Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The precedent work is “a set of replacement stickers for the dashboard climate controls for certain GM vehicles”: The Copyright Office registered this design. The wranglings caused the registrant’s sticker to be removed from Amazon for a total of 44 days in 2018 across several different incidents.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 5, 2021

“Caraway’s final three claims are for trademark infringement, unfair competition and false designation, and trademark dilution under the Lanham Act as a result of Defendant’s purchase of the Caraway Mark so as to advertise Equal Parts when consumers searched for the term ‘Caraway’ in Google’s search engine.

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IPilogue

JULY 23, 2021

Despite its short runtime, this episode touches on many interesting ways IP law can apply to the NFT space and is especially important as the NFT market continues to grow. “S S ocial Media & Your IP Rights ” by Innovation Talks. T he Progress Pride Flag, and the Realities of IP ” by Input Doc: Marketing Interviews. “T

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 16, 2023

Over the years, the FTC has issued many 6(b) studies, ranging from the annual studies of cigarette and tobacco marketing to a 2021 study on internet service provider privacy issues to a 2018 study on mobile security issues. Second, the substance Two items were on the agenda today, and they both involve FTC 6(b) studies.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

The plaintiffs claim that, “by enabling the transmission of ephemeral content on the application, Defendants facilitate the exchange of CSAM, and that Snap’s design of the application assists users in ‘evad[ing] supervision by legal guardians or law enforcement.'” Publisher/Speaker Claims. Citing Doe v.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

There is uncertainty over how much selection and refinement is needed to produce the best work (see examples of selection, refinement and reworking here and here ) and getting the right prompt is challenging enough to have created a market for effective prompts.

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43(B)log

JULY 6, 2022

Marketing Sales Practices & Prods. Plaintiffs moved to certify four classes of purchasers of JUUL products on “theories that defendants’ marketing of JUUL was unlawfully deceptive, JUUL was unlawfully marketed to youth, and JUUL products are not fit for ordinary use.” In Re Juul Labs, Inc., I don't even have a RICO tag!

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Case Summaries Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing v. The plaintiff submitted that though their “Sufiyana” mark has not been registered, they have been using the same since 2014/ 2018 and thus have gathered a substantive goodwill in the market. But how does this finding interact with the position of relevant laws in India?

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 10, 2022

In a non-precedential decision, the TTAB held that use of the word and stylized mark EL RANCHERO for “food products made of corn, namely, corn chips, tortillas and tostadas” were confusingly similar to the word and design marks RANCHERO for “cream” and “Mexican style sausages, namely chorizo and bolita.”

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azrights

MAY 10, 2022

Compumark an industry leader in trademark research and protection reported in 2020 that trademark infringement is rising year on year with 85% of brands experiencing trademark infringement in the previous year, showing a steady upward trend from 81% in 2018 and 74% in 2017. Not understanding marketing. Business is hard.

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

JUNE 10, 2020

We live in the digital age of smartphones and social media, where the large scale capturing and sharing of photographs has become a global run-of-the-mill form of communication and expression. The rights in these photographs are typically subject to the licensing schemes of the various social media platforms to which they are posted.

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IP Tech Blog

JULY 17, 2023

The proposed AI Act will apply to providers marketing or operating AI systems on EU territory, irrespective of whether they are established in the EU or in a third country, and to AI users located in the EU, as well as to providers and users located in a third country when the information generated is used on EU territory.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

In other words, the gist of the case is whether the photographers surrender their right to exclude others by voluntarily posting their own photos to social media. As a practical matter, the answer is certainly yes; an open system is built into the design of the internet. Breitbart News Network, LLC , 302 F. 3d 585 (S.D.N.Y.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The Nepal Privacy Act was passed in September 2018. It encompasses all intersecting IT industries and might affect anything from social media use to surveillance, e-commerce, and technological innovation. An NFT and the corresponding permission to use, copy, or display the asset can be bought and sold in digital markets.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2021

These “bad design” arguments to work around 230 have been rejected repeatedly. In that sense, this case is like the “material support for terrorists” cases against social media services, which have failed on a wide variety of grounds beyond Section 230. ” Section 230. .” Negligence.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 25, 2023

The DSA is a key development in the use of online services in the European Union (“ EU ”), with an impact on online services as significant as the one which the General Data Protection Regulation (“ GDPR ”) had upon the collection, use, transfer, and storage of data originating in the EU on 25 May 2018.

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Garrigues Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

This clothing brand, founded by the designer María Malo, who holds a degree in Environmental Sciences, embraces the values of respect for nature and every person involved in the process.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Users can download “dapps” (or decentralized applications) which allow users to design and develop software using the Internet Computer blockchain. While Meta does not now provide the precise services that Dfinity does, it does provide developers and creators with the ability to design, build, and launch VR apps on Meta Quest.”

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43(B)log

AUGUST 19, 2021

CasperLabs was founded in October 2018 under that name. CasperLabs, meanwhile, alleged that “Casper” and “CasperLabs” had become widely recognized on social media to refer to its network. Zamfir’s branch of this research, carried out in the US, became known as “CBC Casper,” aka “Casper.”

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IP Tech Blog

JULY 18, 2023

At the same time, we are obligated by both ethical rules and market conditions to offer reasonable rates – which in turn make the use of generative AI compelling. Amazon stopped the program in 2018, before Amazon recruiters had used it to evaluate candidates, when AI specialists discovered that the engine was biased against hiring women.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 25, 2023

As the District Court noted: When Dorland read an online version of The Kindest in 2018, she noted the similarities between her letter and the letter in the story. They also resulted in the Boston Book Festival cancelling its annual One City, One Story event, which had planned to feature The Kindest in 2018. ” Id.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The court summarizes the allegations: Plaintiffs John Doe #1 and John Doe #2 allege that when they were thirteen years old they were solicited and recruited for sex trafficking and manipulated into providing to a third-party sex trafficker pornographic videos (“the Videos”) of themselves through the social media platform Snapchat.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The Court noted that the Patents Act is specifically designed to deal with matters concerning allegations of unreasonable conditions in licence agreements, abuse of one’s status as a patentee, the necessary inquiry into these allegations, and eventually the relief that can be granted. Controller of Patents & Designs Patent Office Mumbai.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 17, 2023

The proposed AI Act will apply to providers marketing or operating AI systems on EU territory, irrespective of whether they are established in the EU or in a third country, and to AI users located in the EU, as well as to providers and users located in a third country when the information generated is used on EU territory.

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43(B)log

JANUARY 18, 2022

This seems wrong to me—like holding a skateboard nonfunctional because you can also use roller skates if you want personal wheels, or the Dippin’ Dots ice cream configuration nonfunctional because one can eat regular ice cream instead—but does provide a nice illustration of the importance of market definition to functionality determinations.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 6, 2023

Coakley’s NDA and Certificate of Engagement In 2018, before filming began on Runt , Coakley entered into a Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) with the producer and financier of the film, Virtuoso 2, Inc. Drop me a line in the comments box below or @copyrightlately on social media.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

While these search terms are clearly not acceptable, it’s also obvious that these phrases could describe completely legal videos as part of exaggerated or fantastical marketing. Plaintiffs have not alleged facts demonstrating how Salesforce’s marketing advice and/or products were essential to the ads that trafficked Plaintiffs.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 4, 2023

copyright actually did expire in 1987, but one year later, the British Parliament introduced a unique exception to the Copyright Designs and Patents Act of 1988 in favor of the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. You may wonder how this is possible, given that Barrie died in 1937 , over 86 years ago. Well, the U.K.

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