’s products on websites and social media platforms. In this 60-minute webinar, designed exclusively for in-house counsel, you will learn how you can protect your company against legal challenges based on its advertising practices.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 29, 2024

According to the complaint , Google’s “systemic and pervasive advertising” drives potential buyers to the websites of ‘Pirate Sellers’ who utilize Google Shopping Ads to advertise infringing copies of the plaintiffs’ books.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 9, 2022

Most copyright infringement lawsuits filed by the recording industry are aimed at sites, services and individuals involved in the unlicensed online distribution of music. Embedding Radio Broadcast Links Breached Copyright Law. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 15, 2024

The site isn’t fazed by copyright law but does rely on advertising revenue, and it’s no secret that advertisement rates for U.S. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. While FMovies hasn’t responded to the controversy, there must be some concern there too.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Marketing fast Internet is evidence that the service is trying to profit from copyright infringement…? I guess RCN can better manage its copyright liability exposure by advertising that it provides shitty connections. The court says it’s possible to contributorily violate 1202.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2022

Even so, the court’s almost-banal treatment of this super-interesting topic suggests that there may not be much tattoo exceptionalism in copyright law. Second, the court had little interest in exploring the many broad and interesting policy issues about using human skin as a medium for expression of copyrighted works.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 29, 2024

That advertising online wasn’t so passive, and over the next two decades would in some cases become an abusive, privacy-destroying nightmare, certainly wasn’t mentioned up front as part of the deal. The marketing and framing of this utopian vision relied on the relative naivety of most internet users.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 14, 2022

On the flip side, today’s interconnected world has the ability to transform leaks into powerful advertising and hype, keeping message boards and social media alive with discussion of exciting new products, at zero cost to official marketing teams. Riot Games Uses Copyright Law to Unmask Uploader.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 25, 2022

In addition to the takedown request, the notice also contains an unsolicited lecture on Github’s supposed liabilities under copyright law. In this case, there is no proof that the additional statements in the notice are relevant to the conduct of Github, or its liability under copyright law.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 17, 2024

It lost for two reasons: one grounded in contract law and the other external. First, the court held that the damages X incurred (primarily the loss of advertisers after CCDH published negative reports using scraped data) were unforeseeable when the ToS were agreed upon in 2019. The First Amendment would not have helped Bright Data.

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Michael Geist

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Indeed, critics will rightly note the market distortion it creates for private entities who stand to lose further advertising-related revenues to the CBC, while supporters should be concerned that the bill undermines the CBC’s claim to a public interest role and makes an ad-free version of the service even less likely.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 20, 2022

The plaintiffs’ complaint argues that VeePN ‘promotes’ the use of pirate sites and Popcorn Time, while advertising its services on popular torrent site YTS.mx. This activity amounts to both copyright and trademark infringement, the film companies claim. It means that you may be punished by law.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Our Katfriend evaluated the judgment from three perspectives: unfair advantage, impact of comparative advertising, and unfair competition in the UK. Copyright Alessandro Cerri explored a recent decision of the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court of the High Court of England & Wales on copyright infringement in a TV format.

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