Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 28, 2023

Despite the California Legislature’s blunder last year with AB 2273 (the Age Appropriate Design Code), many states, including Minnesota, are stubbornly pushing for nearly identical laws. Recently, the Senate Judiciary Committee heard the bill for informational purposes. The bill is currently pending approval by both chambers.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 8, 2024

Try as he might to make his claims about the way Instagram is designed, his claims are inherently grounded in third-party content posted to the app. Implications I look at the “product design” workaround to Section 230 as a type of Rorschach test. Meta appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Put much more bluntly, entertainment companies want to make sure that the people ‘stealing’ their content are kept safe and don’t have their private information unnecessarily exposed. As the current member list shows, cable marketing has considerable scope. or CTAM for short. ” Under the heading The Cable Industry v.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 8, 2022

One of them is ‘Design’ which is a composition of colors, shapes patterns, etc which add value and attraction to the product. Designs are advantageous assets that can be protected only if registered under the Designs Act, 2000. Website Designs. PROTECTION OF DESIGN. Picture Credit: Shutterstock].

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Velocity of Content

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

CCC is pleased to once again be participating in and speaking at the National Information Standards Organization’s (NISO) Plus 2023 Conference. This year’s theme, “Global Conversations, Global Connections”, promises to look at the importance of metadata in the information standards space.

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The IPKat

MARCH 25, 2025

There are quite a few punch lines to this question, sadly none has been mentioned in a recent judgment from the General Court involving the design of a light bulb and the interpretation of Art. 7(2) Community Design Regulation (CDR). Liquidleds) obtained registered Community design (RCD) no. Interpretation of Art.

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IIPRD

MARCH 13, 2025

All the creations of the human minds such as designs, inventions, artistic works, names, symbols, etc. For example, the Tata Nanos rear-engine design and lightweight body structure is patented by Tata Motors. For example, the shape of Coco-Cola bottle is registered as an industrial design. It is governed by the Patent Act, 1970.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The student changed their login information, and the “expert” did not end up taking any exams or completing any homework for them. They are often little more than expensive scams that are designed not to get you a good grade, but separate you from your money. However, the monetary demands did not stop there.

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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

The court says that allegation isn’t enough to overcome the defendant’s subjective good faith belief, as well as the meager (if ill-informed) steps that KMC did take to adhere to copyright law. KMC appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Case Citation : McDermott v. Kalita Mukul Creative Inc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC / AB2273, just signed by Gov. That will benefit incumbents–and hurt new market entrants, who have to convince users to do age assurance before users trust them. Prior AADC coverage : Some Memes About California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code (AB 2273).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

We’ve seen a flood of terrible Internet laws in the past few years, including the California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC). The age estimation and privacy provisions thus appear likely to impede the “availability and use” of information and accordingly to regulate speech.” I hope it was worth the wait.]

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Can the existing UK Age-Appropriate Design Code tell us anything about what AB 2273 might look like in practice? That could include things like driver’s licenses or other government-issued documents that contain substantial additional sensitive personal information beyond the person’s age. Two key differences.

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Michael Geist

MAY 17, 2022

The government has started its defence of Bill C-18 , the Online News Act, in the House of Commons with claims that it simply requires compensation for use of news content and adopts a “minimal market intervention” approach. The CRTC is empowered to demand any information from either platforms or media organizations (Section 53).

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IIPRD

JANUARY 22, 2025

To determine whether the use constitutes fair use or not is determined based on a number of factors like if they primarily include the purpose and character of the use, the nature of the copyrighted work, the amount used, and the effect on the market for the original work. Another important factor is market effect. Google, Inc.

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Intepat

MARCH 25, 2025

Several luxury brands, including Tom Ford, Chanel, and Dior, annually invest millions into developing and marketing their signature perfumes. These products are essentially replicas of luxury or designer fragrances, crafted to mimic the scent profile of high-end perfumes at a fraction of the cost. billion in 2025.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Such rights reservations are often informally described as opt outs. By way of brief overview of data protection law, under the UK GDPR personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. What does this mean for the AI and copyright consultation?

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union ( DG TAXUD ) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office ( EUIPO ) recently released the first joint annual report on EU enforcement of intellectual property rights: results at the EU border and in the EU internal market 2020.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Anil Kumar, Proprietor M/S Singla Food … vs Deepak Kumar @ Deepak Manocha on 25 October, 2024 (Delhi District Court) The plaintiff sought permanent injunction restraining the defendants from infringing on its trademark and passing off goods in South Delhi markets. Koninklijke Philips N.V

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 17, 2022

Dubbed DeviantArt Protect and Launched in July 2021 , the system was originally designed to help artists detect duplicates or near-duplicates of their images on the internet. This is mirrored by an ongoing crash in regular crypto markets , that’s seen many of the currencies lose significant portions of their value.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MARCH 26, 2025

Youve poured your expertise into a book, a supplement, or a digital productsomething designed to help people feel better, live better, be better. FTC marketing guidelines are available to help. 45), prohibiting deceptive or misleading marketing practices. FDA compliance for supplements is not easy.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

In many cases, manufacturing IP may be easy for any potential competitor, generic or biosimilar company to design around. It is challenging for generics and biosimilars to design around a drug substance patent, given that regulatory approvals are tied to the drug substance itself.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Other Posts Hachette Book Group v Internet Archive: Archiving Access to Information or Strengthening Copyright Laws? Internet Archive, Tanishka Goswami explains the implication of the decision on fair use and access to information. Discussing the US decision in Hachette Book Group v. Luker Ecommerce Pvt.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The report, however, also highlights that over-reliance on specialization can make economies more vulnerable to external disruptions, such as supply chain disruptions or market shifts. To inform the process of diversification, WIPO emphasizes two important factors: innovation complexity and relatedness. during the same period.

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Intepat

MARCH 13, 2025

Architectural designs came to be recognised as a form of intellectual property capable of protection after the 1908 Amendment to the Berne Convention, 1886. This inclusion was crucial in recognising and protecting the rights of architects over their architectural designs and works.

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Corsearch

JANUARY 31, 2025

This constant relisting is designed to maintain visibility, as counterfeiters vie for limited digital space and aim to appear above their competitors. These tactics overwhelm consumers with information, creating an urgency to act. Exploiting gray markets Parallel imports and other gray market threats see a rise during this period.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 8, 2023

California passed the California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) nominally to protect children’s privacy, but at the same time, the AADC requires businesses to do an age “assurance” of all their users, children and adults alike. The court summarizes BIPA Sec. Yet, this ruling highlights a few key issues: 1.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 13, 2025

Moreover, data deficiencies can lead to recommender system biases, as well as a lack of adequate information for the general public, cultural archives and historical research. Metadata design technical challenges Missing or incorrect metadata in a dataset could be overcome, or at least mitigated, by interoperability between datasets.

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IP.com

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Crafting a strategic IP plan for a single technology requires meticulous planning, cross-functional collaboration, and a deep understanding of both legal and market landscapes. Market Research: Analyze the market potential of the technology. Identify the target market, potential competitors, and current market trends.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 18, 2025

geographical indications), designs, best foreign language/non-English IP book and IP in general (books covering diverse IP rights). More information here. More information here. More information here. Vote here for your favourite books in the categories of patents, copyright (incl., Further details here.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

That event, which has been confirmed as a DAZN error, has also impacted RIPE Atlas , a system designed to measure internet connectivity. Max’s presentation further revealed that Imperva Incapsula IP addresses were also blocked as part of the blunder that blocked Google Drive on October 19th.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The copying was purely instrumental, aimed at training an AI system to recognize and retrieve relevant legal information efficiently. The Court held: “This is precisely the kind of “wasted effort that the proscription against the copyright of ideas and facts is designed to prevent.” General Signal Corp.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

It is a neutron bomb designed to wipe marketplaces off the Internet. The INFORM Consumers Act was designed to redress the same concerns as the SHOP SAFE Act, and it just became effective a few months ago. Did the INFORM Consumers Act make a difference or not? I’m also confused about the timing.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 11, 2024

In Cyprus, Texas , Valcrum, LLC (“Valcrum”), a company specializing in trailer and axle market products, is engaged in a legal dispute with Dexter Axle Company, LLC (“Dexter”) from Indiana over trademark and trade dress infringement regarding a hubcap design. Continue reading

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TorrentFreak

MAY 26, 2023

In the face of legislation designed to thwart its growth, seizures, prosecutions, dozens of arrests and countless prison sentences have done little to prevent piracy. Like many times before, ACE – via the MPA – wants Cloudflare to give up information on its customers, 9anime included. At the time of writing the 9animetv.to

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Olartemoure Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The breaches were related with the absence of informed consent for the processing of personal data collected on web pages, the absence of information regarding the processing of personal data, and the establishment of a default option to obtain the informed consent granted by the data subjects. Original source in Spanish.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 8, 2025

It deprives trademark owners of losing market and financial losses through apprehension of infringing imports. Take an instance, international brands frequently record their trademarks with Indian customs to block the entry of fake products that replicate their logos or designs. This limits enforcement action at the border.

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