Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2024

June 14, 2024) The post Reusing Social Media Photos for Ads? The hotel apparently thought it could get away with something less than clear consent from the copyright owner and depicted individuals (or because they were minors, their parents/guardians), and it will likely pay for that corner-cut. Case Citation : Khachatryan v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 16, 2021

22, 2021): companies now pay so-called “influencers” to issue posts on social media touting their products or services. Reminder: courts sometimes demand that consumers click twice to form a contract. Advertising/E-Commerce. Ariix, LLC v. NutriSearch Corp., 2021 WL 221878 (9th Cir Jan. Lona’s Lil Eats, LLC v. Handle, Inc.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Plaintiffs CAN’T WAIT to sue Internet services using the Texas social media censorship law. Nevertheless, the plaintiffs argued that the law “evidences a strong public policy to protect Texans from wrongful censorship on social media platforms.” But surprise! I hope it doesn’t.

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Traverse Legal Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

“Influencer Marketing” and “Social Media Brand Endorsement” have become big business. Our law firm represents some of the business’s largest social media marketing agencies and influencers. This means they also own and need to license the copyright to the brand. This happens all the time.

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 14, 2022

Many of my clients have contractors or vendors or virtual assistants who assist them with writing blog posts, creating newsletters, doing social media posting and work. First, contracts. Make sure you have proper contracts. And there’s nothing wrong with that, of course. So be on the lookout for that.

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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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JD Supra Law

MAY 12, 2023

Three Ward and Smith attorneys shared insights on the legal implications businesses should consider when entering into a promotional contract with a social media influencer. By: Ward and Smith, P.A.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 4, 2022

For example, a student could write an article for their school paper, post content on social media and then turn in an assignment for their class, all three with different citation standards and norms.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

Also in 2018, FDN filed the original complaint, targeting both Amazon and CCA, alleging that they both breached contracts and committed copyright infringement. Even if I don’t include social media buttons or a “print this page” function, it’s easy for others to do and there’s little that a website owner can do to stop it.

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IIPRD

AUGUST 4, 2022

A Social Media Influencer is someone who creates unique material that keeps people interested on multiple social media platforms, causing them to return for more high-quality information. One of the most significant methods to safeguard material on social media is through copyright.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2025

The screenshots are also excused: “Single still-frame screenshots from videos posted on social media platforms, which make up a very small fraction of the original video, are generally considered to constitute de minimis use and fall below the substantial similarity threshold.” Lynk Media LLC v. IHeartMedia, Inc.,

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Things went south, however, when JLM tried to renegotiate the parties’ deal by expanding the designer’s social media job duties. When negotiations fell apart, the designer locked JLM out of her brand’s social media page, and she started a new social media account under a slightly different trade name.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

On October 25, 2022, following a string of antisemitic remarks and hate speech from Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) on social media, Adidas announced their decision to terminate their co-branding partnership with Ye and end production of all Yeezy branded products.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 31, 2023

” “Plaintiff appears to argue Twitter’s placement of information in “social media feeds” renders it an information content provider. ” Zhang tried the breach-of-contract workaround, but the court says flatly: “There is no exception under Section 230 for breach of contract claims.”

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IP Law 360

MARCH 12, 2024

has sued a former Meta vice president in California state court, accusing the executive of "brazenly disloyal and dishonest conduct" for allegedly defecting to an artificial intelligence startup with the social media company's proprietary vendor contracts, AI "roadmaps" and employment data to recruit Meta's top talent.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

An upcoming trial to address breach of contract claims LinkedIn is pursuing against defunct recruiting startup hiQ will hinge on whether the professional social media platform waived its right to pursue claims by ignoring public statements hiQ made indicating it was violating LinkedIn rules by scraping personal data from users' profiles.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 26, 2022

The parties are now fighting over control and ownership of certain social media accounts created during the pendency of Ms. ” In this instance, the contracts between the parties seemed pretty clear that Ms. Paige may not use the social media accounts to do so. The relationship went sour and Paige resigned.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 5, 2024

In February, Meta lost on Partial Summary Judgment against Bright Data on its breach of contract claim. had its breach of contract and CFAA claims against the Center for Countering Digital Hate (“CCDH”) dismissed at the motion to dismiss stage. Here, the court muddles the various contract formation standards.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The ability for users to leverage an extensive music database has, in large part, allowed TikTok to become one of the most used social media platforms in the world, and its influence in the global music business has been monumental. By: Polsinelli

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

Defendants also managed the social media presence of the “La Baguette” business, which primarily consisted of a Facebook page. Breach of Contract : Plaintiffs only alleged a contract claim, based on breach of a non-compete, against the one defendant who had signed the non-compete. See generally, Christopher A.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2022

She tattooed the Sedlik photo onto Farmer and promoted the tattoo on social media. “no one has told [Sedlik] they would not buy a copy of the Portrait because they had seen the Tattoo or social media posts about the Tattoo.” Also, see Q2 of my 2005 contracts law exam and the sample answer. Implications.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 15, 2024

On May 9, 2024, a California district court dismissed, with leave to amend, the complaint brought by social media platform X Corp. formerly Twitter) against data provider Bright Data Ltd. Bright Data”) over Bright Data’s alleged scraping of publicly available data from X for use in data products sold to third parties. (X

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The defendants faced claims of trafficking in circumvention devices under the DMCA, contract interference, and unfair competition. The court allowed the gaming company to conduct broad discovery against a number of services, including internet service providers, payment providers, and social media websites, to help put more meat on the bones.

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The Agreement also assigned to the team a list of social media names that contained the word “Gulls,” which had been used to promote the team. The assignment agreement defined the registered marks, the common law marks, and the social media names collectively as “Intellectual Property”. What’s missing here?

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IIPRD

AUGUST 29, 2024

Hence, commercialization occurs by distributing contracts among the authors and directors/publishers to distribute their works. Like any contract, a broadcasting agreement is entered between the concerned parties ascertaining their rights and obligations with respect to their content as a document enforceable in the eyes of law.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Rodan and Fields brow products dispute, currently pending in a California federal court, ultimately finds, for the first time, that social media influencers can be liable for promoting trademark-infringing products, it could bring changes in influencer agreement drafting and negotiation, says attorney Marie-Andrée Weiss.

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Likelihood of Confusion

MARCH 12, 2025

On the two-year anniversary of my joining Goetz Fitzpatrick LLP, a law firm predominantly focused on construction law, I’ve written a blog post, as a guest of high-octane social-media-juicing lawyer Christopher Hill at his Construction Law Musings blog.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, filed suit on Wednesday in California state court against the owner behind social media accounts accused of leaking confidential music without permission, alleging contract breach and trade secret misappropriation.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 14, 2022

The new 2022 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract (the 2022 Contract), which is retroactively effective to April 1, 2022, appears to offer certain benefits to advertiser and agency signatories of the Commercials Contract, particularly JPC authorizers, as well as Union member performers.

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IPilogue

JULY 28, 2022

Record labels, like several companies, have turned to TikTok and other social media platforms to market their products. Since radio and television have mostly lost their influence among the younger generation, it is important for record labels to utilise social media platforms, like TikTok to engage their fanbase.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

There are formal contracts to outline the finer points and, in such cases, licensed professionals are involved to help the athlete understand their legal obligations. Further, it is more likely to be a verbal agreement or one made over social media. To form a contract, three main ingredients are required.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

But before they get there, these courts must first decide whether AA’s terms and conditions constitutes a valid and enforceable contract, and whether TPG assented to its terms. Power Ventures involved a social media aggregator’s consensual use of its users’ Facebook passwords to access their Facebook accounts. Facebook v.

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The IPKat

MARCH 11, 2024

The promotion of items on social media by celebrities and influencers is commonplace for companies. This included interest in the shoes she was wearing on the day she signed the contract with Puma. However, these collaborations or partnerships don't always work out as they should. The design application is dated 26 July 2016.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 19, 2021

Rule 40 restricts social media posts and advertisements published by athletes and sponsors during the Games, both in volume and content. As social media posts generate buzz and draw fans, spectators will have a chance to enjoy getting behind-the-scenes looks and instant updates from their favourite athletes.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

These contract law provisions, totally alien to the Irish legal tradition, are designed to apply in negotiations and contractual relationships between artists and commercial exploiters of their works, including social media platforms and streaming services.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

For example, the most aggressive companies in pursuing web-scraping litigation are the social media companies. And while their terms of use provide the social media companies a license to use that user-generated content, it is their users who typically have a copyright interest in their content.

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The IPKat

JULY 18, 2021

Expand creator rights with contract restrictions Issue : The report states that the music industry market is an oligopsony - when a market is dominated by a small number of large buyers, which concentrates demand and keeps prices down at the expense of the sellers. Plot twist!

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