43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

22, 2021) This case should be of interest to people working on contextual advertising. Common sense tells us that this is not a simple advertisement.” “It It is a work of fashion journalism that, like every fashion magazine, happens to contain advertisements.” Champion v. Moda Operandi, Inc., 3d -, 2021 WL 4340670, No.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

On October 25, 2022, following a string of antisemitic remarks and hate speech from Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) on social media, Adidas announced their decision to terminate their co-branding partnership with Ye and end production of all Yeezy branded products.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

It has opened wide range of facilities for us like entertainment, education, advertisements, communication etc. Wide impact of Multimedia and Social media Multimedia is a much broader concept consisting of text, sounds, audio-video, images, graphics etc. 2019 SCC Online Del 8002 Disney Enterprise inc. Kim cartoon and Ors.,

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 23, 2022

In the fall of 2019, Brazilian law enforcement agencies conducted a large anti-piracy campaign codenamed ‘Operation 404,’ referring to the well-known HTTP error code. With 30 search and seizure warrants in hand, law enforcement officials blocked or seized the domains of 226 websites, 461 piracy apps, and 15 social media accounts.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

— Bright Data has long sold the data of all the major social media companies. s Terms of Service (“ToS”) when it created a new account in 2019. seeks only damages based on the reactions of advertisers (third parties) to CCDH’s speech in the Toxic Twitter report, which CCDH created after the scraping. on all counts.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 20, 2023

Gold continues with specific examples: For example, Facebook acquired exclusive broadcasting rights for several baseball games during the 2018, 2019 Major League Baseball seasons. When they make money from these activities, social media companies must be obliged to reinvest in our creators and into local content creation.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Natorp’s removed all of his photos from its website shortly after he complained, but the photos allegedly remained “online at various social media outlets including Natorp’s private website, Facebook, and Pinterest.” McCleese registered copyrights for his photos in 2019.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 6, 2022

In 2019, LaLiga launched an investigation into a website advertised on social media that was being used to illegally market football content plus other material belonging to a “well-known” on-demand television platform.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 25, 2023

The case of Evans v John Lewis Plc & Anor [2023] EWHC 766 (IPEC) is a copyright infringement claim in which the IPEC (a specialist IP court in the UK) was asked to decide whether John Lewis’s 2019 Christmas advert and an associated book infringed the copyright in a children’s book.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The Liberal government committed in the 2019 election campaign to a digital services tax primarily designed to target large U.S. technology companies that generate significant revenues in Canada from online advertising and user data. The policy has been adopted in several other countries, repeatedly sparking a response from the U.S.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 24, 2022

These days it’s more likely for those sales to be organized on social media, which happily broadcast illegal sales to the whole world while logging everything for posterity. There had also been a significant delay in bringing the case to a close following their arrests in 2019. Fraud, Copyright and Money Laundering.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 25, 2024

These reports allegedly caused advertisers to pause their Twitter advertising campaigns, starving Twitter of much-needed revenues. The court says there are no general damages because the alleged damages (loss of advertiser revenue) “do not flow directly and necessarily from CCDH’s breach of the ToS’s scraping provision.”

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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. The surveillance on viewing the habit of individuals is often used to advertise similar targeted content. 2019, March 19).

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43(B)log

MARCH 10, 2023

An axe-throwing business owner testified that, in 2019, he and two other league members believed that WATL worked with Cold Steel to manufacture axes, based on advertisements on Cold Steel’s website. Use of the mark with the words “compliant,” “legal,” and “meets.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Nintendo also obtained a UK High Court injunction to block four Team-Xecuter-related websites back in 2019 but that did little to stop pirated game ROMs from being shared online. Nintendo said that its solicitors had made extensive efforts to contact the operators of the NSW2U sites and have its social media pages taken down.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

2, 2022) Before the jury verdict in favor of Monster’s false advertising claim was this opinion resolving evidentiary issues. They weren’t directly asked about the phrase “Super Creatine,” whether participants had prior experiences with or opinions of Bang, or whether they had seen Vital’s advertising in the market. Monster Energy Co.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

When the federal government shut down pirate IPTV services owned by Pennsylvania and New Jersey man, Bill Omar Carrasquillo in November 2019, it became one of the most high-profile anti-piracy operations ever conducted in the United States. A reported 14 terabytes of data required actual review by the defense.

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43(B)log

JULY 20, 2023

for deceptive advertising of dietary supplements in violation of the FTCA and the COVID-19 Consumer Protection Act. Since early 2020, Defendant Nepute and Quickwork have used several platforms, including social media, emails, and radio, to tout the purported benefits of Vitamin D and zinc and to promote Wellness Warrior supplements. ”

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

Your location data is then sold to aggregators, advertisers and marketers, sometimes in real time and usually without your express consent. Advertisers then use the location data to target relevant ads to your device. The New York Times 2019 piece has an interesting visual view of location data.

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

JULY 29, 2021

As ITV2’s most successful show of all time, it’s no surprise that it attracts such huge sponsors and advertisers to invest. Molly Mae rose to fame following 2019’s season where she came in second place with her now long-term boyfriend Tommy Fury. million viewers back in 2020. Take Molly Mae Hague as an example.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 18, 2022

In late 2019, the IPTV provider found itself being extorted by a hacker who claimed to have obtained the details of around 121,000 of its subscribers. The service was marketed and sold to users via these domains and through social media platforms.

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43(B)log

JUNE 26, 2023

REELZ allegedly told advertisers that the “working title” of the show was “PD Live,” and went so far as to announce that “REELZ ADDS #1 TV SHOW TO OUR PROGRAMS LINEUP” with “ALL NEW LIVE EPISODES.” Media critics allegedly readily observed that the new show was “a clone of A&E’s Live PD,” and that “On Patrol: Live is Live PD.”

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 15, 2021

From 3 October 2019, Stone was the registered proprietor of the UK word trade mark, “ARCHANGEL ALCHEMY”, in respect of “training course - for soul development - yogic sciences - quantum physics - altered states of awareness - relaxation - holistic health - celestial beings - natural living” in class 41.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 28, 2022

Court of Appeals found Vanna White could seek damages from Samsung for an advertisement involving a futuristic female robot turning the letters on a game show board. [3] Ordinary persons captured in videos that later go viral on social media often find their likeness plastered onto commercial products. ” [4]. 1] [link]. [2]

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The new Enforcement and Modernisation Directive 2019/2161, more commonly known as the ‘Omnibus Directive’ ( the Directive ), aims to strengthen consumer rights through enhanced enforcement measures and increased transparency requirements. EU Member States must adopt national implementation measures by 28 November 2021.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Elysium’s expert, Sowers, tested the allegation that ChromaDex advertising deceived customers into believing that the FDA reviewed ChromaDex’s product, Tru Niagen, for efficacy. Respondents were never shown an advertising statement conveying the control message.” As a general matter, “[e]rrors in methodology.

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43(B)log

JANUARY 5, 2024

2, 2024) Some interesting comments on when individual instances of “confusion” don’t count, as well as their relevance to evaluating out-of-court social media etc. In 2019, defendants launched the “Florida Online School,” abbreviated “FLOS.” 2024 WL 22039, No: 6:20-cv-2354-GAP-EJK (M.D. statements as evidence of confusion.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

The re-recording is happening because Swift’s entire Big Machine Label Group catalog was sold without her knowledge to music manager Scooter Braun in 2019. She uses social media to create her band, to market her music, and even to fight against online music streaming. A Conglomerate.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

If memes are so powerful to engage users with the underlying content, as recognized by their increased use as an advertising tool, then how can the same corporations claim that memes are creating a serious harm that the law should recognize and protect? 405 (2019); Terrica Carrington, Grumpy Cat or Copy Cat? 511, 523 (2012).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

30, 2021): Plaintiff alleges that Defendants knew that Defendant Wagner did not own the copyright to the images that Plaintiff posted on its social media channels, because Wagner abandoned the copyrights when he executed the Stipulation of Settlement, which dedicated the intellectual property rights of the images to the public domain.

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Above the Fold

MAY 25, 2022

Social media has taken over, with social media users nearly doubling from 2.3 1] Social media platforms provide direct access to consumers, with the ability to focus on niche consumer groups. In response to this growing space, the FTC issued guidelines for influencers in 2019. [2] billion in 2021. [1]

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LexBlog IP

MAY 25, 2022

Social media has taken over, with social media users nearly doubling from 2.3 1] Social media platforms provide direct access to consumers, with the ability to focus on niche consumer groups. In response to this growing space, the FTC issued guidelines for influencers in 2019. [2] billion in 2021. [1]

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2022

In addition, social media intermediaries must appoint a Chief Compliance Officer in accordance with the Act and IT Rules. and OthersCS (OS) 27/2019 : In this case, defendants Facebook, Google, Twitter, and YouTube were ordered to remove URLs that were allegedly insulting to the plaintiffs from their relevant platforms.

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Trading Secrets

MARCH 22, 2022

As part of Hayley Paige’s responsibilities for JLM, she was tasked with growing the “Hayley Paige” brand for the company, including “assisting with advertising programs.” On November 23, 2020, Hayley Paige informed JLM that would “not be posting any JLM related business” to her social media accounts. 2021 WL 827749, at *6.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

The rapid rise of AI used with advertising, marketing and other consumer facing applications has caused the FTC to continue to take notice and issues guidance. The following is some recent FTC guidance to consider when referencing AI in your advertising. It has issued AI-related guidance in the past.

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IP Tech Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA ) has banned two ads for breach of the rule prohibiting the use of gender stereotypes in advertising, which was introduced in 2019. The authors thank Zara Bhatti for her contributions to this post. The post Harmful gender stereotypes or a double standard?

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 29, 2024

In 2019, the U.S. provides a remedy against “[a]ny person who uses a deceased personality’s name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness, in any manner, on or in products, merchandise, or goods, or for purposes of advertising or selling, or soliciting purchases of, products, merchandise, goods, or services, without prior consent.”

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