Plagiarism Today

MAY 23, 2022

The ad, which was produced by the London-based advertising agency M&C Saatchi, featured prominent Hong Kong actor and musician Andy Lau Tak-wah as he delivered a monologue about Xiaoman, the eighth solar term and second solar term of summer on the traditional Chinese calendar. Now, virtually every creator is dabbling in various media.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Introduction What separates long-established print and electronic media from social media is that it comes along with a bunch of techniques for its usage. These are tools that shaped social media to be more significant than the long-established medias.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 28, 2025

Negative exposure in the media has direct implications for image and branding. Additional risk of polluting or even displacing otherwise positive articles, could jeopardize what amounts to free advertising worth millions of dollars. A Message For Gamers Everywhere?

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Amazon launched a pair of lawsuits Wednesday in Seattle federal court against social media influencers, accusing the two women of using their profiles to advertise knockoff luxury brand products as part of a scheme with third-party counterfeit sellers.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2024

FACT and Police visit one of the suspects The men were arrested on various grounds ranging from fraud offenses, to violations of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, possession of criminal property and possession of Class A drugs. Since June, the media company reportedly removed over 3,000 listings from various social media platforms.

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IIPRD

AUGUST 4, 2022

A Social Media Influencer is someone who creates unique material that keeps people interested on multiple social media platforms, causing them to return for more high-quality information. One of the most significant methods to safeguard material on social media is through copyright. Make intangible assets.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Media Maverick Without the benefit of such foresight, Merrell continued to run a school during the day and began reselling Flawless subscriptions on the side. By now operating under the name Media Maverick on social media, customers hoping to watch Sky TV and BT Sport were in plentiful supply.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 29, 2023

For reasons that make absolutely no sense while somehow making perfect sense, millions of internet users think that social media platforms are perfect for piracy. Nevertheless, the masses love quick and easy so in common with similar platforms everywhere, social media has a piracy problem.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 30, 2024

This dispute has made its way to mainstream news both online and TV and has also sparked debates on social media. Social media debates are also unhelpful. Some reports ( here and here ) suggest that the dispute may be related to false or misleading advertising. But what exactly is this dispute about?

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The IPKat

AUGUST 17, 2022

Recently, this Kat reported on Beyoncé’s decision to remove a sample from her song, after Kelis took to social media to complain, even though the rights had been cleared and there was no copyright infringement. As I explained in the Guardian : “It doesn’t matter that Beyoncé didn’t actually infringe Kelis’s rights.

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Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Atari’s copyright infringement lawsuit against State Farm advances, underscoring the importance of careful clearance in advertising. In addition to copyright infringement, Atari brought claims for business disparagement, false information and advertising, unfair competition, and unjust enrichment.

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Copyright Lately

JULY 15, 2024

The complaint ( read here ) accuses Chili’s operator Brinker International of using the band’s 1994 hit song “Sabotage” in an unauthorized social media video to promote the restaurant. But is Chili’s the real victim of sabotage here? Novak and Michelin-starred chef Tim Hollingsworth.

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Kashishipr

MAY 4, 2022

In most cases, it is typically sufficient if the trademark symbol appears with one single prominent use of the mark in one single label or advertisement, even though the mark in itself may appear multiple times. The same includes e-commerce marketplaces, standalone business websites, and social media channels. Bottom Line.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Recently, Delhi High Court granted an interim injunction to Zydus against social media influencer Prashant Desai’s allegedly disparaging post on nutritional health drinks. 29(8) is meant for “infringement by advertising of the mark ”, and the ASCI guidelines too, as the title indicates, are influencer “advertising”.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

22, 2021) This case should be of interest to people working on contextual advertising. Yet plaintiffs are suing Vogue , because Vogue has an agreement with the website Moda Operandi to link from Vogue to Moda if anyone wants to purchase the designer clothes featured in Vogue online stories. In one way, it's a replay of the Stewart v.

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43(B)log

MAY 19, 2023

WowWee’s Vice President of Brand Development & Creative Strategy, Sydney Wiseman, used her WowWee email address to create a Roblox user account and used her Roblox account to promote My Avastars dolls on social media, including videos on her TikTok account.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 20, 2023

It regularly involves organized crime groups that tap into source signals and rebroadcasts them to profit from the advertising views they generate. The most notorious streaming platforms are designed to ignore copyright concerns. law, but that’s not a given. For that group, site blocking would be a solution.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 24, 2021

In an injunction application dated December 2, 2021, Nintendo requested a website blocking order under section 97A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. It targeted six major ISPs (BT, EE, Plusnet, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media) demanding that they block subscriber access to five domains carrying NSW2U and NSWROM branding.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Was this commercial advertising or promotion? Elysium argued that the website as a whole was a referral website for Tru Niagen, which advertised Tru Niagen at the top of every page. Thus, any false advertising claim would lie against Albaum, not [directly] against ChromaDex. You can find out more here: [link].

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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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The TTABlog

JANUARY 6, 2022

[Section 2(d) refusal of the word-plus-design mark shown below for, inter alia , "non-metal tiles for countertops, walls, sinks, and floors in bathrooms and kitchens," in view of the registered mark BELLAVITA TILE registered for “Non-metal tiles for walls and floors; ceramic tiles; porcelain tiles; glass tiles.” Kuczma)[not precedential].

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LexBlog IP

JULY 14, 2022

The new 2022 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract (the 2022 Contract), which is retroactively effective to April 1, 2022, appears to offer certain benefits to advertiser and agency signatories of the Commercials Contract, particularly JPC authorizers, as well as Union member performers.

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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. .” Both apps allegedly were not responsive enough to complaints or unmasking requests, including not following their own purported policies. ” The defendants successfully defend on Section 230 grounds.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The site is designed to be user-friendly while remaining resilient to enforcement measures. Granted by the court yesterday, the injunction requires third-party services such as advertising networks, payment processors, hosting providers, CDN services, and IPFS gateways to restrict access to the site.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 31, 2024

Video game publisher Atari Interactive has launched a copyright infringement lawsuit against State Farm, claiming that the insurer improperly appropriated artwork from Atari’s 1983 arcade game “Crystal Castles” for an advertising campaign as part of a “cynical plot” to resonate with fickle millennial and Gen Z consumers.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 17, 2022

Whether it always performs as advertised is up for debate but there are videos showing it in action on Amazon and other platforms quickly downloading files, rather than attempting to record the screen. It is unlikely that these features will appear on a licensed mainstream service but that doesn’t stop subscribers from desiring them.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 20, 2023

When they make money from these activities, social media companies must be obliged to reinvest in our creators and into local content creation. The specific use case: The amendment could also fail to achieve its own stated purpose to capture commercial sound recordings broadcast by social media platforms. Section 4.1(2)

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

6th Edition of Advertising & Marketing Law: Cases and Materials (with Rebecca Tushnet). Regulation of Political Advertising (2022 Edition). Regulation of Housing Advertising (2022 Edition). Comments on CA AB 2273, The Age-Appropriate Design Code Act). Books and Academic Articles. Analysis of CA AB587).

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In Twitter’s case, the company took the position that certain links posted by users – namely links to rival services – create unfair competition since Twitter is competing with services such as Instagram for the same user base and the same advertisers. paid advertising). negotiated or arbitrated licence).

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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

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In addition to some broad measures designed to prevent Universe from doing business as before, including transmitting the DISH channels in the United States and/or marketing/selling subscriptions there, the injunction prevents non-party service providers from engaging in infringing activities with the Universe defendants in the future.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

For trademarks, a good place to start is the company’s marketing and promotional materials, website, mobile app, and social media. Don’t overlook company social media accounts, domain names, and toll-free numbers, which may also serve as potential trademarks.

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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. 3d 1137 (9th Cir.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 4, 2024

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). It’s not hard to imagine how a negligent design claim could have been structured here. Case citation : Freethinker v.

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The IPKat

JULY 12, 2024

Brat green: from the streets of NYC to the domination of social media and then to the catwalks (?) slime green (now ‘brat green’) in various means of advertising throughout the promotional campaign. slime green (now ‘brat green’) in various means of advertising throughout the promotional campaign.

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Art Law Journal

APRIL 13, 2022

If you are a non-professional artist who is eager to turn your artistic talents into a career in graphic design, you’ve come to the right place. In this article series, you’ll find valuable information on building and maintaining a career in the creative space, including learning graphic design. What does a graphic designer do? .

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The transition from simply turning on the television to logging into accounts such as social media and OTT platforms, has resulted the entertainment industry to witness an astonishing evolution. The surveillance on viewing the habit of individuals is often used to advertise similar targeted content.

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