IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The transition from simply turning on the television to logging into accounts such as social media and OTT platforms, has resulted the entertainment industry to witness an astonishing evolution. All these collection of data aids the production companies to identify the demanded content and customize them accordingly.

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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.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 21, 2023

In this edition of #InterestingPatents, we look at Meta’s new patent: Generating Customized, Personalized Reactions to Social Media Content. In the ever-evolving landscape of social media, traditional systems often lack flexibility in expressing reactions to content shared by users.

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IPilogue

JUNE 27, 2022

Facebook) was liable under several provincial privacy statutes for using class members’ likenesses without their consent. . Through Sponsored Stories, advertisers pay Facebook to associate their mark on Facebook’s social media website with users that performed certain social actions in connection with the advertiser (e.g.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

2, 2022): Nor does personal jurisdiction arise out of the Film Defendants’ so-called “advertising strategy,” which allegedly “featured a significant push on social media[ ] targeting Washington, DC residents via Instagram and Facebook.” targeted social media advertising. Parker, 2022 WL 17403220 (D.D.C.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 27, 2021

Privacy has been a reoccurring issue debated across the world as virtual communication is no longer seen as an option but essential to working remotely during a pandemic. Dangers of Unprotected Information. Not only does this violate our privacy rights, but it also creates a bigger ethical dilemma within the economic market.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Social Links is our ongoing series here at Socially Aware that rounds up current developments at the intersection of social media, policy, research, and the law. Embedding social media posts can be considered copyright infringement.but is it? Scale, not to mention cost, remains the central issue.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2023

However, many users do not understand how the technology works, and how the use of generative AI collects personal or sensitive information of users. The use of generative AI tools is much like how users use the Internet or social media.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 7, 2022

20-303 (Office of Attorney General March 10, 2022): “internally generated inferences that a business holds about a consumer are personal information within the meaning of the CCPA, and must be disclosed to the consumer on request. Nor was the disclosure of Plaintiff’s information unauthorized. . * Opinion of Rob Bonta , No.

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Michael Geist

MAY 16, 2024

For those new to the bill, the government has called it “fundamentally flawed” since it contemplates measures that raise privacy concerns through mandated age verification technologies, website blocking, and extends far beyond pornography sites to include search and social media.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Keeping Your Data Safe: The Differential Privacy Temporal Map Challenge. These prize challenge technologies successfully enable public safety agencies to share data without compromising the privacy of individuals. . But old techniques like standard data redaction are no longer enough to protect users’ privacy. October 26, 2021.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The complaint, filed in Superior Court in Maricopa County, Arizona, sounds in two counts: invasion of privacy and negligent disclosure of medical information. ” According to the complaint, the list of affected employees was also shared on social media.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 13, 2021

The world of competitive video gaming implicates a complicated patchwork of privacy laws, and esports companies need to keep in mind some key issues when assessing privacy and cybersecurity obligations. Below are some of the key questions to think through to assess issues related to data use (privacy) and cybersecurity in esports.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 30, 2023

As artificial intelligence, also known as “AI” becomes more of a household word, it is worth pointing out not only how cool it can be, but also how some uses raise privacy concerns. Examples of this are evident in the massive explosion of smartphones and social media.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 5, 2021

Dustin Marlan, The Dystopian Right of Publicity Privacy problems (surveillance) are often analogized to the dystopia of 1984; ROP problems stemming from infinite transferablility can be analogized to Brave New World (1932). Class action ROP lawsuits against social media: result was broader consents in TOS. See her book.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 13, 2021

Music is also a vital component of social media platforms, as research displays that nine out of 10 social media users engage in a music related activity on their apps. Taking heed of the GDPR, in early 2020, California passed the California Consumer Privacy Act ( CCPA ).

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

On September 18, 2023, NetChoice, LLC — a national trade association with members from the tech and social media industry — obtained a preliminary injunction from the District Court for the Northern District of California preventing the State of California from enforcing the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (“AADC” or the “Act”).

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Clearview’s AI crawls the internet and can access, download, and store any image uploaded to social media. Many social media companies, including Google, Facebook, and Twitter, have accused Clearview of utilizing user images without authorization. This key component also includes information security.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The availability of a large variety of information has also increased the risk of Copyright Infringement due to its easy accessibility and dissemination. Any user can easily copy, duplicate or access the data without the permission of the author and it is difficult to trace them back due to the issues of privacy and other matters.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 26, 2023

There are several ways, but one common way is for a fraudster to set up a fake website that spoofs a real business, or spoofs a recruiter from a legitimate business by copying their information from a social media platform.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The latter successfully objected to a DMCA subpoena which sought identifying information of several alleged BitTorrent pirates. social media, search engines) Earlier this year, a magistrate judge followed Cox in this reasoning and recommended quashing the subpoena. .

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Back in 1991, Phill Zimmermann released an encryption program named Pretty Good Privacy or PGP. Online chats, social media, forums and other means of communication rose in popularity and all dealt with impersonation in various ways. On an internet rightly worried about privacy, how do we verify who is who?

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

faces allegations that it uses facial recognition technology that violates the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The complaint alleged that Clearview scraped over 3 billion images from various social media platforms and other online sources to create a facial recognition database.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 8, 2022

Each of these claims seek to “fault[ ] [Snap] for information provided by [a] third part[y]”—messages and photos sent by Guess-Mazock to Doe. It would take away all of the pro-social uses of Snapchat (don’t laugh, there are many), even in circumstances where the minor users never faced a risk of victimization.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 9, 2023

Since this necessarily involves the collection of personal data, companies like the Premier League sometimes disclose the type of information they collect as part of their privacy policies. This information spans the most basic of identifiers, such as a name, through to suspects’ leisure time activities.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 8, 2024

It found that the Act’s prohibitions, such as the collecting, sharing, or selling of personal information for age-profiling or other purposes, “limits the ‘availability and use’ of information by certain speakers and for certain purposes and thus regulates protected speech.”

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 28, 2021

” Scammers also try to use social media platforms for the same purpose – to scam users out of money or personal information. No matter what, the government will not call you or email you asking you for money or your personal information. If you are not eligible, you will not receive any such communication.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

For trademarks, a good place to start is the company’s marketing and promotional materials, website, mobile app, and social media. Don’t overlook company social media accounts, domain names, and toll-free numbers, which may also serve as potential trademarks.

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SpicyIP

JULY 9, 2021

We’re pleased to inform you that The Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society is inviting submissions for Volume 102 of the journal. For further deatils, please see the announcement below: Call for Submissions: The Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society (Vol. Logo of Patent & Trademark Office Society.

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43(B)log

JANUARY 19, 2022

Consumers and advertisers adequately alleged that Facebook has monopoly power in social network/social media (consumers) and social advertising markets. Plaintiffs successfully alleged that “Facebook acquired and maintained monopoly power by making false representations to users about Facebook’s data privacy practices.”

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Section 230 fostered the dominant social media business model where almost all of the major internet media services rely primarily upon user-provided content. But, AI may be different since it is more content-generative than most social-media. Think YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, LinkedIn, etc.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

“Moy’s resellers were informed that he was a law enforcement officer and that message was spread in the Telegram groups, including by group moderators working for Moy. . “Moy held himself out as a Chicago-area law enforcement officer when selling the Service,” the lawsuit adds, referencing the images below.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MAY 1, 2022

Included in a standard AUP are clauses specifying the purpose and scope of the policy, the user’s rights and responsibilities, acceptable uses, prohibited uses, and privacy standards. For example, creative teams and marketing teams may need greater access to certain social media websites to look for trends. Private Information.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 10, 2024

It talks about the matters like employment being at stake, efficiency and transparency, worker privacy, inclusive technological adoption and collective bargaining in contemporary world. While it can be used for better work quality purpose and analysis but misuse of such personal information can happen against the employees.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 23, 2024

Cognosphere obtains the latter to compel online platforms, typically social media companies, to hand over whatever information they hold on alleged infringers. What happens when that information is handed over to Cognosphere is mostly unknown. to hand over the information detailed below by November 22, 2023.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 3, 2021

In doing so, I examined the state of law on the RTBF, judgments of various High Courts and the implications of the matter before the Delhi HC for the future of the right to privacy vis-à-vis judicial transparency and public access to information.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

This Section also provides that right holders shall be informed about this type of use of their works and shall be entitled to ask the exception’s beneficiary to implement more stringent security measures.

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