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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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

3: Judge Rules in Favor of Ford on AirPro Contract, Copyright, Trademark violations. Finally today, Lurah Lowery at Repairer Driven News reports that car manufacturer Ford has won a summary judgment against the diagnostic company AirPro over alleged contract, copyright and trademark violations. That amount totals $228.9

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Intepat

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Introduction Intellectual property (IP) licensing and royalties are mechanisms that reward creators and innovators for the use of their works. Smart contracts, a technology popularized by blockchain, offer a new approach to managing these transactions. One major legal question surrounding smart contracts is their enforceability.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 18, 2024

FTC sues Adobe over annual contracts, Sony DMCA hundreds of manga extensions and US lawmakers voice concern over Spotify. The post 3 Count: Oh, Adobe… appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 3, 2022

3: Oracle, NEC Resolve Contract, Copyright Dispute Over Database Software. Oracle sued NEC last year, claiming that NEC used Oracle software in a way that exceeded their license. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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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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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2021

In the case, Nicklen argued that a photographer or videographer that uses Facebook or Instagram to promote their content should not automatically give up the right to license it to third parties, such as Sinclair. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Specifically, the two companies created and produced work related to various testing needs and targeted state contracts. However, when WIN won a lucrative contract with the state of South Carolina, ACT sued allegiging that their skill definitoins and other elements were “virtually identical” to their own.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

1: Megan Roup Seeks Dismissal in Fitness Routine Copyright, Contract Lawsuit. According to Anderson, she trained Roup in the techniques and Roup has gone on to offer her own services, leading to a lawsuit over alleged copyright infringement, false designation of origin, breach of contract and unfair competition claims.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

The jury needed only 90 minutes to determine that the defendants had proven their implied license defense, ending the case. Due to the fact-specific nature of doctrines like implied licenses and fair use, it’s possible the Hayden and Orton jury verdicts are consistent with each other. Warner Bros.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 21, 2021

2: Kairosoft, the Beloved Mobile Tycoon Game Developer, Openly Accuses its Chinese Publisher of Copyright Infringement and Contract Violation. The move comes after a recent copyright direct in the European Union, one that requires search engines and social media sites to pay a license to use content from news outlets within the bloc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The case involves ShutterStock, a photo licensing service. (We ShutterStock has a “contributor” program that allows anyone to upload photos into their licensing database in exchange for a fee if licensed. Only 2 visitors saw the subject image in ShutterStock’s database and neither licensed it.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 18, 2022

According to NetEase, Tencent, through its QQ Music streaming platform, has violated a contract with them by streaming music in provinces where QQ has no license to do so. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Annual Copyright License (ACL) from CCC helps minimize an organization’s infringement risk by providing a consistent set of global reuse rights across millions of publications from thousands of rightsholders that complements existing publisher agreements, subscriptions, and other content purchases.

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Patently-O

MARCH 18, 2024

The Federal Circuit has issued an interesting nonprecedential order in In re VLSI Technology LLC , denying VLSI’s petition for a writ of mandamus that sought to reverse a district court order allowing Intel to amend its answer to assert a declaratory judgment counterclaim regarding a patent license defense.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 31, 2022

This prompted Village Roadshow to allege branch of contract. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. Village Roadshow sued Warner Bros. However, Warner Bros. The post 3 Count: Matrix Arbitration appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 24, 2022

In addition to the breach of contract and alleged violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the lawsuit accuses The Points Guy of violating both their copyrights and trademarks for the use of the American Airlines logo as part of the app. The post 3 Count: Frequent Flyer appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 6, 2021

However, in the absence of a clear contract, the court interpreted the situation favorably to MD5, claiming that Penhallurick was paid to write the software and that no further royalties were owed. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 25, 2022

However, HP argues that many of the servers involved predate Oracle’s current contract system, making the patches legal. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. 2: Bungie Takes Another Shot at Cheat Seller AimJunkies in Court.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 14, 2022

However, Genius, not the copyright holder on the lyrics, opted to sue claiming breach of contract and unfair competition laws. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. The post 3 Count: Dark Horse Dismissal appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In 2015, the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) filed a lawsuit against Wolfgang’s Vault, alleging that the service did not have a license for the underlying compositions of the songs it streamed. According to the lawsuit, the shops had a license between 2009 and 2017, but that services were terminated due to non-payment.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Such conduct generated exploitative effects by excessive pricing towards users as well as exclusionary effects towards SGAE’s competitors, representing a barrier to entry into the market for collective management as well as the market for licensing of copyright-protected works for other CMOs or independent management entities (IMEs).

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Morantz, who is 77, is suing Downey over alleged copyright infringement, breach of contract and elder abuse. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. None of the defendants have responded to the lawsuit at this time.

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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. ” * Doe v. Facebook, Inc., 2023 WL 3483891 (S.D. May 16, 2023).

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

He claimed he owned the production bible that the original show was based upon, and Disney did not seek permission or license its use in the reboot. The judge also allowed overlapping breach of contract claims to move forward, setting the stage for a possible trial down the road.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 23, 2022

That was offered exclusively through a contract with LexisNexis. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. There, the court upheld an appeals court decision ordering the state to make its annotated code available for free.

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 14, 2022

One is the contract with the individual or individuals doing the work who help create content; and two is the type of content that they create and where they get photos from, in particular. First, contracts. Make sure you have proper contracts. There are sites that have free licenses for a certain type of content.

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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. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. The post 3 Count: House Party appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 11, 2024

Despite the Court dismissing Plaintiffs’ Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Section 1202(b) claims with prejudice, it declined to dismiss Plaintiffs’ claims for breach of contract of open source license violations by Defendants. However, the Court also dismissed Plaintiffs’ request for of unjust enrichment and punitive damages.

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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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JD Supra Law

APRIL 30, 2024

Many professionals in construction and property development are well versed in contract law, safety regulations, insurance law, and the like. Plans, drawings, and related design documents are needed at all stages of a construction project, from early concepts and permitting to site preparation and construction itself.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

BGP had entered into an agreement with American Television Distribution, a company owned by the former host of Cheaters , for pay-per-view contracts of the show. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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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.’

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TorrentFreak

MAY 11, 2023

was banned and then signed up for a new account, he agreed to Bungie’s Limited Software License Agreement with no intent to comply with it; fraud according to Bungie. has the right to disaffirm any contract within a reasonable time of becoming an adult. With no enforceable contract between L.L. ’s license.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The parties then entered into a Design-Build Contract , which included financial terms, budgets, building plans, completion dates, etc. The Plaintiffs also claim that the contract granted Cardinal a limited, irrevocable, and nonexclusive license to use the drawings, specifications, calculations, etc. Continue reading

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

The idea fairly simple, since an NFT is basically a contract signed in the blockchain, combine that with Safe Creative’s own database of works to enable the NFTs to convey copyright information including ownership and licensing. For example, blockchain could be used to record that someone obtained a license to use a song in a video.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2022

However, usually, if plaintiffs could provide some evidence of notice that was consistent with how the original contract said it would update the terms, courts would give them the benefit of the doubt, at least at the early stages of litigation. In 2022, plaintiff sued defendant for breach of contract, among other things. 3d at 10861.

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