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Do You Own Your Social Media Account? Minding Your Intellectual Property Rights

JD Supra Law

Want to learn more about drafting, negotiating, and understanding intellectual property and technology contracts and have 10 minutes to spare? This month, we are discussing ownership and proprietary rights to social media accounts. By: Venable LLP

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Social Media Marketing: Brand Indemnification of Celebrities and Influencers

Traverse Legal Blog

“Influencer Marketing” and “Social Media Brand Endorsement” have become big business. Our law firm represents some of the business’s largest social media marketing agencies and influencers. This means they also own and need to license the copyright to the brand. This happens all the time.

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Intellectual Property Protection for Content Creators & Social Media Influencers

Kashishipr

When it comes to promoting, marketing, and advertising, social media is one of the most effective and powerful ways. Content creators and social media influencers work sincerely to build their reputation for expertise in specific industries, products, and topics.

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Intellectual Property Rights for Social Media Influencers

IIPRD

A Social Media Influencer is someone who creates unique material that keeps people interested on multiple social media platforms, causing them to return for more high-quality information. A common issue among digital influencers is whether the content they generate is protected by intellectual property rights.

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Social media ‘influencers’ are often lacking trademark protection

Erik K Pelton

On social media these days, much of the content and the news that I see relates to influencers. The post Social media ‘influencers’ are often lacking trademark protection appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. The following is a transcript of my video Influencers Need Trademark Protection Too.

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Sports Leagues See ‘X’ as the ‘Home of Social Media Piracy’

TorrentFreak

Research published by the EU Intellectual Property Office found that X is rife with piracy-related discussions. X is increasingly the home of unlawful social media piracy,” the letter reads. In some cases, content is shared by users of X without first obtaining permission from rightsholders.

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Influencers and Intellectual Property Rights

IIPRD

A social media influencer is someone who creates content based on their niche in various social media platforms where they deliver information by uploading in the mediums of long format videos, short format videos or reels, static posts and stories.