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. What does a 200+ year old fox have to say about who owns social media accounts?). ” (Cite to Pierson v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 5, 2022

This is a case focusing on ownership of social media accounts. We blogged this case twice before. See “ Social Media Ownership Disputes Part II: Bridal Wear Company Takes Back Control of Instagram Account from Ex-Employee ” and “ Another Confused Entry in the Social Media Account Ownership Jurisprudence–JLM v. (See

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Based on the Complaint’s allegations, it appears the named Defendants – a private social media company and its legal department – are not subject to liability under Section 1983. 2020) (internet media websites are not government actors under the First Amendment)… Prior blog posts on Perez’s lawsuit ( 1 , 2 ).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 24, 2022

His probation conditions included this restriction: not knowingly post, display or transmit on social media or through his cell phone any symbols or information that [he] knows to be, or that the Probation Officer informs [him] to be, gang-related. JT said the term “social media” was impermissibly vague.

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Kashishipr

MARCH 23, 2022

In this blog, we will understand how social media is becoming the new territory for cybersquatting and shed light on the steps to reduce the issue on different social media platforms. How Cybersquatters Tarnish a Brand on Social Media. While Tony La Russa (the former manager of the St.

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IP Tech Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

A recent California District Court ruling affirmed that Perfect 10’s ruling applied to the embedding of images from social media onto third party websites. the user name and image, user caption, number of likes, and branding of the social media platform). Amazon.com, Inc., What is Embedding? The post Server Test Showdown?

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Nelligan Law

JANUARY 31, 2024

Moreover, the beauty industry’s landscape has been dramatically reshaped by the rise of social media and influencers, creating an additional layer of complexity in our quest for beauty products. While we all appreciate a good bargain, the allure of an unbelievably low price often masks hidden dangers.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 17, 2022

When it comes to promoting, marketing, and advertising, social media is one of the most effective and powerful ways. Content creators and social media influencers work sincerely to build their reputation for expertise in specific industries, products, and topics.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Plaintiffs CAN’T WAIT to sue Internet services using the Texas social media censorship law. Nevertheless, the plaintiffs argued that the law “evidences a strong public policy to protect Texans from wrongful censorship on social media platforms.” appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 12, 2021

Nicklen “urged his social media followers to consider the ‘haunting’ and ‘soul-crushing scene’ and to take steps to mitigate the harms of climate change.” Use of content posted to social media has generated many posts on this blog, starting with AFP v. United Sports.

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Erik K Pelton

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Trademark Tips for Blog Owners. For example, one of my favorite blog titles is a cheese blog called It’s Not You, It’s Brie®. Before committing to a name, blog authors should search the internet and the trademark database at USPTO.gov to make sure it is unique in your industry. Be creative. Use proper trademark symbols.

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Nelligan Law

MARCH 29, 2023

Parents who share every aspect of their children’s lives on social media often do so with the intention of celebrating their children’s milestones and achievements, but they may not realize the potential consequences of their actions. Reading Time: 3 minutes What is “sharenting”? Get consent.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 6, 2022

My smart colleague Daniel posted a terrific new year’s resolution blog yesterday. Less common is the need for a brand to apologize for social posts about drinking. So, this is a legal blog; some might say even a family blog. Make a toast (alcoholic or not) to buttressing your social media processes!

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The court’s ruling raises interesting, but troubling, questions about any government actor’s ability to enable reader comments on social media. In Australia, for example, government actors are dropping social media interactivity out of fear that they might be held liable for any defamatory user posts.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

I’ve blogged some recent cases showing how it’s become really, really hard to win defamation cases over social media content (e.g., The post Social Media Is Often a Defamation-Free Zone…But Not Always–Steak N Shake v. White appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 18, 2022

More commonly, I see litigation over a social media user quoting someone else’s rap lyrics. The post When Will Courts Admit Rap Videos/Lyrics Posted to Social Media as Evidence?–US Wiley appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Implications. Case citation : U.S. Wiley, 2022 WL 2656788 (D.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

My blog post analyzing the law. I can’t blog them all. My blog post. Paxton, the Challenge to Texas’ Social Media Censorship Law appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Earlier this year, Texas enacted a brazenly censorial #MAGA bill, HB 20. Declaration from Stop Child Predators.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Martillo claims that six social media services suspended his accounts because he is an anti-Zionist. The court responds: “the defendants’ social media platforms are not places of ‘public accommodation.’ Are Social Media Services “State Actors” or “Common Carriers”? ” Cites to Lewis v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 5, 2024

First, Voyager Labs allegedly created “thousands of fake accounts to scrape, then sell, platform users’ social media data.” Voyager (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. a UK-based surveillance company. — The opinion was short and focused on a few key facts.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 10, 2024

In the mid-2010s, plaintiffs filed about 20 lawsuits filed around the country seeking to hold social media services liable for allegedly facilitating terrorist attacks. This blog post recaps what’s happened to the Gonzalez case since then. Twitter * Social Media Providers Aren’t Liable for Domestic Mass-Shooting–Retana v.

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Trading Secrets

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

We are pleased to announce that our Trading Secrets blog was included as the top blog in FeedSpot’s Top 10 Trade Secrets Blogs. According to FeedSpot, the list was created “from thousands of blogs on the web and ranked by traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness.”

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JD Supra Law

MAY 13, 2022

Following the success of the previous blog post “A Brief Overview of the Metaverse and the Legal Challenges It Will Present,” we are introducing a new feature for the Tech & Sourcing blog: “Future Watch.”

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

We are pleased to announce that our Trading Secrets blog was included as the top blog in FeedSpot’s Top 10 Trade Secrets Blogs. According to FeedSpot, the list was created “from thousands of blogs on the web and ranked by traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

— Bright Data has long sold the data of all the major social media companies. Power Ventures involved a social media aggregator’s consensual use of its users’ Facebook passwords to access their Facebook accounts. The service that Power Ventures sold was a platform to manage multiple social media platforms together.

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Intellectual Property Brief

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Social media has become a boon for artists because of the relatively easy access to references and ideas to become inspired by. However, the question remains how much creative inspiration can be taken from social media until it crosses the line into copyright infringement?

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JD Supra Law

JULY 9, 2024

By: Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog This marks the latest front in the effort to navigate the interplay between the capability of generative AI and the Right of Publicity for music and voice artists alike.

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IPilogue

JULY 18, 2022

Best Blog in IP Law and Technology Prize for 2021-2022. Four prizes in total are awarded each year to Osgoode students and the winning blog posts are featured in the IPilogue. Gowling WLG Best Blog in IP Law and Technology Prize? Best Blog: Kwangil (David) Park: What is a Method of Medical Treatment? . Gowling WLG ?Best

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The IPKat

JANUARY 2, 2022

We say goodbye to 2021 with the most interesting posts and articles from the surrounding IP blogs of the past week! v EUIPO | Case T-509/19) and the importance of presenting valid arguments for the existence of a link between the marks - even in the case of marks with an exceptional reputation ( Puma v EUIPO | Case T-71/20).

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CopyrightsWorld

MARCH 29, 2022

How do I start a blog? Is blogging a business or a marketing tool? Should you use one social media platform or more? Social media marketing or blogging? Is it expensive and difficult? Which one should you start with? We hope you you find our conversation with Ruth as interesting as we did.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 1, 2024

A couple of years ago, Florida and Texas passed “social media censorship” laws. The laws were not subtle–the bill titles literally told the world that the legislatures were censoring social media. NetChoice appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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IPilogue

JULY 19, 2021

IP Osgoode would like to congratulate the winners of the Gowling WLG Best Blog in IP Law and Technology Prize for 2020-2021. Four prizes in total are awarded each year to Osgoode students and the winning blog posts are featured in the IPilogue. Best Blog Comment : We did not award a winner for this category.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

By: Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog At its annual DevDay conference in early November, OpenAI became the latest major company to address this by offering to indemnify certain users of its ChatGPT chatbot.

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Likelihood of Confusion

AUGUST 31, 2022

Cases involving blogging and social media? How about SLAPP motions in cases involving defamation and blogging and social media and Patterico?! Do you like defamation cases? And what if they’re. The post I’m with Popehat appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Likelihood of Confusion

APRIL 28, 2023

It’s me, on the Michael Malice show, talking about censorship, social media and The Slants case. Republished by Blog Post Promoter The post Malice aforethought appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. Originally posted 2019-03-15 12:32:45.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 2, 2024

By: Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog Within the last two weeks, Virginia amended its existing NIL laws to significantly strengthen student-athlete NIL rights, and the NCAA adopted new NIL rules designed to allow schools to support student-athlete NIL endeavors.

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The Illusion of More

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

One of my first mantras when I started this blog was I hate Twitter, but that was shorthand for the broader view that social media is a trainwreck. Of course, the existential difficulty presented by these platforms is that while they can be highly toxic, as long as the market remains, one must have a […].

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

For example, the most aggressive companies in pursuing web-scraping litigation are the social media companies. And while their terms of use provide the social media companies a license to use that user-generated content, it is their users who typically have a copyright interest in their content.

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