Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 18, 2023

Moritz College of Law The copyright – contract tension Stewart Brand famously said that information wants to be free. We know, however, that many laws limit free access and use of information goods, most prominently copyright law (and IP law generally). by guest blogger Prof. Guy Rub , The Ohio State University Michael E.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 16, 2022

The court confirms that to ensure enforceability, consumers should (1) check the box and (2) be advised that checking the box will indicate assent to contract terms. These basic principles “apply with equal force to contracts formed online.” Forming online contracts is not rocket science. Freedom Financial Network, LLC.

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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

While specific responsibility for the program lay with cabinet colleague Ahmed Hussen, internal documents obtained under the Access to Information Act reveal that Rodriguez’s office was well aware of the issue. The documents don’t lie, even if it appears that Pablo Rodriguez does. Rodriguez did none of these things.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 8, 2022

According to The Mercury News , In 2009, she was awarded a no-bid contract to be the sole grant writer for the county. However, it was in 2018 that she was offered an additional contract. This has led to Supervisor Otto Lee calling for an inquiry into the book and the various contracts that were awarded McCorquodale.

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Velocity of Content

JUNE 13, 2023

Scientists in any discipline need to play the role of a data scientist in the process of their research, according to an information professional at a science advocacy nonprofit with whom I spoke recently.

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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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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 27, 2024

As generative AI continues to be a hot topic in board rooms and an unavoidable reality on the front lines of business, leaders must make informed decisions when choosing AI vendors. The integration of AI into your operations can offer substantial benefits, but it also introduces unique risks and challenges.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Businesses can prevent third parties from misusing their valuable and commercially sensitive business information and trade secrets through contracts and the common law in Canada. By: Smart & Biggar

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 2, 2024

This statement sets out OpenAI’s vison for a ‘social contract for content in AI’. However, OpenAI then states that it ‘[feels] that it’s important we contribute to the development of a broadly beneficial social contract for content in the AI age.’ The database of content information that OpenAI could assemble would be vast.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 11, 2023

Another 3k+ word post about the jurisprudential chaos in online contract formation law. But ultimately, the onus is on Disney to create a contract formation process so conspicuous that a court can’t reach decisions like this.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 18, 2024

In this episode of Tech Talks, we discuss the Federal Trade Commission’s recent ban on non-compete agreements and its implications for employers, as well as strategies for protecting confidential information and trade secrets. By: Mayer Brown

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

In particular, the LFP has decided to refer the matter to the interim relief judge in order to obtain an urgent order for DAZN to pay the sums stipulated in the contract and an injunction to perform all of its contractual obligations,” LFP noted. The ambitious target of 1.5

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 30, 2022

Paraphrasing is about taking the facts and information you read in a source and putting them into your own words. One of the major changes in the past decade has been the rise of contract cheating. Contract cheating isn’t easily detected by plagiarism detection tools, which are looking for matching text against a database.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The Institute for Information Law (IViR) at the University of Amsterdam, in collaboration with Kluwer Law International , publisher of the Information Law Series , has launched an online archive of older book volumes published in the series. More volumes in the Series will be added to the online archive in due course.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 31, 2023

. “Plaintiff seeks to hold Twitter liable for decisions regarding “information provided by another information content provider”—that is, information he and the third-party user, rather than Twitter, provided.” Contract Breach. ” Cite to Kimzey. ” Cite to King v. . ” Cite to King v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 17, 2024

If the issue lies in loopholes within the ToS, the solution seems straightforward: draft tighter contracts and perhaps incorporate a browsewrap on your platforms to catch those who don’t hold accounts. X’s breach of contract cases against CCDH for violating its ToS by scraping also didn’t fare well. In 2022, in ML Genius v.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Such rights reservations are often informally described as opt outs. By way of brief overview of data protection law, under the UK GDPR personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 24, 2022

According to American Airlines, this is a violation of their terms of service by encouraging users to hand over their login information to a third party. The app, which was released in September 2021, allows users to link together their various frequent flyer accounts, including American Airlines AAdvantage program.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 28, 2022

This prompted Walkie Check to sue for breach of an implied contract, unjust enrichment and copyright infringement. Visitors to these websites will now get a message from the Department of Justice indicating that the sites have been seized, and users will then be redirected to addition information.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Pirates Can Be Very Persistent While Operation Creative has been financed from the public purse for over a decade, almost no information is made available to the public. The contract was eventually awarded to Bristol-based Calvium Limited, which according to its website already works with the NHS and the Department of Transport.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 28, 2024

More information here. More information is available here. More information here. More information here. More information is available here. IViR and Kluwer Law International have launched an online archive of the Information Law Series. 10th session of the WIPO Conversation. 34th IPA Congress.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 21, 2024

Trade secret and contract claims often travel together. For example, a failed collaboration that involved the exchange of confidential information may result in the disclosing party alleging that the recipient both misappropriated trade secrets and breached the parties' confidentiality agreement. By: Holland & Knight LLP

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

Taking any action based upon information provided by them may be difficult as the results are not transparent. Can detect essay mill and other forms of contract cheating. Taking any action based upon information provided by them may be difficult as the results are not transparent. What information will be in that watermark?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2021

“To the extent the contract pertains to use of Peloton’s Services (e.g., ” The idea is that sometimes nonsignatories get benefits from a contract sufficient to impose the contract terms on them anyways. ” Thus, the nonparties cannot be swept into the contract. That’s Contracts Law 101.

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The IPKat

MARCH 31, 2025

The second is the Summer Course on EU Digital and Information Technology Law , which will take place online between 15 and 16 September 2025.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 23, 2022

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

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The appellate court summarizes its conclusion: However denominated, Prager’s state law causes of action target providers of an interactive computer service in their capacity as publishers restricting access to Prager’s information content—i.e., Prager tried a variety of contract-based workarounds to Section 230.

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The IPKat

APRIL 25, 2024

Here’s what they write: Generative AI, originality, and the potential role of contract in protecting unoriginal works by Adrian Aronsson-Storrier and Oliver Fairhurst Artificial Kat Over the past two years the IPKat has hosted debate on the question of whether the outputs of generative AI tools are protected under copyright law.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 3, 2024

While it is true that some of the specifics are difficult to discern, there is considerable publicly available information on just how much was used during parts of the period claim that starts in 2015. For example, we know that Common Crawl was the dominant source for by far the most number of tokens training ChatGPT 3.0.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 9, 2022

However, this raises a bigger question: What would one do with this information? But it’s difficult to see how this could serve as definitive proof of ghostwriting or contact cheating without additional information. Applying the Findings. To be clear, this is extremely useful. Bottom Line.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 22, 2022

The lawsuit relates to “information that he, rather than Twitter, provided. Rangel mistakenly believes that he himself cannot be a third-party information provider under this provision, but this view has been repeatedly rejected.” This covers the breach of contract claim too. Contract breach. Cite to King v.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 20, 2022

We’re pleased to inform you that The Screenwriters Association (SWA) is urgently looking to recruit a full-time Legal Officer to be based at its office in Mumbai. SWA strives to help members protect their intellectual property and its value by way of guiding them in negotiating contracts that are fair to them. Responsibilities.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 11, 2023

Despite widespread public interest in these arrangements, the government has consistently rejected Right to Information (RTI) applications requesting this information. However, the government has refused to provide information regarding these arrangements. Many articles (e.g. To be sure, this is not a blanket exemption.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 9, 2023

Some work highlights for me personally were: drafting a procurement contract, investigating the Patented Medicines Prices Review Board (“PMPRB”) Draft Guidelines, and drafting a response to an Access to Information request. AstraZeneca is a global company, some contracts can require engaging in services in other countries.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 16, 2024

There is no definite definition of trade secrets, it includes extensive range of information of commercial and technical nature. According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) , “trade secrets are intellectual property rights on confidential information which may be sold or licensed.”

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IPilogue

JULY 29, 2022

While artists may inherently feel like they are “held hostage” by their record labels, it all comes down to the contract terms that both the artist and record label agreed upon. Common contract terms found in recording agreements include rights granted, producer royalties, and promotions.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 8, 2023

In particular, face scanning seemingly directly conflict with biometric privacy laws, such as Illinois’ BIPA, which provide substantial restrictions on the collection, use, and retention of biometric information. The court summarizes BIPA Sec. In all likelihood, BIPA consent would require, at minimum, a two-click process to proceed.

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