Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 26, 2022

“Web3 cannot and should not be reduced to blockchain when the real shift is towards user ownership of digital assets… This definitional shift focuses attention on what assets can be legally owned and the meaning of ownership “rights,” more generally, in the emerging digital spaces of web3.”. . user ownership of digital assets)?

Ownership 114

Ownership IP Non-Fungible Tokens Technology 114

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. ” Does this mean that courts will reject any claim, including a TTC claim, that could lead to “information monopolies”?

Cease and Desist 111

Cease and Desist Contracts Privacy Business 111

IPilogue

JULY 28, 2021

An entity’s unauthorized use of a photographer’s image engages many legal issues: invasion of privacy , defamation , and violation of the right of publicity , to name a few. Section 13(3) states that if the photographer was contracted for work, the photos taken belong to their employer. In this post, I will focus on the Copyright Act.

Copyright Infringement 112

Copyright Infringement Copyright Social Media Ownership 112

LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The law does not apply to contracts covering confidential and proprietary information, protection of trade secrets, or inventions assignment agreements. Contract lawyers know that to be enforceable a promise must be supported by consideration. One-size-fits-all contracts always need fine-tuning. Mandatory Review.

Contracts 59

Contracts Confidentiality Privacy Ownership 59

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 17, 2022

Contract Formation. Reminder: a second click is best practice because it reduces risk of contract formation failure, like what happens here). The court doesn’t specify what contract terms gap-fill in the TOS’s absence, but those default rules won’t be as favorable to Roblox as their TOS. Section 230.

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Contracts Publishing Licensing Editing 125

IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Layered by the blockchain, cryptocurrency and NFT driven Web3 technology whose decentralised approach allows buyers total ownership over their purchases in the virtual universe, the Metaverse has been steadily gaining financial, cultural and social traction in the world. Contract Law .

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Contracts Law Technology Privacy 52

LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2022

” Defendants first argued that the network of salespeople and customer lists on Facebook were owned by them, as they have ownership interests in their Facebook profiles, and that because each defendant’s Facebook friends could see the rest of their friend network, these lists were not confidential.

Marketing 52

Marketing Marketing Confidentiality Social Media 52

TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2023

All claim to be the best, but some are more privacy-conscious than others. When it comes to privacy and anonymity, an outsider can’t offer any guarantees. Many of these questions relate to privacy and security, and the various companies answer them here in their own words. The VPN review business is flourishing as well.

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Privacy IP Technology Reporting 137

The IPKat

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Amongst other things, the Act also establishes a National Rights Registry (NRR ) , which is the central repository collating details pertaining to the ownership of various copyright works. The NRR allows copyright holders to register and view/download copyright certificates digitally.

Copyright 118

Copyright IP Music Ownership 118

LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Each agreement required Mucho Pizza commit to not communicating, divulging, or otherwise using for another party’s benefit these trade secrets and confidential information. The Papa Texas affiliate was owned by Mr. Perales, and he began actively promoting his ownership of CiCis and Papa John’s franchises shortly thereafter.

Confidentiality 52

Confidentiality Intellectual Property Litigation Ownership 52

JIPEL Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

HiQ is a data analytics company that uses automated bots to scrape public information from LinkedIn users’ profiles, including name, job title, and work history. It then uses an algorithm to yield “people analytics” based on the information and sells them to business clients for profit. To begin, let’s recall the basic facts of HiQ v.

Contracts 40

Contracts Licensing Copying Confidentiality 40

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

It is basically an open ledge comprising of information that is used to track and store transactions and can also be verified and exchanged on a peer-to-peer network. The ledger consists of unalterable digitally recorded information in packages called blocks. It also provides a cost-effective way to accelerate such processes.

Technology 52

Technology Patent IP Invention 52

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

It is basically an open ledge comprising of information that is used to track and store transactions and can also be verified and exchanged on a peer-to-peer network. The ledger consists of unalterable digitally recorded information in packages called blocks. It also provides a cost-effective way to accelerate such processes.

Technology 52

Technology Patent IP Invention 52

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

It is basically an open ledge comprising of information that is used to track and store transactions and can also be verified and exchanged on a peer-to-peer network. The ledger consists of unalterable digitally recorded information in packages called blocks. It also provides a cost-effective way to accelerate such processes.

Technology 52

Technology Patent IP Invention 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 17, 2023

What does all that mean for companies looking to develop generative AI, and the online sources of their training data that might be looking to stop them? ¯_(ツ)_/¯ We can infer from this opinion that treatment of Copyright Management Information (“CMI”) will be tricky for generative AI developers. Complaint at 31. But not so, says the court.

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Blogging Licensing Privacy Copyright Notice 128

43(B)log

AUGUST 4, 2023

RT: [So one factor that might be silent here is outsourcing/contracting: b/c the military no longer makes its own stuff and seems institutionally incapable of imagining that it might, it is dependent on outside contractors, and if they won’t do it, too bad. Permits member states to require re-investment of streaming revenue locally.

Copyright 52

Copyright Fair Use Marketing Marketing 52

LexBlog IP

MARCH 27, 2023

Wikipedia), articles, and other information available on the Internet. ChatGPT was trained in early 2022, so it is aware of data, news, and information up to that time. That is, OpenAI admits that ChatGPT usually guesses what a user intended if a query is ambiguous, which can lead to incorrect information (e.g.,

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Intellectual Property IP Inventor Copyright 52

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 6, 2023

Notably, the rule would require employers to rescind all existing noncompete clauses and inform both former and current workers that their noncompete clauses are no longer in effect. The proposal is subject to a 60-day public comment period commencing when the Federal Register publishes the proposed rule.

Contracts 52

Contracts Business Publishing Ownership 52

SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

NFTs (Non-fungible tokens), which act as a certificate of ownership for whatever the creator puts up for sale, allow artists to set their preferred terms of contract while making sales. She criticises the judgment because the Court based its reasoning solely on privacy without any justifications rooted in property rights.

Advertising 105

Advertising Advertising Non-Fungible Tokens Intellectual Property 105

SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

Further, the Court specifically addressed the use of social media platforms by citizens to voice their grievances and stated that such use during a crisis can in no way be termed misinformation and it noted that it would treat any clampdown on free exchange of information as contempt of court. Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd.

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IP Intellectual Property Copyright Trademark 143

Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 26, 2024

What happens to information created by online newspapers, magazines, and bloggers if Google does not provide links to their content? The introduction of the notion of “AI Assistants” in popular jargon could be seen as an attempt to suggest that the way people consume information online is evolving.

Copyright 102

Copyright Content Creation Fair Use Technology 102

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 ongoing debate about inventorship and ownership is significant, as AI may follow the trend of computer-implemented inventions where the inventor is still human.

IP 52

IP Intellectual Property Privacy Technology 52

SpicyIP

JUNE 13, 2022

Change in titles su ggests a shift in focus – from protection of privacy to regulation of data as an asset. It obligates the State (which adopts the technology and therefore determines the means and purpose of processing personal data) to make available information about fairness of the algorithms that it uses.

Confidentiality 129

Confidentiality Technology Government Ownership 129

43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

3) reasonable measures to safeguard privacy interests. (4) Not transparent/information asymmetry for consumers. Most common reason: change of ownership or structure, merger, acquisition, sponsorship change, shift from private to public, demerger Change in corporate strategy—globalization or localization, diversify or divest.

Social Media 52

Social Media Fair Use Advertising Advertising 52

Copyright Lately

MARCH 6, 2023

The company also asserts copyright ownership in two “director’s statements” written by Coakley about the alleged on-set bullying, as well as in Coakley’s planned derivative project about the making of Runt.

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Copyright Derivative Work Fair Use Social Media 80