SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The Controller of Patents and Designs, India’s first AI Copyright litigation involving OpenAI, and the rejection of an RTI Application concerning IPRS’ compliance with the Copyright Act. The Beginning of AI-Copyright Litigation in India?: This and a lot more in this week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on?

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Copyright Invention Trademark IP 59

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

7) Governments loot Google and Facebook under the pretense of “saving” journalism. Despite these obvious issues, the privacy community has been conspicuously quiet about age authentication. Yet, all of the hard-won progress to date to enhance online privacy are in jeopardy by widespread online authentication requirements.

Law 111

Law Social Media Advertising Advertising 111

Velocity of Content

JANUARY 31, 2023

An analogous situation involving open software licenses (GNU and the like) is now being litigated. I don’t find this argument convincing given the ability today to license many content types at scale for TDM, including images, music and yes, journal articles (See “Full disclosure” above), but it is an argument often offered by infringers.

Licensing 98

Licensing Fair Use Journalism Publishing 98

SpicyIP

AUGUST 26, 2024

Samridhi is a final-year student at the Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, and a graduate in Journalism from Lady Shri Ram College for Women. The Court has, thus, set a clear precedent for the emerging swathe of litigation in this regard. SpicyIP intern Samridhi discusses this order below.

Personality Rights 111

Personality Rights Privacy Copyright Trademark 111

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 5, 2022

Compared to most social media ownership disputes, this case has featured extensive litigation, including an appeal, revised injunction, a contempt motion, and now, a motion to modify the scope of the preliminary injunction. The dispute is interesting in many ways–especially the fact that it’s been this heavily litigated.

Social Media 119

Social Media Ownership Business Branding 119

IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Articles from The Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice (Oxford University Press). Patent protection may limit access to new ideas and technology and, therefore, raise concerns about disparities in access and stifle the growth of the metaverse as a shared online space.

Technology 52

Technology Invention Patent Intellectual Property 52

Patently-O

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

An exotic insurance product has recently taken the litigation world by storm. 1] Now, it’s hard to avoid; a brief Internet search will turn up hundreds of hits and dozens of explainer articles by insurance brokers, law firms, and litigation funders extolling the benefits and pitching such policies to appellants. There, the $47.5m

Settlement 83

Settlement Litigation Branding Brands 83

43(B)log

MARCH 21, 2023

He has written and spoken widely on copyright, privacy and other areas of technology law. She teaches in the area of criminal law, primarily in the Civil-Criminal Litigation Clinic and the Juvenile Justice Clinic, a clinic which she directs and co-founded. Davis Law Review, among others.

Technology 59

Technology Journalism Intellectual Property Confidentiality 59

43(B)log

MARCH 15, 2023

He has written and spoken widely on copyright, privacy and other areas of technology law. She teaches in the area of criminal law, primarily in the Civil-Criminal Litigation Clinic and the Juvenile Justice Clinic, a clinic which she directs and co-founded. Davis Law Review, among others.

Technology 59

Technology Journalism Intellectual Property Confidentiality 59

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

I’d love to see an accounting of the time and money the parties have spent on this litigation. Gutman Social Media Ownership Disputes Part II: Bridal Wear Company Takes Back Control of Instagram Account from Ex-Employee Ex-Employee’s Continued Use of Twitter Account May Be Conversion–Farm Journal v.

Social Media 105

Social Media Ownership Designs Design 105

Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 19, 2024

This solution will allow authors to publish in the journal of their choice without having to pay an APC, even though this journal’s copyright policy conflicts with their research funder’s OA requirements. More from our authors: International Cybersecurity and Privacy Law in Practice, Second Edition by Charlotte A.

Licensing 69

Licensing Publishing Journalism Ownership 69

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

If this litigation continues and defendants wish to repeat this argument, they should support their assertion that they own the Facebook page with authority. Maryland enacted a social media privacy law in 2021. Ex-Employee’s Continued Use of Twitter Account May Be Conversion–Farm Journal v. TELECOMM. & & TECH.

Social Media 98

Social Media Contracts Ownership Business 98

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

The Constitutionality of Mandating Editorial Transparency , 73 Hastings Law Journal 1203 (2022). Comments to the CPPA’s Proposed Regulations Pursuant to the Consumer Privacy Rights Act of 2020, Aug. Comments on the California Consumer Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) Rulemaking , May 2022. Other Articles and Advocacy. NetChoice LLC v.

Editing 98

Editing Social Media Blogging Advertising 98

IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Our students gain valuable practical experience which will assist them in obtaining employment after law school, and some of our students’ research in the program has been published in the Intellectual Property Journal (IPJ). The students will also blog on the IPilogue and maintain a reflective journal about their internship experiences.

IP 81

IP Intellectual Property Intellectual Property Law Patent Application 81

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2023

Gutman Social Media Ownership Disputes Part II: Bridal Wear Company Takes Back Control of Instagram Account from Ex-Employee Ex-Employee’s Continued Use of Twitter Account May Be Conversion–Farm Journal v. Johnson The Spectacular Failure of Employee Social Media Privacy Laws Do Employers Own LinkedIn Groups Created By Employees?–CDM

Social Media 98

Social Media Ownership Marketing Marketing 98

SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This is a “serials crisis” i.e., a situation when rising subscription costs for scholarly journals exceed academic library budgets, hampering researchers’ access. I am not even wading into the Bogus Open Access Journals and The dark side of the scientific publishing industry ). One may ask – is open access a solution?

Trademark 59

Trademark Publishing Journalism Copyright 59

IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

Pina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, the IP Intensive Program, and the IP Innovation Clinic, the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the IPilogue, the Deputy Editor of the Intellectual Property Journal, and an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. 2021 was an exciting year for the IPilogue. 2000 SCC 66 at para.

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IP Copyright Infringement Inventor Intellectual Property 105

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 28, 2022

The district court granted an injunction that gave control over these key social media accounts to JLM during the pendency of the litigation. While it affirms the district court’s order, it remands with respect to the issue of who gets to control the social media accounts while the litigation is pending.

Social Media 118

Social Media Ownership Contracts Privacy 118

LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The other big news last week was the so-called “noisy exit” of FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson from the FTC, an exit punctuated by a pointed op-ed piece in The Wall Street Journal asserting that FTC Chair Lina Khan has disregarded the rule of law and due process in her management of the FTC.

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Intellectual Property Blogging Journalism Confidentiality 40

IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 7, 2025

There has been considerable debate on the way privacy and public interest should be understood in terms of the conflict between freedom of the media to publish information and the right to privacy. Responsible journalism must emphasize factual reporting against sensationalism, guided by ethical practice. Rajagopal v.

Privacy 103

Privacy Law Television Journalism 103

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Regarding Mr. Sidhus right to privacy and commercial exploitation, the Court held that for such a right to exist, it should be first established that Mr. Sidhu is a celebrity and has commercial goodwill. The ONOS scheme will bring on board 30 international publishers and nearly 13,000 e-journals published by these publishers.

IP 105

IP Invention Patent Copyright 105

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

And if Musk ever flips any of Twitter’s long-standing legal or policy positions in litigation or lobbying, he could truly melt down the industry. It also puts users’ privacy and security (including minors’!) JCPA (Journalism Competition and Preservation Act). at greater risk. Still, the news was bad for hiQ.

Law 122

Law Social Media Government Privacy 122

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

If you haven’t been watching the litigation tsunami over Meta Pixels, it’s been a sight to behold. Privacy Lawyers May Be Why We Can’t Have Nice Things. If you’re a privacy hammer, everything looks like a privacy nail. Pixel Cases. Supreme Courts Moody v. 20, 2024 (with Sebastian Schwemer).

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Social Media Law Government Privacy 102