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Courts Still Have No Clue How to Determine Who Owns Social Media Accounts–JLM v. Gutman

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This is the latest entry in a long-running legal battle between Hayley Paige Gutman, a bridalwear designer, and JLM Couture, her one-time employer. What does a 200+ year old fox have to say about who owns social media accounts?). The next step is to determine whether ownership ever transferred to another party.

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Who Owns a Disputed Social Media Account? – JLM v. Gutman

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This is a case focusing on ownership of social media accounts. The dispute is between bridalwear designer Hayley Paige Gutman and JLM Couture, a bridalwear company. The court discusses two social media accounts: Instagram.com/misshayleypaige and pinterest.com/misshayleypaige/_saved/.

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IP rights for social media Influencers and content creators

IIPRD

Introduction What separates long-established print and electronic media from social media is that it comes along with a bunch of techniques for its usage. These are tools that shaped social media to be more significant than the long-established medias.

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Can You Copyright or Trademark a Logo Designed by AI?

LexBlog IP

used in those generated logos retain the ownership to that original art and do not give you a license to use it exclusively. usually you won’t be given the rights needed to have ownership or apply for registration, but even if you are, your logo could still be refused copyright and trademark registration for other reasons.

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Who Owns the Copyright in AI-Generated Art?

Intepat

This burgeoning genre is not only pushing the boundaries of artistic expression but also challenging the established norms of copyright ownership. This blog post embarks on a comprehensive journey to unravel the complex issue of copyright ownership in AI-generated art. Copyright laws are designed to safeguard the rights of creators.

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Africa IP highlights 2023: Copyright

The IPKat

The picture of a boy, Yusuf Alabi with his arms wide open and standing in front of the campaign convoy of one of the popular presidential candidates, Peter Obi of the Labour Party , went viral across social media. The photographer, Esther Umoh called this person out for copyright infringement on social media platform “X”.

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Elon Musk’s Twitter Linking Restrictions May Have Been Short-Lived, But Bill C-18 is Based on a Similar Approach to Links

Michael Geist

From the mass layoffs to journalist suspensions to this weekend’s seemingly short-lived policy blocking some links to rival services, it has been a head-spinning stretch since Elon Musk assumed ownership of the service in late October. In response, the government is using Bill C-18 to mandate that links should either be blocked (ie.