LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 22, 2022

As we head into 2023, advertisers, publishers, ad tech companies and others involved in the digital advertising ecosystem are facing significant challenges when it comes to data. Many clean rooms involve the advertiser and publisher uploading data into a platform where that data can then be matched and operated on.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Government also proved its abilities late last year, when it seized dozens of sports streaming-related domains in a FIFA World Cup-themed enforcement push. These domains were registered through Njalla, which advertises itself as the “world’s most notorious privacy provider for domains.” Domain Seizures The U.S.

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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. Personality Rights: Publicity or Privacy? As held by the Delhi High Court in D.M. Entertainment Pvt.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The Vidya Drolia case laid down certain conditions for non-arbitrability of disputes and stated that grant and issue of patents and registration of trademarks were exclusive sovereign or government functions, thus making them non-arbitrable. Previously , the right had been discussed in the context of individual’s names appearing in judgments.

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Olartemoure Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

09/22/22 – Data Privacy. On September 8, 2022, the Mexican Government published the amendment to the Labeling Standard for food and non-alcoholic beverages (NOM). The changes raise the burdens in relation to the labeling and advertising of products with excess critical nutrients. Original source in Spanish.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 27, 2022

VPN services are a useful tool to protect internet users’ online privacy. While this often goes against the terms of service, some VPNs openly advertise this feature. In addition, they can also help to bypass geographical restrictions. Blocking Geo-Pirates. This ‘geo piracy’ issue isn’t new.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 11, 2023

Today’s bottom line for anonymizing privacy services is that they must comply with Russia’s site-blocking demands and open up themselves up to scrutiny. They’re also used to direct behavior in a way that benefits governments and corporations while making it appear that the interests of citizens are paramount.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Read literally, all advertising “allow[s] for arranging the sale or purchase of goods,” so this law potentially obligates EVERY ad-supported publisher to undertake the content moderation obligations the bill imposes on online marketplaces. What’s Regulated?

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IPilogue

MARCH 22, 2023

Privacy Misrepresentation According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) release , BetterHelp requires a questionnaire that asks for sensitive mental health information – “such as whether they have experienced depression or suicidal thoughts and are on any medications” – along with personal information.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Over in the Senate, the Fiscal Responsibility Subcommittee will discuss how changes to privacy policies in Big Tech firms have impacted targeted advertising activities for a wide swath of the economy.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 12, 2022

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed the Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring Act (CPDPA) into law on May 10, 2022, making Connecticut the most recent state to pass its own privacy law in the absence of comprehensive federal privacy legislation.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 27, 2024

This is a false advertising lawsuit again the mobile app game Game of Thrones: Conquest. Many sites have multiple overlapping governance documents with similar names, so it’s fair for consumers to expect accurate specificity. sought to send the case to arbitration. The district court disagreed. Warner Bros.

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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 to the CPPA’s Proposed Regulations Pursuant to the Consumer Privacy Rights Act of 2020, Aug. NetChoice LLC v.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 29, 2024

In recent first-instance rulings, copies of David by Michelangelo and Vitruvian Man by Leonardo Da Vinci were prevented from being freely used on a board game, a magazine cover page, and an advertising commercial (see also DeAngelis/Giardini here ; Dore/Caso here and here ).

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 24, 2023

State privacy laws are changing rapidly in the U.S. We anticipate that more state legislatures will continue to enact privacy laws to protect consumers due to the absence of a federal privacy law. Here are summaries of seven new state laws that have been enacted and go into effect in the next few years.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The arbitrator’s decision itself is filed under seal, but the court recaps the arbitrator’s findings: Although the contracts between Plaintiff and Amazon concerning the purchase of the diet pills at issue were illegal and unenforceable, the CoU that governed the transactions were severable and remained enforceable. TransUnion.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 18, 2024

These measures included a ban on advertising VPNs as a means to circumvent government blocking, which prevents access to other information currently blocked in Russia. As the law stands, there can be no expectation of privacy when using a state approved VPN, i.e the only ones allowed under law.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

I’m a professor at Santa Clara University School of Law, located in California’s Silicon Valley, where I hold the titles of Associate Dean for Research, Co-Director of the High Tech Law Institute, and Supervisor of the Privacy Law Certificate. In the US, the Constitution only restricts the action of government actors, not private entities.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Based on the ccBill precedent, a number of Ninth Circuit-governed courts have applied Section 230 to publicity rights claims. See, e.g., Ripple v. Despite this, a textualist reading of Section 230(e)(2) may point in a different direction. I even agree with the latter point!)

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LexBlog IP

MAY 2, 2023

Some of these issues are specific to doing business with the government and others are broader issues that all companies face when using AI, and generative AI (GAI) in particular. As a result, many companies are developing corporate policies on employee use of AI. If you have not done so yet, now is a good time to get started.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

Any legal policy that encourages data snarfing must simultaneously contend with the potentially anti-competitive and anti-social effects of preventing legitimate players from snarfing, along with the potentially massive privacy and security risks that data snarfers create. ” Click on the image to see the animation.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 5, 2022

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. Gutman in her role as an employee of JLM. The court also found “Ms. Do Employers Own LinkedIn Groups Created By Employees?–CDM

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 11, 2022

Furthermore, the age authentication process would expose both under-18s and adults to extra privacy and security risks. preferential treatment for parental controls and government/school-operated content/sites. So instead of “protecting the kids,” the bill would harm Minnesotans of all ages in countless ways.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

It has opened wide range of facilities for us like entertainment, education, advertisements, communication etc. Any user can easily copy, duplicate or access the data without the permission of the author and it is difficult to trace them back due to the issues of privacy and other matters. and Ors.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Also in July, the Governments of Nigeria and Germany executed a Joint Declaration regarding the repatriation to Nigeria of ancient Benin bronzes looted during the colonial era. There is no such defence (of non-commercial purpose) in Ghana’s Copyright Act.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 25, 2022

In other words, the panel recognizes that “common carriage” is just another name for “government censorship.” ” Thus, the label does not give the government regulation a free pass around the First Amendment. McManus ruling, which rejected some mandatory disclosures about political advertising.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 26, 2022

I recently joined BakerHostetler’s Chicago office in the Digital Assets and Data Management Practice Group after spending almost eight years at Publicis Groupe, where I led a team of attorneys supporting business units focused on media, data and advertising technology (“ad tech”). Ad tech helps advertisers do exactly that.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 19, 2023

Scammers might pretend to be safety inspectors, government officials trying to help you, or utility workers who say immediate work is required. They’ll advertise rentals that don’t exist to get your money and run. Spot rental listing scams. Scammers know people need a place to live while they rebuild.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

Note also how governments will weaponize mandatory TOS disclosures, i.e., if you didn’t tell the public them, then they wouldn’t have acted as promises to consumers, but since we compelled you to tell the public, we can now treat them as enforceable promises. No, and it’s not even close. Six4Three v.

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Intepat

MAY 16, 2023

Publicity Rights Under Indian IP Law In India, there is no direct statute that governs publicity rights in the intellectual property law regime. The Trade Marks Act, 1999 governs trademark law in India and provides for the registration, protection, and enforcement of trademarks. Under this Act, Sec. Additionally, Sec.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2022

To address these issues, the government has created the Takedown Services for Copyright Protection idea, which allows copyright owners to issue takedown notifications to platforms that are infringing on their rights. Legal Framework governing take down notice.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Autonomous refers to acting and governing alone in accordance to state of play in hand while the correct term for the usage should be automated; control by the equipment in the process. [3] IS RIGHT TO PRIVACY VIOLATED UNDER SUCH AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES (PRIVACY BY DESIGN PRINCIPLE).

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

How the AADC Came to Be With a growing number of children using the Internet, and the rising number of hours children spend online, federal and state governments try to protect these children from the harms of Internet use, by limiting the collection and use of their data as well as by limiting the content to which the minors are exposed.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

But if I stopped what I was doing to write a personal message every time I saw a blogger with no legal background shilling for a web-scraping company or a half-asleep aggregator journalist [FN] spewing ignorance online about the laws that govern web scraping, I wouldn’t get out much.

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IP Tech Blog

JUNE 23, 2023

Plaintiff alleged that the defendant was infringing that mark by “advertising and selling products on the Amazon.com marketplace bearing the Detoxify Mark … .” Defendant also included references to potentially applicable privacy laws, including those of California. Jones , 465 U.S. 783 (1984).

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 17, 2024

A very common way of marketing a product is to have it advertised and endorsed by celebrities that the public holds in good opinion. With the advent of technology, the laws governing Intellectual Property Rights also need to pick up pace and change with the changing times.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

23, 2020) MFSA brought trademark dilution and false advertising claims against Netflix for its portrayal in the film “The Laundromat.” Rogers governed the false advertising claim. 23, 2020) Special motion to strike the state-law claims of libel/false light invasion of privacy. It’s about money laundering.) Netflix Inc.,

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