IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 3, 2023

Forbidding the employment of foreign models and voice actors in advertisements starting of October 1, 2022, was one of ARCON’s first actions. According to the sources, the Council claims that “the ads on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp in the Nigerian markets are not verified and allowed by the federal government”.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 25, 2022

The opinion holds that the key parts of Florida’s social media censorship law (SB 7072) likely violate the First Amendment and should remain enjoined. ” The opinion also highlights the madness of the Fifth Circuit allowing the Texas social media censorship law to take effect via a 1-line order. “S.B.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Subsequently, the Committee published a report which set out a number of recommendations to Government [ Katpost here ] that included equitable remuneration for streaming, contract adjustments as well as referrals to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Earlier this year, the Texas legislature enacted HB 20 , a blatant attempt to censor social media service. The opinion emphatically slices through the FUD that’s been generated by pro-censorial forces questioning whether social media services exercise editorial discretion. The Opinion. ” [cite to USTA v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 16, 2021

Advertising/E-Commerce. 22, 2021): companies now pay so-called “influencers” to issue posts on social media touting their products or services. To navigate the seemingly unending stream of advertisements, consumers often depend on independent reviews for candid and accurate assessments. Ariix, LLC v. NutriSearch Corp.,

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Michael Geist

JULY 6, 2023

The government escalated the battle over Bill C-18 yesterday, announcing that it was suspending advertising on Meta’s Facebook and Instagram platforms due the company’s decision to comply with the bill by blocking news sharing and its reluctance to engage in further negotiations on the issue.

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Michael Geist

OCTOBER 2, 2023

By contrast, the inclusion of registration requirements for a wide range of undertakings, including some podcast services, online news sites, adult content sites, and social media left some characterizing it as a podcast registry or part of “one of the world’s most repressive online censorship schemes.” So what’s the reality?

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Michael Geist

APRIL 20, 2023

With Bill C-11 in the final stretch – Senate approval could come this week – the government finally provided a more detailed explanation for rejecting the Senate’s user content regulation fix. It is sad that as the bill nears passage, the government doesn’t seem to understand or misleads on the impact of its own legislation.

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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. How can Influencers protect their IP?

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Michael Geist

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Indeed, for all the talk that user generated content is out, the truth is that everything from podcasts to TikTok videos fit neatly into the new exception that gives the CRTC the power to regulate such content as a “program” To be fair, the government has tried to assuage some concerns. was restored, the government has added 4.1

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 11, 2022

The bill regulates “social media platforms,” defined as an “electronic medium” that allows “users to create, share, and view user?generated As they realize the bill’s implications, I’m hoping Minnesota parents will tell their Senators to scrap this effort. What The Bill Says. generated content.”

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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

While the government is still talking tough, the law has been an utter disaster, leading to millions in lost revenues with cancelled deals, reduced traffic for Canadian media sites, declining investment in media in Canada, and few options to salvage this mess. The Canadian approach has not taken off elsewhere.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Just two months ago, the OECD reached an agreement on addressing the longstanding concern regarding multinational companies, particularly tech companies, paying their fair share of taxes on revenues earned from online advertising, online marketplaces, and user data.

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Michael Geist

AUGUST 24, 2023

Yet the CBC’s approach to Bill C-18 and other government digital policies seems determined to do the opposite and, in doing so, threatens its future support. In fact, the letter may be less about Facebook blocking news links when communities went days without Internet access and more about an effort to curry favour with the government.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 2, 2022

This week in Washington IP news, Senate committees are planning to host hearings on the applications that artificial intelligence can have in cyberspace, both for good and bad actors, as well as legislative proposals that could force social media platforms to increase transparency regarding algorithms for targeted advertising and news feeds.

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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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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. Encourage biometrics-based age-verification innovation by Canadian researchers, and d.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 23, 2022

This is one of the dozens of lawsuits alleging that social media services addict kids. Snap also relies heavily on its ability to collect and disclose to its advertisers the personal data and metrics collected from Oregon residents, including M.K. by collecting her data for use and distribution to advertisers while M.K.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 26, 2024

Report Streaming Piracy Campaign To address the ongoing problem, anti-piracy group FACT has teamed up with the Crimestoppers charity to launch a new social media campaign. Example of a social media ad These types of ‘report piracy’ initiatives aren’t new.

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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Washington’s Fair Campaign Practices Act “requires Meta to maintain certain records of the political advertisements it hosts on its platforms and, when requested, to permit inspection of, or to disclose, such records to those seeking such information.” The state can extract this information from political advertisers.

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IPilogue

JULY 4, 2022

On May 25 th , Human Rights Watch (“HRW”) published a report – “a global investigation of the education technology (EdTech) endorsed by 49 governments for children’s education during the pandemic.” Many of the products were found to collect children’s personal information without the child’s or parent’s consent.

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Michael Geist

JUNE 8, 2023

Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez appeared last night before the Senate committee studying Bill C-18, facing repeated questions about how his government will respond if Internet platforms such as Facebook block news sharing in response to bill’s system of mandated payments for links. This just isn’t true. How to reconcile?

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Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

AUGUST 27, 2021

Social media platforms present countless opportunities for companies looking to connect to consumers and clients in real time. Foley Hoag will present a 60-minute webinar offering guidance on social media issue spotting for in-house legal practitioners, with a focus on intellectual property, publicity rights and advertising.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 2, 2022

Around the middle of April, posts on social media sites popular in Russia (VK, Telegram) suggested that cinemas in several regions would begin screening big Hollywood movies, including ones that should not be available. Where There’s The Will, There’s a Way.

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Michael Geist

JULY 11, 2024

I open by noting that the Canadian government’s efforts to regulate big tech companies sometimes feels like a series of high-stakes poker matches in which the government foolishly bets that readily apparent risks can be ignored. government. government threat is just a bluff. tariff retaliation. But timing also matters.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 19, 2021

Rule 40 restricts social media posts and advertisements published by athletes and sponsors during the Games, both in volume and content. As social media posts generate buzz and draw fans, spectators will have a chance to enjoy getting behind-the-scenes looks and instant updates from their favourite athletes.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Added provision blocking CBC from running “advertorial” (blended advertising and editorial) content (ie. “an an advertisement or announcement on behalf of an advertiser that is designed to resemble journalistic programming”) . Target revenues from social media platforms to specifically support digital creators.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 5, 2024

Trademark infringement has grown more complex and pervasive, ranging from counterfeit goods to digital squatting and keyword advertising. Governments also supported the efforts by enforcing customs laws, which gave officers the authority to stop the entry of counterfeit products into domestic markets by stopping them at the border.

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43(B)log

APRIL 18, 2023

12, 2023) Following a large verdict for Monster on false advertising claims, this opinion discusses extensively the requirements for injunctive relief in false advertising cases. The jury awarded $271,924,174 for damages sustained by Defendants’ false advertising and found that the false advertising was willful and deliberate. “As

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Government, which indicted three members of Team-Xecuter last year. The Government saw him as part of the Team-Xecuter conspiracy. Among other things, he allegedly advertised and trafficked circumvention devices, while maintaining regular contact with resellers throughout the world. Team-Xecuter Takedown.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 2, 2022

With nearly 12 million books, Z-Library advertised itself as the largest repositories of pirated books on the Internet. Government seized the site’s main domain names. Social media platforms, TikTok in particular , are crawling with young people eager to gather knowledge, but less capable of paying for books.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 23, 2024

Italy’s Gambling Ad Ban Friction between what citizens believe they have a right to say, do, or see online, and what their governments believe is appropriate, is rarely a product of negotiation between the parties. Because, in a nutshell, Google’s advertising service can’t be considered passive. No downloads.

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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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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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TorrentFreak

MAY 25, 2023

” Trusted Flaggers Fail to Impress Major rightsholders and some governments have been promoting the use of so-called ‘trusted flaggers’ to help tackle infringement.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 13, 2024

UEFA is the international body that governs football throughout Europe. Systems are in place to detect and shut down pirate streams within minutes, and social media will be heavily monitored as well. UEFA is not the only organization preparing for the major tournament; pirates are planning ahead as well.

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