Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2021

This is the latest dubious Internet Law ruling from the Eighth Circuit. The court also created a new definition of browsewrap that further plunges online contract formation law into anarchy. * * *. Zeidenberg and the 23andMe litigation. Other dubious rulings in 2021 include Select Comfort v. Baxter and Campbell v.

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Olartemoure Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Commercial agency contracts’ regulation in Colombia remains a challenge for both attorneys and clients. Such broad definition traditionally implies that almost every commercial relationship will end in a Commercial Agency litigation if not properly limited by the parties from its beginning. In fact, in the decision CSJ SC, 1° jul.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 11, 2023

Another 3k+ word post about the jurisprudential chaos in online contract formation law. In re: StubHub Refund Litigation , No. But ultimately, the onus is on Disney to create a contract formation process so conspicuous that a court can’t reach decisions like this. 22-15879 (9th Cir. ” I disagree.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

1: Megan Roup Seeks Dismissal in Fitness Routine Copyright, Contract Lawsuit. First off today, The Fashion Law reports that trainer Megan Roup has filed for the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by fellow trainer Tracy Anderson over allegedly copyright-infringing exercise routines. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 16, 2022

1: New Tools to Detect Contract Cheating. That caused many students to look to contract cheating, either locally or through online essay mills. Contract cheating is a much more complicated issue to detect and stop as one can’t simply search for the text. 3: Increased Litigation Around Academic Integrity.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Someone has referred you here because you’ve said something wrong about the laws related to web scraping in the United States. The law related to web scraping is far too nuanced to make such a declarative statement. Don’t worry! You’re not alone.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This outcome is consistent with other “Internet of Things” cases, such as the 23andMe litigation (and, in a sense, the ProCD v. BONUS: Additional contracts links from the past six months. Applying the Ninth Circuit’s Berman case , the court says Uber’s contract formation was a “browsewrap.” Zeidenberg case from way back when).

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

A litigation regarding patent ownership rights is heating up in the Delaware Court of Chancery, a court of equity that is an atypical forum for pharmaceutical company and intellectual property disputes. CyDex) filed a breach of contract action against Bexson Biomedical, Inc. CyDex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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SpicyIP

MAY 10, 2022

We’re pleased to inform you that Wadhwa Law Chambers headed by Kapil Wadhwa is looking to recruit three Associates for their IP Litigation and IP Prosecution teams. For further details , please see the job description below: Call for Applications: Associate Positions at Wadhwa Law Chambers, New Delhi. Image from here.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] 1] He is also an adjunct professor at American University Washington College of Law. litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 22, 2025

Focusing on two thematic areas the Pharma Stack; and Creativity, Culture, and Contracts, participants will also engage in activities such as role-playing and simulations, case studies, debates, and dialogues synthesizing law, ethics, and political economy. More details on the course can be found in the brochure here.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

In 2014, California enacted AB2365 , sometimes called the “Yelp law,” codified at Cal. The law prohibits businesses from suppressing consumer reviews (on Yelp or elsewhere). Thus, more likely, this law is one of thousands of laws that the California legislature passes with some hype but then gets widely ignored.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2021

It’s a reminder that you must consider how you will introduce evidence of contract formation in addition to worrying about the contract terms and formation process. “To the extent the contract pertains to use of Peloton’s Services (e.g., ” Thus, the nonparties cannot be swept into the contract.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 20, 2022

SWA also addresses members’ complaints against producers, directors, broadcasters, studios or even other writers, regarding violation of their contracts, or infringement of their copyright, credit denial, etc. The candidate must hold at least a bachelor’s degree in law (LL.B.) via its Dispute Settlement Committee (DSC).

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BYU Copyright Blog

JANUARY 27, 2025

Four years ago, we first published a post about an intriguing case involving two education consulting firms litigating over an online excerpt published on the website of Lehren Education (Defendant), which Ivy Coach (Plaintiff) alleged had been improperly copied, infringing on its copyrights. Lehren Education, LLC.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 9, 2022

law relating to patent infringement or invalidity … shall be filed in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware and that neither Party will contest personal jurisdiction or venue in the District of Delaware and that neither Party will seek to transfer the Potential Actions on the ground of forum non conveniens.

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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). Guy Rub , The Ohio State University Michael E. ML Genius v.

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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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IP Law 360

MARCH 15, 2024

The past week in London has seen Howard Kennedy face legal action by a London hotel chain, former racing boss Bernie Ecclestone and Formula One hit with a breach of contract claim by a Brazilian racecar driver, and a libel row between broadcaster Jeremy Vine and ex-footballer Joey Barton.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 8, 2024

The rise in trade secrets litigation in the electric vehicle (“EV”) sector continues with Tesla filing another lawsuit: this time against its own equipment supplier. for trade secret misappropriation, along with breach of contract and unfair business practices.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 27, 2021

government over COVID-19 contracts, fashion brand Superdry face off with an online British retail titan and the country's largest milk supplier sue a major supply chain business. This past week in London has seen a renewed pursuit of the U.K.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The past week in London has seen German software company Topalsson face a breach of contract claim from law firm CMS, Pfizer and BioNTech look for the cure to their patent woes in a claim against Moderna, and Alaska Airlines ready for departure in a commercial contracts claim against Virgin Aviation.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

With that, it’s fair to say that many of the key questions in this area of law are still undecided. Knowing well that litigation in the Northern District of Texas is not in its best interests, TPG filed a declaratory judgment in Delaware hoping to take advantage of the first-to-file rule. Breach of Contract 2. Trespass 5.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 10, 2021

Represented by Maria Cristina Armenta and Credence Elizabeth Sol, best known for litigating an ultimately unsuccessful censorial “Innocence of Muslims” lawsuit against YouTube, Daniels brought a routine “YouTube-is-censorsing-me” lawsuit seeking to impose must-carry obligations on YouTube. Case citation : Daniels v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Contracts are a state-law issue. And online contracts, even though they exist in the friction-less, boundary-less world of the internet, are also generally governed by state-law principles. There are relatively few state-court cases with outsized influence in the law of online contracts. 2016) 245 Cal.App.4th

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IP Law 360

MARCH 13, 2025

and his father to settle the company's contract dispute, resolving litigation that temporarily barred Harrison's jersey number 18 from officially being sold, according to court documents filed in New York state court Thursday. Fanatics has cut a confidential deal with Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 25, 2023

Richard de Almeida is a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Heading into the program, I had one main goal: to know what it’s like to truly practice law. Frankly, after two years in law school, I feel like I know the general schema of academically learning any new type of law.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 20, 2024

He dismissed American’s claims for breach of user agreement, conditions of carriage (the rules governing air travel), and tortious interference with contract, ruling they were barred by the statute of limitations. A good example comes from a case I litigated years ago on behalf of Costco. million in disgorged profits.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The past week in London has seen the Financial Conduct Authority hoping to put care home Ponzi schemes to bed in separate claims against Lupton Fawcett, a law firm in Leeds, and a social care group, MBi; oil giant Shell in a sticky situation in a claim over pollution in two Nigerian communities; and Plexus Law's former boss suing the personal injury (..)

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IP Law 360

MAY 16, 2024

When subscribing to artificial intelligence tools — or to any technology in a highly competitive and legally thorny market — companies should push back on automatic renewal contract clauses for reasons including litigation and regulatory risk, and competition, says Chris Wlach at Huge Inc.

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Patently-O

MARCH 7, 2022

The court dismissed the case, holding that “the law does not impose strict liability for harms arising out of the storage of personal information.” ” In re Waste Management Data Breach Litigation , 21CV6147 (DLC), 2022 WL 561734, at *6 (S.D.N.Y. 24, 2022) [ WasteManagementDismissal ]. In her recent decision, S.D.N.Y.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The past week in London has seen fresh legal action brought against PrivatBank's former owner Bogolyubov over sham transactions, law firm Farrer & Co launch commercial fraud claims against five major banks, and the U.K. government's PPE supplier sued over its £122 million contract.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 30, 2023

The past week in London has seen law firm Simkins LLP hit dot-com investor Robert Bonnier with a breach of contract claim, Russian oligarch and CEO of Nornickel Vladimir Potanin sued for a second time by aluminum giant Rusal, and easyJet’s parent company sue four more companies in trademark claims over the term 'easy.'

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IP Law 360

JUNE 16, 2023

The past week in London has seen former Everton FC manager Carlo Ancelotti hand the Premier League club a red card in a commercial contracts claim, law firms Pinsent Masons and McGrigors hit with a pensions lawsuit from 14 vehicle sale and rental companies, and Dana Petroleum fire up a claim against Waldorf Energy over its acquisition from Korean National (..)

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

This past week in London has seen Kazakh mining company ENRC file libel lawsuits over a 2020 book, the Solicitors Regulation Authority take action against a human rights lawyer and London's police force facing an unfair contract procurement claim.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 2, 2023

The past week in London has seen law firm Jones Day hit the crude oil trading companies it represented in a fraud trial with a breach of contract claim, offshore company Global Fixed Income Fund sue accountants Grant Thornton, and broadcasting giant Sky sue rival broadband providers BT, EE, Plusnet, Virgin Media and TalkTalk.

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Olartemoure Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Court decision: Due to no previous contract that claimed joined authorship, The Court of Appeals stated that “Malcolm X” was not a joint work. Celebrate with us – protect your audiovisual heritage We specialize in all there is applicable law for the audiovisual industry. Our Experts J.

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