Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Normally trademark owners aren’t third-party beneficiaries of that contract. Any error on country-of-origin disclosures sets up the third-party sellers for false advertising claims. Per Malwarebytes , the online marketplace should qualify for Section 230 protection for the Lanham Act false advertising claims).

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Trademark False Advertising Advertising Advertising 138

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Kelly Harris: In Canada, Competition Bureau brought enforcement action against FB for misleading privacy representations even though it’s a free service. Certain procedural requirements: must be able to see & save a copy of the disclosures/contract w/in 15 days, via email receipt for example.

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Advertising Advertising Law Privacy 40

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FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Harms: speech, consumer protection (false advertising/disappointed expectations), competition/antitrust, innovation/fair use, interoperability, accessibility, security and privacy, environmental harms of unrepairable devices. Amazon went into users’ Kindles and removed copies of Orwell’s 1984. Property v. property: TM v.

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Privacy Fair Use Fanworks Government 59

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AUGUST 3, 2023

Are the outputs copies of the training data? Copying takes place prior to training; converted into tokens and training is a process of adjusting weights in the model, not copying tokens. 3) reasonable measures to safeguard privacy interests. (4) 57% say sellers could be liable for false etc.

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Social Media Fair Use Advertising Advertising 52

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FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Businesses harm consumers only in a few ways—false advertising, monopoly prices, defective products. Business frame obscures broader privacy harms. If something isn’t protected by IP, it’s free for copying. We like copying! Confusion is what we try to avoid, not copying. As an IP person, has qualms.

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Law Branding Brands Branding 119