The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In August, the Constitution and Human Rights Division of the High Court of Kenya issued a decision on the question of image rights and its relationship with privacy rights and data protection laws in Kenya. Background The Petitioner, Wanjiru was an alumna of the respondent, Machakos University. Paragraph 31]. See paragraphs 47 and 55.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 9, 2022

NBA star Zion Williamson has more to celebrate than his recently announced five-year maximum rookie contract extension with the New Orleans Pelicans , worth up to $239 million. Williamson was also victorious in a lawsuit he filed against his former agent Gina Ford, and her agency Prime Sports Marketing LLC (“Prime Sports”).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

The outer limits of the conversion claim are where some documents representing the intangibles are improperly transferred to the defendant (such as stock certificates, promissory notes, or life insurance policies). Maryland enacted a social media privacy law in 2021. The Spectacular Failure of Employee Social Media Privacy Laws.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 7, 2022

Canada: Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”). Data privacy concerns for businesses are on the rise, and organizations need to be prepared for the growing threat and response. The European Union: General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). Contractual Obligations.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 2, 2022

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. Case 3:17-cv-03301-EMC, Document 219. With that said, the Ninth Circuit did some serious hand-waving on the privacy issues.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 10, 2023

[i] The primary objective behind such a regulation is to deal with new and emerging challenges in digital lending landscape such as unbridled engagement of third parties, mis-selling, breach of data privacy, unfair business conduct, charging of exorbitant interest rates, and unethical recovery practices used by lending platforms.

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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

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Verify the third-party seller’s identity, principal place of business, and contact information through “reliable documentation, including to the extent possible some form of government-issued identification.” Normally trademark owners aren’t third-party beneficiaries of that contract. Who Cares About Privacy?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In today’s era, where the whole world has turned to virtual means, blockchain as a technology is gathering everyone’s attention and showing accelerating growth in its market. The system allowed the certificate issuer to match user credentials with a specific certificate digitally. to various entities dealing with the same.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In today’s era, where the whole world has turned to virtual means, blockchain as a technology is gathering everyone’s attention and showing accelerating growth in its market. The system allowed the certificate issuer to match user credentials with a specific certificate digitally. to various entities dealing with the same.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In today’s era, where the whole world has turned to virtual means, blockchain as a technology is gathering everyone’s attention and showing accelerating growth in its market. The system allowed the certificate issuer to match user credentials with a specific certificate digitally. to various entities dealing with the same.

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Herbert Smith Freehills

AUGUST 2, 2022

FTI Consulting is a market-leading global consultancy that has assisted clients with many of the world's largest, highest-profile antitrust investigations. 1 Michael Grenfell, the Executive Director of Enforcement at the UK Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA"), has also publicly warned of more home raids.

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43(B)log

JUNE 29, 2023

GDPR has become a gold standard but how much do we know about whether it’s enforced or whether it makes any difference in people’s actual level of privacy? US pushes to provide alternative standards—crossborder privacy regulation as an alternative. This type of content provision is growing enormously, as w/Microsoft’s use of AI.

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Traverse Legal Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

STR platforms, including Airbnb, allow the STR host and their guest to enter into short term rental agreements, enforceable under contract law, set the rental terms and house policies and control their cancellation policy to create predictable cash flow. TOS; Section 3).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 17, 2023

Plaintiffs have not met their burden to allege facts demonstrating an injury-in-fact sufficient to confer standing for their privacy-based claims. Plaintiffs’ claims for breach of the GitHub Privacy Policy and Terms of Service, violation of the CCPA, and negligence are dismissed with leave to amend. But not so, says the court.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 29, 2023

Bungie Asks Court For More Time Earlier this month, Bungie was awarded over $16 million against a single defendant, with claims spanning copyright law, breach of contract, and civil RICO violations. By June 2022, Bungie had a $13.5 In this case, none of that data relates to the Romanian Copyright Office.

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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. In addition to regularly reviewing IP assets, a company should regularly make sure that its privacy and data use policies comport with the manner in which it collects and uses customer and employee data.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 27, 2024

The court also says the disclosure was sufficiently conspicuous: Directly beneath the operative Play button is the following: “By tapping ‘Play’ I agree to the Terms of Service” or “By tapping ‘Play’ I accept the Terms of Use and acknowledge the Privacy Policy,” depending on the app’s version. Case Citation : Keebaugh v. 22-55982 (9th Cir.

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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. In addition to regularly reviewing IP assets, a company should regularly make sure that its privacy and data use policies comport with the manner in which it collects and uses customer and employee data.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 6, 2023

The proposed rule does not apply to noncompete provisions imposed upon 25% owners of a business in transaction documents related to the sale of the business. labor markets. The term “worker” covers paid staff in addition to independent contractors and unpaid staff. ” [4].

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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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