LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2022

Defendants are five former network salespeople of Belle Cosmetics, who plaintiff alleges, helped design and launch a competing product line for a company called Juvanae LLC. This will be an interesting case to follow, in particular what the court considers “reasonable efforts” with respect to materials posted in a Facebook group.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 29, 2023

It varies from creating an alternate persona on a social media account to voicing an animated character in a movie. 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. 6] Stuart D.

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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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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 9, 2022

The museum industry, it would seem, is taking note of technology’s growing role in its operations, particularly in regards to visitor engagement and staying relevant in a social media-driven society where declining visitation rates have only been exacerbated by the ongoing pandemic.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

For a succinct background on NFTs, see Your NFT Playbook , by our colleagues Kyle Fath, Alan Friel, and Carlton Daniel, posted in Consumer Privacy World. NFTs also may embody or use trademarks. As artists, commentators, and parodists flock to this new medium, the headaches for intellectual property owners have multiplied.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 27, 2022

Today’s example is AB 2273, the Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (AADC), Before we get overwhelmed by the bill’s details, I’ll highlight three crucial concerns: First, the bill pretextually claims to protect children, but it will change the Internet for EVERYONE. Age-Appropriate Design Code.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

For a succinct background on NFTs, see Your NFT Playbook , by our colleagues Kyle Fath, Alan Friel, and Carlton Daniel, posted in Consumer Privacy World. NFTs also may embody or use trademarks. As artists, commentators, and parodists flock to this new medium, the headaches for intellectual property owners have multiplied.

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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. A special note about customer data.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

These contract law provisions, totally alien to the Irish legal tradition, are designed to apply in negotiations and contractual relationships between artists and commercial exploiters of their works, including social media platforms and streaming services.

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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. A special note about customer data.

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SpicyIP

JULY 27, 2021

It seeks to protect and expand the right to freedom of speech, right to dignity and equality, right to assembly and association, and the right to privacy in the digital age, through rigorous academic research, policy intervention, and capacity building. Analyst and Project Officer. with Senior Staff members.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Union of India [1] , established that privacy is an essential Fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution. Unauthorised use of someone’s identity is a violation of both their personality rights and their basic right to privacy. The Court rejected the privacy defence, which is often employed in IP proceedings.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

Meanwhile, product design is the real Section 230 battlefront today, and the Lemmon case is the flagship case for that line of litigation. Verio ruling (both the contracts and TTC portions) and the Hamidi ruling. The chapter makes a nice module to add discussion about online contracts to another course. Contracts Meyer v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 20, 2021

He shared this story on social media with the “#airbnbwhileblack” hashtag, which went viral. ” The court explains: Airbnb’s screen used a simple design. Directly below the three buttons, it stated: “By signing up, I agree to Airbnb’s Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Guest Refund Policy, and Host Guarantee Terms.”

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The Supreme Court looked into a wide variety of issues such as oxygen and Covid-19 drugs shortage, equitable pricing of vaccines, protection of health workers, possibility of invoking compulsory licenses and the clampdown on free speech on social media platforms. The Karnataka and Orissa High Courts too have dealt with similar matters.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Emma Perot, Publicity Rights, Celebrity Contracts, and Social Norms: Industry Practices in the US and UK Fenty v Topshop: Misrepresentation/passing off theories were successful for Rihanna in UK. Influence of law, desire to contract, social norms. Desire to contract: contracts clearly define scope of rights.

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Intepat

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The visual technology and design capabilities are developing at a rapid pace where the metaverse will allow users to interact with virtual objects in real life with real-time information. The conventional internet and social media, as we know it, is referred to as the Web2.0 – Data protection and privacy issues.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 28, 2022

This is a lawsuit between a wedding gown company, JLM, and Hayley Paige Gutman, a designer/influencer who worked for JLM. For background, check out my post on the district court’s ruling here: “ Social Media Ownership Disputes Part II: Bridal Wear Company Takes Back Control of Instagram Account from Ex-Employee ”.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Thus, nonexpressive uses don’t interfere w/the kind of interest © is designed to protect, which is why they are such strong candidates for fair use. 3) reasonable measures to safeguard privacy interests. (4) Expand social media monitoring. Yoo, Common Carriage and Social Media Hating on social media is bipartisan.

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Intepat

JUNE 6, 2024

This technique raises serious privacy and intellectual property (IP) problems since it uses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze biometric data. The architecture and design of biometric systems can be complex, and therefore consensus is needed on the functions and meanings of biometrics. How is Biometric Data driven by AI?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 26, 2024

To avoid this kind of deadlock, a new technological infrastructure and a new social contract with technology become necessary. Our AI knowledge twins house our personal publications, which we make available to our social media followers and students through this new interface.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Florida made a splash enacting its social media censorship bill SB 7072 , only to have a federal district court immediately enjoin it. the Texas legislature tried to one-up Florida with HB 20 , its own social media censorship bill. Undeterred by Florida’s futility (and perhaps envious of it?),

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

Moreover, there is nothing to suggest that the CFRA was designed to be used as a defense to a private breach of contract action. Rivals * MIT Technology Review : This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI (regarding “Nightshade”) Privacy * FTC v. Consumer Reviews * Route App, Inc.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 6, 2023

The case involves an interesting interplay between copyright law, entertainment contracts and the First Amendment. In September 2021, Coakley issued his “Director’s Statement” on social media to coincide with Runt ‘s official release. In one notable case, Balsley v. LFP , Inc. ,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 31, 2022

Definition of “Hateful conduct” means “the use of a social media network to vilify, humiliate, or incite violence against a group or a class of persons on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnicity, national origin, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.”

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43(B)log

JUNE 29, 2023

Impulse Statement: Sean Flynn: Data protection can be seen as protecting right to privacy but can interfere with right to research. Duty to protect: duty to regulate third parties—protecting both privacy rights and researchers in data held by third parties. How far that goes (overriding contracts, © claims, TPMs) is unclear.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 27, 2022

First, governments can never successfully operate a social media service. Of course, mobs, riots, rebellions, pogroms, lynchings, and other coordinated killings have taken place throughout human history, well before social media existed. social media has played an outsized role in finding and prosecuting the insurrection.

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