IP Tech Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

A recent California District Court ruling affirmed that Perfect 10’s ruling applied to the embedding of images from social media onto third party websites. the user name and image, user caption, number of likes, and branding of the social media platform). Amazon.com, Inc., What is Embedding?

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

JULY 1, 2024

Unauthorized pages and posts on social media can dilute a brand’s goodwill and reputation and confuse consumers. One of the most important strategies to tackle these issues is filing takedown requests with social media and e-commerce platforms. And the worst part?

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

Ever since the massive explosion of content creation that gave rise to social media, content creators worldwide have utilized embedding to showcase and link users to content that otherwise would not have been as readily accessible. This definition amended in the Act is now known as the “Transmit Clause.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 12, 2021

Nicklen “urged his social media followers to consider the ‘haunting’ and ‘soul-crushing scene’ and to take steps to mitigate the harms of climate change.” Use of content posted to social media has generated many posts on this blog, starting with AFP v. Instagram’s TOS Authorizes Third-Party Embedding of Photos–Sinclair v.

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Art Law Journal

AUGUST 10, 2022

Here’s a common scenario on social media for artists: You’re starting to grow a steady online following, but your audience isn’t commenting, liking or sharing your first few posts. So is it time to throw in the towel on social media and focus on other marketing strategies? Wear your heart on your sleeve.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 16, 2021

Judge Jed Rakoff of the Southern District of New York recently denied a motion to dismiss in a copyright dispute involving the unlicensed “embedding” of a social media video. By: Proskauer - Minding Your Business

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Martillo claims that six social media services suspended his accounts because he is an anti-Zionist. The court responds: “the defendants’ social media platforms are not places of ‘public accommodation.’ Are Social Media Services “State Actors” or “Common Carriers”? ” Cites to Lewis v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 25, 2022

The opinion holds that the key parts of Florida’s social media censorship law (SB 7072) likely violate the First Amendment and should remain enjoined. ” The opinion also highlights the madness of the Fifth Circuit allowing the Texas social media censorship law to take effect via a 1-line order. “S.B.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 17, 2023

Ever since the massive explosion of content creation that gave rise to social media, content creators worldwide have utilized embedding to showcase and link users to content that otherwise would not have been as readily accessible. This definition amended in the Act is now known as the “Transmit Clause.”

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 28, 2021

A recent California District Court ruling affirmed that Perfect 10’s ruling applied to the embedding of images from social media onto third party websites. the user name and image, user caption, number of likes, and branding of the social media platform). Amazon.com, Inc., What is Embedding?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 1, 2024

A couple of years ago, Florida and Texas passed “social media censorship” laws. The laws were not subtle–the bill titles literally told the world that the legislatures were censoring social media. From a drafting standpoint, the laws were a mess.

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Michael Geist

JUNE 9, 2023

As noted above, the specific language is “CRTC is directed not to impose regulatory requirements on online undertakings in respect of programs of social media creators, including podcasts”. A key definition is who qualifies as a “social media creator”, since it is their content that is brought into the exclusion.

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The IPKat

MARCH 1, 2024

On 22 February 2024, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) released its report on “ The impact of complicit social media influencers on male’s consumption of counterfeit goods in the UK ”. 24% of UK males aged 16 to 60 purchase counterfeit goods under the endorsement of social media influencers.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

With the close of another year upon us, IPWatchdog is returning to an annual feature with its Top 10 list of issued U.S. patents during 2021.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 11, 2022

The bill regulates “social media platforms,” defined as an “electronic medium” that allows “users to create, share, and view user?generated As they realize the bill’s implications, I’m hoping Minnesota parents will tell their Senators to scrap this effort. What The Bill Says. generated content.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 27, 2023

Tim Pool, the Babylon Bee, and National Religious Broadcasters, which are (respectively): “a social networking app, an active social media content creator, a satirical news website, and a nonpartisan association of Christian communicators.” The plaintiffs in this case are Minds, Inc.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The “has two main requirements: (1) a mechanism for social media users to file complaints about instances of “hateful conduct” and (2) disclosure of the social media network’s policy for how it will respond to any such complaints.” Law § 394-ccc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

General Business Law Section 394-ccc, the 2022 law that requires social media platforms to disclose their editorial policies towards “hateful conduct.” It is definitely counterintuitive to oppose transparency requirements due to our strong regulatory and social norms in favor of transparency.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

To combat “fake news,” governments must carefully regulate social media content. For instance, based on a newly enacted law , if social media businesses operating in Germany do not remove unlawful, racist, or defamatory posts within 24 hours, they risk hefty fines.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 21, 2023

Although you may have never heard of Shein, your children definitely have. Its business model revolves around collecting vast amounts of customer data and leveraging artificial intelligence (“AI”) to reverse-engineer fashion trends, which are then marketed via social media. By: Clark Hill PLC

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The French streaming site actively campaigns on social media where it has booked some impressive results. That kind of social media exposure is unprecedented for a pirate site and it definitely helped to get more viewers to the platform. TikTok Views. WishFlix nailed the first part of that equation.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

The “Informed Consent Action Network,” and its founder Del Bigtree , ran afoul of the social media services’ COVID misinformation policies. ICAN claimed that the social media services took these actions due to government pressure and jawboning, especially pointing the finger at Rep.

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Erik K Pelton

AUGUST 5, 2022

What if you started using the brand name on social media? And unfortunately, there are bad actors out there who might try to register domain names or other social media names or just mimic what you’re doing. So if you’re using a brand name on social media, now is a good time to protect it.

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Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

It looks like Jake from State Farm is definitely going to blow through his deductible, as the insurance giant lost its bid to declare game over on a lawsuit brought by video game publisher Atari Interactive. A screenshot from the (now deleted) social media video at the center of the controversy.

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Erik K Pelton

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Since music today is so widely transacted online in social media and music platforms, the way people search for it and find the music is via a brand name, and having a registration makes it much easier and cheaper to do take downs on music platforms. That is the definition of what a brand is.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 25, 2024

98, 107 (2017) for the passage that social media has become the “modern public square.” — Justice Alito writes that “research suggests that social media are having a devastating effect on many young people, leading to depression, isolation, bullying, and intense pressure to endorse the trend or cause of the day.” .

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

It is also often argued that fashion recycles itself, and there has to be a loose definition of “copying” if the industry is to be able to create and innovate freely.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

They go as far as to call for people to change their mindset about social media before making the jump. The basic idea behind Mastodon is to create a decentralized social networking platform that no one entity control. Some Mastodon Basics. It can go a long way to preventing future headaches.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 8, 2022

If the plaintiff seeks to hold the defendant liable for third-party content–definitely true in this case–the Lemmon ruling make it clear that a “negligent design” framing is still subject to Section 230, no matter how creatively or emphatically the plaintiff points to the service’s first-party design choices.

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The TTAB upheld three refusal to register the proposed mark POSITIVE ONLINE PRESENCE for "Providing marketing consulting in the field of social media." The Board took judicial notice of definitions of the words "marketing," "consulting," and "managing." As to the third ground, the Board agreed with Examining Attorney Darryl M.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 23, 2023

Acting on a decree issued by the Public Prosecutor at the Court of Milan, 12 Italian nationals and one person of Albanian origins, living in several regions of Italy and Germany, were targeted on suspicion of operating social media channels dedicated to pirate IPTV subscription sales/resales.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Watch UFC Free” These people also brazenly advertise on social media platforms to attract viewers to their pirate websites, with slogans on social media sites such as “Watch UFC Free,” McKnight notes. That includes those who register new accounts. law, but that’s not a given.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 3, 2023

According to the FTC’s announcement, the revisions include: 1) articulating a new principle regarding procuring, suppressing, boosting, organizing, publishing, upvoting, downvoting, or editing consumer reviews so as to distort what consumers think of a product; 2) addressing incentivized reviews, reviews by employees, and fake negative reviews (..)

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Above the Fold

JULY 3, 2023

According to the FTC’s announcement, the revisions include: 1) articulating a new principle regarding procuring, suppressing, boosting, organizing, publishing, upvoting, downvoting, or editing consumer reviews so as to distort what consumers think of a product; 2) addressing incentivized reviews, reviews by employees, and fake negative reviews of a (..)

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 1, 2023

No doubt some media reports will take the ‘500,000 customers’ comment and run with it but nowhere here does it say that 500,000 lost access to one or more services. The problem is getting people to believe that the threats are real and not just another deterrent message that only applies to other people.

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Erik K Pelton

OCTOBER 14, 2024

So anything related to a trademark that’s coming from an address that’s different from that is definitely not from the USPTO. Follow me on social media: Instagram , LinkedIn , Twitter , TikTok , YouTube. Address the USPTO is in Alexandria, Virginia. Look at the fine print.

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