43(B)log

JANUARY 19, 2022

14, 2022) Once in a blue moon, a false advertising-based antitrust claim survives a motion to dismiss in a circuit that imposes a list of excessive requirements on such claims. Consumers and advertisers adequately alleged that Facebook has monopoly power in social network/social media (consumers) and social advertising markets.

False Advertising 59

False Advertising Advertising Advertising Privacy 59

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

If the clinic is falsely claiming that he is, that’s false advertising and possibly defamation. If he is, either the clinic is violating medical privacy rules or 50 Cent consented to the disclosure, and that consent could potentially extend to the photo. This opinion raises more questions than it answers.

Social Media 130

Social Media False Advertising Advertising Advertising 130

IP and Legal Filings

MAY 13, 2023

For example, can personality rights be viewed as an extension of the right to privacy? Scripps-Howard, the US Supreme Court distinguished the right of publicity from the right to privacy and ruled in favor of Zaccchini for the unauthorized broadcast of his performance by the defendant under publicity rights. In Gautam Gambhir v.

Personality Rights 105

Personality Rights Privacy Trademark Law False Advertising 105

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

A couple of specifics: The false advertising claims don’t escape 230: “Had those third-party users refrained from posting harmful content, Plaintiffs’ claims that Defendants falsely advertised and misrepresented their applications’ safety would not be cognizable.” Case citation : Bride v. 2023 U.S.

False Advertising 105

False Advertising Social Media Publishing Advertising 105

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The court certified a question to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: Under what circumstances, if any, is material publicly posted to social media platforms inherently unknowable for purposes of applying the discovery rule in the context of defamation, right to publicity, right to privacy and related tort claims?

Social Media 52

Social Media Privacy Advertising Advertising 52

43(B)log

MARCH 28, 2024

26, 2024) Defendant, d/b/a Wonderland, operated an adult entertainment club and was one of the many such sued by various models for using their images in advertising without their consent from 2015 to 2019. So the burden falls to Princeton to show that its exclusion is valid.” about your goods, products or services”).

Advertising 64

Advertising Advertising Settlement Contracts 64

43(B)log

OCTOBER 6, 2021

They brought claims under the Lanham Act, Wisconsin’s privacy statute, and Wisconsin’s common law of negligence. Walkowicz allegedly received multiple emails and social-media messages commenting on the similarities between Walkowicz and Luciana and inquiries about whether they had endorsed the doll.

Law 59

Law Privacy False Advertising Social Media 59