IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

With the growth of abovementioned platforms, driven by digitalization, concerns for data privacy and security and, potential misuse of the data has steeped in the minds of people who share personal information to access such platforms. Image Sources: Shutterstock] This situation gave rise to a conundrum surrounding the issue of data privacy.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 4, 2022

However, since VPNs are commonly used as a way to ensure privacy while engaging in pirate activities, it could definitely have impacts there. According to the Indian government, the new policy takes effect June 27. However, 18 months ago, the site removed all advertising and sought to keep itself afloat with donations.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 8, 2023

Celebrities have objected to this because it interferes with their personal lives and their right to privacy. Celebrities have objected to this because it interferes with their personal lives and their right to privacy. Every individual has the right to control his or her own life and image as it is portrayed to the rest of the world.

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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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Michael Geist

JANUARY 31, 2024

It may be the most dangerous Internet bill you’ve never heard of since it contemplates measures that raise privacy concerns, website blocking, and extend far beyond pornography sites to include search and social media. Ensure compatibility of Canadian regulations on age-verification with international standards.

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Olartemoure Blog

JULY 21, 2023

The Colombian Congress has enacted Law 2300 of 2023, aimed at safeguarding the privacy of financial consumers. It introduces measures to govern contact and communication channels, as well as timing, for debt collection purposes. Original source in Spanish.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

My roundup of the top Internet Law developments of 2023: 10) California court bans targeted advertising (?). Regulators have sought to suppress online targeted advertising for years, with only minimal success. In turn, advertisers have fled Twitter. The money doesn’t go to the government. Then, in Liapes v.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 28, 2021

data privacy : what businesses NEED TO know. Keeping pace with the state of data privacy and data privacy regulations is becoming a pressing responsibility for businesses in the digital age. Data privacy legislation is on the rise, with jurisdictions adopting stricter protective measures on a national and global front.

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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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IPilogue

AUGUST 24, 2021

Luxembourg’s National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD) penalized Amazon for their misuse of consumer data for advertisement. French privacy rights group La Quadrature du Net alleged in 2018 that Amazon manipulates customer data for commercial purposes vis-à-vis choosing what advertising information the customers gain exposure to.

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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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Michael Geist

JULY 18, 2023

As Bill C-18 made its way through the legislative process, the government and the media lobby groups supporting the bill insisted that Google and Meta were bluffing when they warned that legislation premised on mandated payments for links could lead the companies to stop Canadian news linking or sharing on their platforms.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 5, 2022

This represents nothing less than a government-backed shakedown that runs the risk of undermining press independence, increasing reliance on big tech, and hurting competition and investment in Canadian media. By creating the shakedown subsidy model, the government runs the risk of significant harms. I start with two caveats.

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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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 24, 2024

Study of ToS is crucial because in most cases, pending the resolution of litigation or novel legislation, they will effectively be what governs the rights of users and creators. More from our authors: International Cybersecurity and Privacy Law in Practice, Second Edition by Charlotte A. You can find the full report here.

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Michael Geist

OCTOBER 2, 2023

As I posted back in May 2021 , the government’s approach was to apply Canadian broadcast law to everyone: any audio or video service anywhere in the world, including news sites, podcasts, audiobooks and adult sites.

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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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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Supreme Court of India , which dealt with issues of confidentiality, privacy (prior consent) of litigants and witnesses, restrictions on access to proceedings of trials and the preservation of the larger public interest due to the sensitivity of the proceedings. These are based on the principles set forth in Swapnil Tripathi v.

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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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SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

She notes that the most controversial provision in the new Bill is the re-introduction of revisionary powers of the Central Government to direct the CBFC Chairman to reexamine an already certified film. Serious Comparative Advertising: Broadening the Definition. Thematic Highlights. Other Posts.

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Olartemoure Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The focus of these actions spans a range of issues, from anti-competitive behavior to data privacy, and more. In October 2020, the Department of Justice and eleven state attorneys general jointly filed a lawsuit against Google, aiming to curb the company’s monopolistic control in the search engines and search advertising markets.

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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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