LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

There are formal contracts to outline the finer points and, in such cases, licensed professionals are involved to help the athlete understand their legal obligations. Further, it is more likely to be a verbal agreement or one made over social media. To form a contract, three main ingredients are required.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 14, 2022

The new 2022 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract (the 2022 Contract), which is retroactively effective to April 1, 2022, appears to offer certain benefits to advertiser and agency signatories of the Commercials Contract, particularly JPC authorizers, as well as Union member performers.

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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. Jones-based personal jurisdiction over Snap based on the plaintiffs’ allegations that: Defendants acted intentionally when they entered into contracts with M.K., Snap has entered into contracts with thousands of Oregon residents.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 15, 2024

3) What is the effect of open source licenses on the AI model that uses only some open source components? (4) There are many AI models that claim to be open source – just as there are multiple forms of open source licenses , from permissive licenses (e.g. MIT License or Apache License ) to less permissive licenses (e.g.

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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. sued Bright Data for trespass to chattels, breach of contract, tortious interference with a contract, violation of California Business and Professions Code Section 17200, and misappropriation. In November 2023, X corp. May 9, 2024).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

As alleged in the complaint, plaintiffs operated a bakery known as “La Baguette,” and hired defendants to manage aspects of the business. Defendants also managed the social media presence of the “La Baguette” business, which primarily consisted of a Facebook page. It had approximately 4,000 followers.

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Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The duo were pitching for a 50k investment in return for a 10% cut in their dog safety gate business, The Dog-G8 Company. The Dragons’ ears pricked up when Peter told them that the company had joined the popular social media channel TikTok, where three of their videos had gained 27.7 IP can be ‘licensed-out’ or ‘licensed-in’.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 4, 2024

Thus, Lady Freethinker sued YouTube for breach of contract and related claims. (A I’m ignoring the complicating effects of various social media censorship laws that may require Internet services to enforce their TOSes as written, a requirement I think is unconstitutional). ” [Discussing Cross v. .”

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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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The TTABlog

JUNE 26, 2024

To prove intent to begin use, Respondent must produce evidence showing that, under its particular circumstances, its activities are those that a reasonable business with a bona fide intent to use the mark in United States [('U.S.')] commerce would have undertaken." entity, and, ultimately, entered into contracts for U.S. created a U.S.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 11, 2023

The Globe and Mail is Canada’s foremost news media company, a nationally-distributed newspaper with one of the largest circulations in Canada. The newspaper’s print and digital formats reach over 6 million readers every week, with Report on Business magazine reaching over 2.5 million readers every issue in print and digital.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

January: The year kicked off in Tanzania with the news that the Parliamentary Standing Committee in Tanzania received a report from the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Sports addressing its efforts to review and improve the loopholes found in the Copyright Licensing and Rights to Benefit from Re-Sale Regulations, 2022.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2023

In 2016, Congress enacted the Consumer Review Fairness Act (CRFA), which bans businesses from trying to contractually restrict their customers’ reviews. At the time of passage, I’m not sure how many businesses were actually using contracts to control their customers’ reviews, but it was a growing trend.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 25, 2024

It’s a reminder of why Twitter will never be profitable again (it’s dissipating its cash on wasteful litigation instead of building a non-cesspool business), and that check will be yet another embarrassing confirmation of Musk’s hypocrisy and fragile ego. Breach of Contract Twitter’s TOS bans scraping.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 31, 2022

Whether creating a social media account, signing up a for an online service, or just trying to get to bank statements, more and more businesses are linking to their standard terms and conditions online for suppliers and customers. Two Types of Online Contracts. But just how enforceable are these? Click-wrap Agreements.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MARCH 6, 2024

PopSugar allegedly created profiles of prominent social media influencers and copied their photos from Instagram without permission, leading to a class action lawsuit. Licensing Publicity Rights: A Lucrative Yet Risky Venture Many have sought to get ahead of the curve and capitalize on their publicity rights with AI.

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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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TorrentFreak

MAY 17, 2022

It is unlikely that these features will appear on a licensed mainstream service but that doesn’t stop subscribers from desiring them. for a ‘lifetime’ license. You agree that as a condition of your license, you will not: i. People Want to Download and Keep Movies & TV Shows. Copyright Law and DRM.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

I refer to “data snarfers” as businesses that aggregate (via scraping or APIs) lots of sensitive online personal information to offer analytics, business/competitive intelligence, and similar services. Law students, this is one of many reasons why your 1L Contracts class is so important. ” Oof.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The United States Supreme Court is presently deciding whether to review a Second Circuit case that gave Google a free pass to scrape the content from another business’ website. The business that got scraped (Genius Media Group, “GMC”) provides an online platform for music enthusiasts who transcribe song lyrics.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 6, 2024

PopSugar allegedly created profiles of prominent social media influencers and copied their photos from Instagram without permission, leading to a class action lawsuit. Licensing Publicity Rights: A Lucrative Yet Risky Venture Many have sought to get ahead of the curve and capitalize on their publicity rights with AI.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Prager tried a variety of contract-based workarounds to Section 230. Going beyond the contracts, Prager looks to various “promises” it alleges that defendants made through public-facing comments. the same “Good Samaritan” screening that Congress has elected to protect from liability under state law.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

I understand a lot of you may be upset that I saw a photo on social media and loved it enough to imitate it in a very different style. Three years later, she licensed one of those photos of Vanity Fair who, with permission, commissioned a new work based on it by Andy Warhol. However, that doesn’t excuse this behavior.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 23, 2021

Taylor Swift is notorious for hiding secret messages in her lyrics , music videos , and social media. A 2008 fire that wiped out an estimated 500,000 masters at Universal studios has been called “the biggest disaster in the history of the music business.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Its business model is to sell highly discounted flights at, near, or below cost and then to make additional profits by selling ancillary services such as food, drinks, rental cars, hotels, and insurance on their site and on their flights. Everyone can access the system—except those whose technology and services threaten their business model.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 26, 2022

JLM Couture v Hailey Paige Gutman : Second Circuit decision involving an intellectual property dispute between a high-profile influencer and her business partner. The parties are now fighting over control and ownership of certain social media accounts created during the pendency of Ms. Hayley Paige is a bridal gown designer.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 16, 2022

NFTs are data units stored on a blockchain used to transfer ownership of physical items or digital media with smart contracts. It is also imperative to consider language in licensing agreements to avoid issues that may occur with licensees using marks in the virtual world. The NFTs act to authenticate these items.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

Previously, no legislative framework existed in Ireland for qualified users such as educational establishments and cultural heritage institutions to pursue these public policy goals in digital settings (see Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation public consultation on the transposition of Directive).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 14, 2022

15 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (CDSM), the EU legislator wanted to aid press publishers in licensing and enforcing their rights in press publications. Platforms are also under the obligation to contract with the press publishers requesting so and pay them a fair remuneration. Freedom to negotiate.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

For trademarks, a good place to start is the company’s marketing and promotional materials, website, mobile app, and social media. Don’t overlook company social media accounts, domain names, and toll-free numbers, which may also serve as potential trademarks.

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 10, 2022

On the other hand, it clearly distinguishes those with an economic copyright interest from those without one while setting forth two clear paths for reuse: licensing for the former, copyright exception for the latter. The options ranged from no change to UK law, to improving the licensing environment, to offering new copyright exceptions.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

2, 2022): Nor does personal jurisdiction arise out of the Film Defendants’ so-called “advertising strategy,” which allegedly “featured a significant push on social media[ ] targeting Washington, DC residents via Instagram and Facebook.” targeted social media advertising. Parker, 2022 WL 17403220 (D.D.C.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

Different social media service, same result–case dismissed. She ran a business selling adult toys and promoted the business on her Instagram account. The court dismisses the plaintiff’s claims: Breach of Contract. This is yet another account termination case. She claims she generated $10k/week in sales.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

For trademarks, a good place to start is the company’s marketing and promotional materials, website, mobile app, and social media. Don’t overlook company social media accounts, domain names, and toll-free numbers, which may also serve as potential trademarks.

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IPilogue

JULY 28, 2022

Other songs like Olivia Rodrigo’s “Driver’s License” and Doja Cat’s “Say So Remix” have also achieved remarkable success after being featured in viral TikTok trends. A Record Label is a Business. Record labels, like several companies, have turned to TikTok and other social media platforms to market their products.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 27, 2022

To do the authentication, businesses will be forced to collect personal information they don’t want to collect and consumers don’t want to give, and that data collection creates extra privacy and security risks for everyone. Second, even if businesses treated all consumers (i.e., NO ONE WANTS THIS. Bye bye casual browsing.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 22, 2023

The CJPA engages with a critical problem in our society: how to ensure the production of socially valuable journalism in the face of the Internet’s changes to journalists’ business models? We should encourage journalists to build sustainable business models. CJPA does the opposite. Who is a Covered Platform?

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