Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 18, 2023

Moritz College of Law The copyright – contract tension Stewart Brand famously said that information wants to be free. The flexibility of contracts makes them a prime candidate for restricting uses that copyright law leaves unprohibited. That still leaves a rather broad space for contract law to effectively limit the use of information.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 16, 2022

The court confirms that to ensure enforceability, consumers should (1) check the box and (2) be advised that checking the box will indicate assent to contract terms. These basic principles “apply with equal force to contracts formed online.” See blog posts on those rulings here and here.). Freedom Financial Network, LLC.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Still, it seems troublesome because it ignores that some contract was formed at point of purchase, and those terms should be relevant to governing the device and possibly whether or not the service TOS is an amendment, a conflicting contract, or something else. BONUS: Additional contracts links from the past six months.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Contracts are a state-law issue. And online contracts, even though they exist in the friction-less, boundary-less world of the internet, are also generally governed by state-law principles. There are relatively few state-court cases with outsized influence in the law of online contracts. By guest blogger Kieran McCarthy.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 26, 2023

Breach of Contract As is common with scraping cases in 2023, just because the scraper prevails on the CFAA claim doesn’t mean the scraper is going to prevail. When doing so, defendant had to agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy. Those terms and privacy policies were hyperlinked. The terms prohibited scraping.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Even if Google’s conduct could be interpreted as a technical violation of many websites’ notoriously overbroad terms of service, their conduct doesn’t meet the criteria for most online breach of contract disputes. Trademark, copyright, trespass to chattels, the law of online contracts—none of this stuff is novel.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 11, 2023

There are significant overlaps and considerations to think of with the roll-out of a privacy policy, consumer protection laws, and a range of different agreements including those related to advertising, purchase and sale, events, and content production freelancer rights.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 25, 2024

In a highly technical ruling, the court rejects Twitter’s CFAA claim on a motion to dismiss and rejects Twitter’s other claims, including breach of contract, on an anti-SLAPP motion to strike. RIPTwitter. * * * Most readers should stop reading the blog post here. Breach of Contract Twitter’s TOS bans scraping.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

That lawsuit has already resulted in two Second Circuit opinions (and three blog posts). Anarchy Has Ensued In Courts’ Handling of Online Contract Formation (Round Up Post). Qwest Gets Mixed Rulings on Contract Arbitration Issue—Grosvenor v. Defective Call-to-Action Dooms Online Contract Formation–Sgouros v. Trilegiant.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

Although privacy invasion has been the main topic of discussion in this virtual context, there is another issue at hand: copyright infringement. The post Ownership, Licensing, and Fair Use of Copyright for Webinars appeared first on Biswajit Sarkar Blog. written in advance).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

I posted a chapter from the book: Online Contracts. Comments to the CPPA’s Proposed Regulations Pursuant to the Consumer Privacy Rights Act of 2020, Aug. Comments on the California Consumer Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) Rulemaking , May 2022. Blog Posts. I’ve blogged 100+ posts so far this year. Attorney General.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2024

The court says “Plaintiffs’ express assent to 1 Hotel’s use of the photograph therefore created an implied license to use the Photograph on Defendant’s “social channels.”” If the consent was legally effective, then it created an express license, not an implied one. ” This is confused. Case Citation : Khachatryan v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

The rightsowner has trademark registrations for the tree-shaped outline: Armed with protectable rights in tree outlines, Car-Freshner has turned into a serial plaintiff, though this is my first time blogging them in-depth. Contract Formation and Amendment The news wasn’t just bad for Facebook on the trademark front.

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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. ” Oof. BrandTotal sought summary judgment that Section 3.2.3

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 17, 2022

Contract Formation. Reminder: a second click is best practice because it reduces risk of contract formation failure, like what happens here). The court doesn’t specify what contract terms gap-fill in the TOS’s absence, but those default rules won’t be as favorable to Roblox as their TOS. Cite to IC v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy The intersection of the Federal Arbitration Act and the law of online contracts has become utterly corrosive to our legal system. The problem with the FAA and online contracts, of course, is that no one is agreeing to arbitrate anything. Consumer Contracts (Tent. Many people think this is true.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

This is a Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) case against a media website, so you have good reason to wonder about the legitimacy and sincerity of the case. CMG appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. The named plaintiff created a WSBTV account by opting to log in using Facebook. CMG Media Corp. 2024 WL 559591 (N.D.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 19, 2023

Whereas this final page bolds certain important information about the trial membership, for instance, that prospective members can “Cancel anytime” and that they will be provided “1 month (and 45 credits) to book any classes [they] want,” no such bolding is applied to the text notice linking to the Terms and Privacy Policy. ” OK boomer.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 2, 2022

Our blog post on the original Ninth Circuit ruling: “ Ninth Circuit Says LinkedIn Wrongly Blocked HiQ’s Scraping Efforts ”.). The court remains skeptical of LinkedIn’s privacy-based arguments: LinkedIn has no protected property interest in the data contributed by its users, as the users retain ownership over their profiles.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 23, 2022

Related posts : “ Amazon Can’t Force Arbitration of Minors’ Privacy Claims Based on Alexa Recordings–BF v. Anarchy Has Ensued In Courts’ Handling of Online Contract Formation (Round Up Post)”. appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. PeopleConnect, Inc. , 21-16040 (9th Cir. March 18, 2022). Facebook ”. Facebook.”.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 7, 2022

This blog will discuss what constitutes a personal data breach, organizational obligations for notifying customers, and how organizations can limit contractual liability for personal data breaches. Data privacy concerns for businesses are on the rise, and organizations need to be prepared for the growing threat and response.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 17, 2023

Also, ignoring copyright licenses is at least arguably copyright infringement, and your fair use claim probably won’t get you out of the lawsuit at the motion to dismiss stage. Plaintiffs have not met their burden to allege facts demonstrating an injury-in-fact sufficient to confer standing for their privacy-based claims.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

“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. ” This is a highly defense-favorable reading of the contract provision. Apple appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. ” Oops.

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Intepat

JUNE 15, 2023

However, this flourishing industry brings forth a multitude of legal challenges, encompassing privacy concerns and intellectual property protection. Hence, the purpose of this blog is to delve into the significance of copyright protection, the limits of protection and the remedies against infringement. What is copyright protection?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Thus, the Terms of Use Agreement is a proper clickwrap contract, and the undisputed facts establish that Lindsey Partridge assented to its terms Case Citation : In re Chaves, 2024 U.S. .'” Publisher/Speaker Claim. ” The three hyperlinks were in a blue font that stood out from the other grey font on the page. LEXIS 23688 (S.D.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

The last time we blogged this case , the district court had sided with JLM, initially restricting Gutman’s use of the social media accounts and then awarding control over the accounts to JLM. Johnson The Spectacular Failure of Employee Social Media Privacy Laws Do Employers Own LinkedIn Groups Created By Employees?–CDM

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Shared sued Facebook for: Shared avers that Meta committed conversion (Claim 1), breach of contract (Claim 3), and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing (Claim 4) in suspending access to Shared’s Facebook pages, contrary to the Facebook Terms of Service.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 29, 2023

The issues pertaining to the rights of VTubers encompass rights to the design of the character, the privacy of the individual, licensing and taking inspiration from an existing character. However, the conversation being considered as a contract between them was unclear regarding the IP rights. 4] Andrew L. 6] Stuart D.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

Breach of Contract : Plaintiffs only alleged a contract claim, based on breach of a non-compete, against the one defendant who had signed the non-compete. It’s helpful to compare and contrast this case with a pair of cases I blogged about last year. Maryland enacted a social media privacy law in 2021.

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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. I started practicing Internet Law in 1994 and first started teaching Internet Law in 1996.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Southwest asserts claims under the CFAA, the Texas computer crime statute, breach of contract, and trademark. Southwest relied on its breach of contract claim when requesting an injunction. Kiwi appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Ninth Circuit Says LinkedIn Wrongly Blocked HiQ’s Scraping Efforts.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

This blog will delve into the reasoning of Van Buren and predict the final decision of HiQ v. Some circuits have held that a violation of policies and contracts such as terms of use and confidentiality agreements is enough to establish liability under the CFAA, while others tend to interpret it narrowly. LinkedIn , 938 F.3d

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 11, 2023

Another 3k+ word post about the jurisprudential chaos in online contract formation law. Ticketmaster, a 9th Circuit memo opinion from 2020 that I did not blog. But ultimately, the onus is on Disney to create a contract formation process so conspicuous that a court can’t reach decisions like this.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

These defense-favorable outcomes may work in the short term; but they leave open the potential liability of the contracting vendors (which may drive them out of the industry, leaving the marketing agent with no one to outsource to) and as well as the marketing agent’s possible secondary liability exposure for the vendors’ activities.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 9, 2022

That said, for risk-averse museums who may (understandably) wish not to serve as a litigation guinea pig, obtaining authorization from the appropriate rights owners through licenses and contracts may be the preferred approach. The legal concerns aside, the use of AR and VR in museums arguably benefits the public.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In the world of IP, blockchain technologies offer real-time possibilities for IP protection, evidence and registration at either the registry stage or in the court when it comes to questions of data security and privacy concerns – a hot topic of recent times. appeared first on Biswajit Sarkar Blog.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In the world of IP, blockchain technologies offer real-time possibilities for IP protection, evidence and registration at either the registry stage or in the court when it comes to questions of data security and privacy concerns – a hot topic of recent times. appeared first on Biswajit Sarkar Blog.

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