Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

A screenshot from the (now deleted) social media video at the center of the controversy. The court noted that determining whether a use is de minimis involves both quantitative and qualitative assessments—how much of the copyrighted material was copied and how significant that copying was.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 31, 2024

To make matters worse, State Farm’s resident do-gooder “Jake” lands a Fonzie-style smack on the Crystal Castles machine to get it working—”suggesting falsely and disparagingly to consumers that Atari’s cabinets are low-quality, faulty, and/or unreliable.”

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The IPKat

JUNE 13, 2022

Risk of not making return Recent data shows that sales and profits of NFTs are slowing … 8.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

2, 2022) Before the jury verdict in favor of Monster’s false advertising claim was this opinion resolving evidentiary issues. However, they fail to show that Monster dirtied its hands to make the false advertising claims now alleged against Defendants.” Monster Energy Co. Vital Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 2022 WL 17218077, No.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

They alleged that defendants copied the program and infringed the patent, as well as engaged in a smear campaign against plaintiffs in an effort to steal market share in the pediatric orthopedic industry. I’m only going to discuss the false advertising aspects. They didn’t advertise any alternative or promote a specific product.

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43(B)log

MARCH 10, 2023

First, nominative fair use permits only the “truthful use of a mark.” Toyota, 610 F.3d 3d at 1177. Defendants contended that one axe “meet[s] WATL Regulations” and that another “meets WATL Regulations with a slight modification that is commonly made.”

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Although expressing some skepticism, the court found that they stated a valid false advertising claim. But buying a limited-time license to stream a digital copy of Yesterday was neither a tangible good nor a service under the CLRA. They allegedly watched the movie because they wanted to see De Armas and the scene in the movie.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 17, 2021

Facts in the light most favorable to the plaintiffs: Each of the plaintiffs has a significant number of followers on various social media platforms, ranging from greater than ten thousand to several million, and most are “considered social media influencers.” The court was guided by Electra v. 59 Murray Enterprises, Inc.,

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43(B)log

MAY 22, 2023

May 19, 2023) Whereas the timeshare false advertising cases might be making law largely applicable to other timeshare cases, what’s going on in the strip club advertising cases might have somewhat broader implications. The district court concluded that plaintiffs’ false endorsement claims were foreclosed by Electra v.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Second, the Defendant was misrepresenting itself and creating confusion: they were using exact copies of Kaira’s marks and copyrighted works. Included within Kaira’s request for relief was an order transferring ownership and all rights in the infringing LinkedIn and social media accounts.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 1, 2022

An online article used photos of the Lounge in its coverage of the series, and MGFB also submitted social media posts. Plaintiffs’ social media expert opined that the show meant that Internet searches for “Florabama” or “Flora-Bama” led to “blurred” results filled with MTV Floribama Shore content. Yet both artists won.”

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

So too w/false advertising. Assumptions skipped over in TM/false advertising analysis.] Keep up with the culture by considering social media. Death closes things off. Makes sense b/c consumer protection law’s goal is information safety and not vindicating rights of decedent.

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43(B)log

JULY 20, 2023

Since early 2020, Defendant Nepute and Quickwork have used several platforms, including social media, emails, and radio, to tout the purported benefits of Vitamin D and zinc and to promote Wellness Warrior supplements. ” The COVID-19 Act was enacted on December 27, 2020.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Fantasy Sports [Delhi High Court] In a suit alleging copyright infringement, HULM Entertainment argued that Fantasy Sports’ “MyFab11” sports fantasy app copies the trading and stock features and GUI of its “Exchange 22” app. HULM Entertainment v. d) Other IP Developments 1. Meticulous Market Research Pvt.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Are the outputs copies of the training data? Copying takes place prior to training; converted into tokens and training is a process of adjusting weights in the model, not copying tokens. Takeaway: companies, not lay sellers, must be held liable for false, misleading, or noncompliant claims disseminated by sellers.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 9, 2021

As alleged in the initial complaint, Charter mailed solicitations whose envelopes “used Windstream’s trademark and copied the same distinct color pattern from Windstream’s current advertising campaign.” On social media: "Were U planning on telling UR customers" [to switch before they lose service]? In re Alert Hldgs.,

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Copying may be directly costless to the knowledge creator, but knowledge transfer is not, and who is initiating may affect what’s going on here: knowledge transfer encodes voluntariness which fits with Cicero but not with a lot of the copying to which people object today. How do they make that happen? Gender and class?

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