LexBlog IP

JULY 8, 2022

This month’s issue of Ping® highlights recent changes in State laws in Illinois and New York. 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.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

I always enjoy these and recommend the free GALA webinars to those interested in advertising law; I joined in progress due to some technical difficulties on my end. Kelly Harris: In Canada, Competition Bureau brought enforcement action against FB for misleading privacy representations even though it’s a free service.

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Advertising Advertising Law Privacy 40

TorrentFreak

JANUARY 18, 2022

In terms of staying within the boundaries of the law, the important factor is whether the communications provider or service actively and knowingly encourages or facilitates illegal activities. Historical visitors to the VPNLab.net website were previously greeted with the kind of message associated with many privacy-focused services.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Srijaa is a 4th year law student and Yaggya is a 5th year law student at Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies, interested in exploring the vast scope of Intellectual Property Rights. This violates copyright laws and may lead to legal actions for copyright infringement. Image by starline on Freepik.

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Intellectual Property False Advertising Designs Design 52

Olartemoure Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

09/22/22 – Data Privacy. The changes raise the burdens in relation to the labeling and advertising of products with excess critical nutrients. 09/22/22 – Industrial Designs. In turn, animated designs should include numerated drawings showing the sequence that allows understanding the movement of the animation.

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Intellectual Property Advertising Advertising Designs 105

LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Introduction The UAE has embraced the digital era with the enactment of Federal Decree-Law No. This innovative law aims to regulate and reorganize e-commerce activities, fostering a favourable environment for digital trade. In this article, we will delve into the key provisions of this e-commerce law.

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Traverse Legal Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Introduction Uptik in Threat Letters & Legal Actions: A Wake-Up Call for Companies Using Meta Pixel In recent years, the digital landscape has become a battleground for privacy rights, with Meta Pixel at the epicenter of numerous legal disputes. alleges violations of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act among other claims.

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The IPKat

JULY 13, 2021

In early June, the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law ’s Center for Intellectual Property, Information, and Privacy Law organized and hosted its 12th Annual Ethics in the Practice of IP Law virtual seminar. The program for the Seminar can be found here.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Introduction Uptik in Threat Letters & Legal Actions: A Wake-Up Call for Companies Using Meta Pixel In recent years, the digital landscape has become a battleground for privacy rights, with Meta Pixel at the epicenter of numerous legal disputes. alleges violations of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act among other claims.

Cease and Desist 52

Cease and Desist Privacy Technology Litigation 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 17, 2024

by guest blogger Guy Rub , The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law A Web Scraper Beats a Platform: The Same Story, but Different It seems like we’ve been here before, and not that long ago. It lost for two reasons: one grounded in contract law and the other external. Can a breach of contract claim be equivalent to copyright?

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Blogging Contracts Fair Use Copyright Law 127

LexBlog IP

JULY 25, 2023

Whether your focus is privacy, advertising or both, there is a good chance that you have bumped into some thorny issues involving the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). It would only estimate age and would not identify the person providing consent.

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Privacy Advertising Advertising Designs 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

I completed my last Internet Law class before Thanksgiving 2021 and had Spring semester off. Then, due to some personal circumstances [FN], I moved my Internet Law course from Fall to Spring this academic year, so I’m not teaching this Fall either. Regulation of Political Advertising (2022 Edition).

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff is focused on one “trick” this spooky season: Designing user interfaces to trick or manipulate users into taking actions they would not otherwise approve of, or putting obstacles in place to discourage consumers from exercising certain rights. Design Elements That Induce False Beliefs.

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Reporting Privacy Designs Design 52

The IPKat

JANUARY 30, 2022

UNION-IP’s Winter Round Table will be an opportunity to debate the most recent case-law regarding VICO proceedings in opposition and other proceedings before the EPO and to discuss the current best practices. Furthermore, it will look into opposition proceedings across Europe, with an insight of representatives of the National Patent Offices.

Privacy 67

Privacy Intellectual Property Registration Litigation 67

Olartemoure Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Abuse of dominant position, in the context of antitrust and competition law, refers to the improper and anti-competitive practices undertaken by a company that holds a dominant market position. The focus of these actions spans a range of issues, from anti-competitive behavior to data privacy, and more. Then, in January 2023, eight U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Someone has referred you here because you’ve said something wrong about the laws related to web scraping in the United States. The law related to web scraping is far too nuanced to make such a declarative statement. If you said or implied that the CFAA is the only law that governs web scraping. Don’t worry! You’re not alone.

Blogging 118

Blogging Law Contracts Cease and Desist 118

LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This action follows the FTC’s September publication of “ Bringing Dark Patterns to Light ,” a report demonstrating companies’ increased use of design practices known as “dark patterns” to influence consumers buying behavior (the “Staff Report”). Key laws that govern dark patterns include: Section 5 of the FTC Act (15 U.S.C.§

Privacy 52

Privacy Reporting Advertising Advertising 52

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

However, the prevalence of unauthorized use of renowned person names in advertisements has become a concern. Many companies exploit renowned person identities without obtaining proper consent, leading intellectual property experts to advocate for the safeguarding of image rights through registration under Intellectual Property laws.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 19, 2021

The court says: The offending content is generated by Classmates and the advertisement is not merely some passive display of content created by another entity, even if it contains a picture from a school yearbook. Here, the focus is on Classmates’ use of a yearbook photo in stand-alone advertisements it uses to lure in potential customers.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

It claims to focus on “counterfeits” that could harm consumer “health and safety,” but those are both lies designed to make the bill seem narrower and more balanced than it actually is. In other words, the law will produce outcomes that are directly opposite to what we want from Congress.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The plaintiffs claim it was a spoof app designed to steal cryptocurrency worth $5k in Diep’s case and $500k in Nagao’s case (ouch). “plaintiffs’ computer fraud and privacy claims are based on Apple’s reproduction of an app, Toast Plus, intended for public consumption, via the App Store. False Advertising.

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False Advertising Privacy Publishing Advertising 113

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 19, 2023

In my Internet Law courses, my Gen Z students intuitively understand that contrasting blue text in a call-to-action is a hyperlink, even without underlining. The cumulative effect of these textual and organizational design choices is to de-emphasize references to the Terms and Privacy Policy, rendering them inconspicuous.

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Privacy Contracts Marketing Marketing 91

LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

For some time now, dark patterns have been quite the trending topic for both marketers and privacy professionals. But back here, other than high-level, broad definitions that could theoretically deem advertising itself a dark pattern, there has been a lack of clarity on the issue. The reader is simply left to speculate.

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Reporting Privacy Advertising Advertising 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

Despite the rhetorical moves to position the lawsuit about the defendants’ design choices, this is actually an easy case. ” The defendants successfully defend on Section 230 grounds. ” The defendants successfully defend on Section 230 grounds. ICS Provider. “Plaintiffs do not meaningfully challenge Defendants’ status.”

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False Advertising Social Media Publishing Advertising 88

Michael Geist

AUGUST 9, 2023

No actual legislation has yet been passed, but the government is providing guidance on how the potential law would be interpreted assuming it takes effect next year. The law requires that the user be located in Canada, which the government says will be based on a reasonableness test. These are just two examples.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

Cases pertaining to Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Geographical Indications, Plant Varieties, Designs, Semiconductor integrated circuit layout designs, Traditional Knowledge, and all rights under common law, if any, associated therewith; Cases relating to passing off, acts of unfair competition, disparagement, comparative advertising, etc.;

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Intellectual Property IP Confidentiality Privacy 52

IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

5] With a dim light on the subject matter of laws of autonomous cars, it becomes imperative to discuss certain aspects in relation to autonomous cars. 20] The main contention that arises out of such pledges is their actual legal value in the eyes of law. Autonomous vehicle levels have a very contentious issue at hand.

Privacy 52

Privacy Technology Government Designs 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 5, 2022

The dispute is between bridalwear designer Hayley Paige Gutman and JLM Couture, a bridalwear company. The court is emphatic that the accounts “served as critical advertising platforms for JLM’s products affiliated with the Hailey Paige brands.” The Spectacular Failure of Employee Social Media Privacy Laws.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A rare case analyzing Section 230’s intersection with admiralty law. MySpace case from 2008 and its progeny (assuming the Doe case is still good law in the Fifth Circuit, which isn’t guaranteed ). It isn’t clear if the estate tried some of the more modern Section 230 workarounds, such as negligent design.

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Contracts Advertising Advertising Privacy 74

Intellectual Property Law Blog

MAY 2, 2023

Further, the joint statement reiterates that these agencies “take seriously our responsibility to ensure that these rapidly evolving automated systems are developed and used in a manner consistent with federal laws, and each of our agencies has previously expressed concern about potentially harmful uses of automated systems.” AI RMF 1.0

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Government Business Licensing Copyright 237

Garrigues Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

Autocontrol and Asociación Española de Anunciantes (Spanish Advertisers’ Association or AEA) agree on the ethical standards that should be applied to advertising by influencers from January 1, 2021. Debate over television series based on real events: ‘biopics’ and honor, privacy and publicity rights. is there anything I can do?

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Blogging IP Advertising Advertising 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

On the other end are brick and mortar stores that sell trademark-infringing items directly to consumers, regardless of whether the stores design or manufacture those items. Printify * Ninth Circuit Highlights the Messy Law of Contributory Trademark Infringement Online–YYGM v. Cite to Ohio State v. Pixels.com, LLC , 2024 WL 885356 (W.D.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 25, 2024

These reports allegedly caused advertisers to pause their Twitter advertising campaigns, starving Twitter of much-needed revenues. Anti-SLAPP laws are a crucial bulwark against such abuses, especially by billionaires who embrace Pyrrhic litigation with the goal of draining their opponents’ bank accounts.

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Litigation Contracts Advertising Advertising 87

43(B)log

JUNE 6, 2023

Enigma sued its competitor Malwarebytes for Lanham Act false advertising and NY business torts for designating its products as “malicious,” “threats,” and “potentially unwanted programs” (PUPs). The district court dismissed the complaint on the grounds that these designations were “non-actionable statements of opinion.”

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TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2023

All claim to be the best, but some are more privacy-conscious than others. When it comes to privacy and anonymity, an outsider can’t offer any guarantees. Many of these questions relate to privacy and security, and the various companies answer them here in their own words. The VPN review business is flourishing as well.

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Privacy IP Technology Reporting 137

SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Highlights of the Week The Copyright Quandary regarding the Delhi High Court Rules on Live-streaming of Court Proceedings Recently Delhi High Court came up with ‘Live Streaming and Recording of Court Proceedings Rules’ which would be a positive step towards assuring better access to law and transparency. on Triveni Interchem Pvt.

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Designs Design Trademark Cease and Desist 52

LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Cnsl: Direction IP Law. Cnsl: Kizzia Johnson; Rabicoff Law. Designer Brands Inc. Cnsl: Devlin Law Firm. Cnsl: Budo Law. Cnsl: Farnan; Global IP Law Group. Cnsl: Direction IP Law; Chong Law Firm. Cnsl: The Mort Law Firm. Judges: District Judge Alan D. Albright; Magistrate Judge Derek T.

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