Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 12, 2021

Instead, the allegations recount Microsoft’s numerous (robust) privacy-related representations made to customers. Microsoft also harvests business customer data to develop and sell to others a marketing product called Microsoft Audience Network, which Microsoft admits derives enormous value from processing customer data.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 8, 2023

Celebrities have objected to this because it interferes with their personal lives and their right to privacy. This recorded music is frequently sold at significantly lower prices than market rates, resulting in massive losses for music producers. The Indian Copyright Act of 1957 forbids and punishes acts of piracy.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 13, 2021

This was originally published by Esports Insider on June 24, 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. Collecting information.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 6, 2022

2021 was a rough year for many businesses, but there was at least one winner: in a recent blog post , privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo reported a record growth of over 46 percent and now claims to serve more than 27 million Americans. This post was authored by C. Blair Robinson, legal intern at Robinson+Cole.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 28, 2021

data privacy : what businesses NEED TO know. Keeping pace with the state of data privacy and data privacy regulations is becoming a pressing responsibility for businesses in the digital age. Data privacy legislation is on the rise, with jurisdictions adopting stricter protective measures on a national and global front.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 27, 2022

We’re pleased to bring our readers Part 2 of the series by Surabhi Pande and Devvrat Joshi looking at the proposed draft amendments to the IT Rules, 2021. The Amendment to the IT Rules, 2021: Locked, Loaded, and Aimed at the Intermediaries – Part II. Surabhi Pande and Devvrat Joshi. What exactly are the problems or challenges?

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Barry Sookman

MAY 30, 2021

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-05-22 [link] 2021-05-23. Minding the FLoCs: Google’s Marketing Moves, AI, Privacy and the Data Commons – Centre for International Governance… [link] 2021-05-25. – Centre for International Governance Innovat… [link] 2021-05-25.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 16, 2021

Blackbaud “provides data collection and maintenance software solutions for administration, fundraising, marketing, and analytics to social good entities such as non-profit organizations, foundations, educational institutions, faith communities, and healthcare organizations.” Customer Data Breach MDL Litigation , 2021 U.S.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In the October edition of our Privacy and Security Roundup , we dive into the latest details surrounding OFAC’s efforts to stifle ransomware attacks, how organizations should carefully assess the new Personal Information Protection Law in China, the new EU Standard Contractual Clauses requirement effective Sept. 27, and more.

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Olartemoure Blog

AUGUST 10, 2022

Worldwide, on 2022 companies are planning to invest over US$1M on privacy initiatives, resulting in the fact that companies with higher revenues tend to invest larger sums. Competitive and reputational matters : privacy is one of the current motives which drives consumer choices in the marketplace. 2 Consumer Privacy Survey.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 8, 2021

To kick off the final day of the National Advertising Division’s (NAD) 2021 virtual conference last week, FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter gave a keynote address laying out her views on consumer privacy and the digital data economy writ large. Myth #1: “Privacy” is the only concern for consumers in digital markets.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In our latest Privacy and Security Roundup , we cover the Senate-passed bill that includes nearly $2 billion in national cybersecurity funding, recent sanctions by the SEC on investment advisors and broker-dealers, a new initiative that aims to improve defense planning and information sharing between the public and private sectors, and more.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 30, 2022

The effect has been to preclude restaurants from effectively competing with the delivery apps, calcifying an already-existing monopsony in which only three companies (Grubhub, DoorDash, and Uber Eats) control a majority of the market share for food delivery in New York City.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

This fast lane is a historical anachronism; it does little to balance the privacy interests of the alleged infringer. Knowing what we know now about the dangers of unmasking subpoenas, I would like to think that Congress would draft 512(h) with more privacy sensitivity today. Market effect. GoDaddy.com LLC , 2021 WL 4942658 (D.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 24, 2021

The $887 million fine is almost triple the amount of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) fines ($322 million) issued by all of Europe’s regulators combined up to the start of 2021. The 2018 privacy investigation only fuels the antitrust quagmire. Amazon’s slogan is “Work hard. Make history”.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

However, those arguments were more theoretical than empirical; there weren’t a lot of high-profile examples of a mass-market consumer service deploying this strategy. Despite these obvious issues, the privacy community has been conspicuously quiet about age authentication. Musk has bridged that gap. TikTok bans.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 14, 2021

This article was originally posted on E-TIPS For Deeth Williams Wall LLP on December 8, 2021. On November 16, 2021, Miramax filed a lawsuit against Quentin Tarantino for his planned auction of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) based on his original hand-written script of the film Pulp Fiction.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

I also had the pleasure of working with Cristina Aguirre, Privacy Officer at AstraZeneca, and learned about the day-to-day operations of a major pharmaceutical company from her perspective. I began my internship at a very exciting time for privacy law in Canada. On September 22, 2021, Quebec’s Bill 64, received Royal Assent.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 2, 2022

The court doesn’t engage with the many other cases currently percolating through the courts involving the collision between Section 230 and privacy law, including the data broker cases and the yearbook cases. Overall, 2021 was a pretty good year for plaintiffs in those cases, as they survived motions to dismiss more often than not.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

I completed my last Internet Law class before Thanksgiving 2021 and had Spring semester off. That’s a long prelude to explaining how my “summer 2022” really dates back to November 2021 and won’t end until January. 6th Edition of Advertising & Marketing Law: Cases and Materials (with Rebecca Tushnet).

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Bungie’s interest in individuals linked to Destiny 2 cheat maker and distributor, Ring-1, became public in 2021. Defendants also use privacy protection services to hide their names and contact information from the public domain name WHOIS database.”

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The Shanghai Data Exchange, launched in November 2021, is reportedly gearing up to go international. The Shanghai Data Exchange aims to build “a data factor market” and “promote data capitalization.” The announcement came from the 2022 Global Data Ecosystem Conference, held in Singapore this November.

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Chicago IP

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

On Thursday, September 23, 2021, from 12:00 p.m. The panel is being moderated by Kara DeAngelis, McDonald’s Corporation Counsel, Privacy & Information Governance. Susan Lester, McDonald’s Corporation, Senior Counsel, Marketing & Intellectual Property. to 1:00 p.m. The event is free for IPLAC Members and $25.00

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Olartemoure Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This growing trend reflects a broader effort to closely examine and mitigate the market power held by these corporate giants. Abuse of dominant position, in the context of antitrust and competition law, refers to the improper and anti-competitive practices undertaken by a company that holds a dominant market position.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 12, 2022

You might also check out (1) my Internet Law course page , which includes a quarter-century of syllabi and old exams with sample answers, (2) my article on “ Teaching Cyberlaw ,” (3) my blog post on teaching Internet Law as an online-only course , and (4) my Canvas modules for my Fall 2021 online-only course. Review: 16 C.F.R. Supreme Ct.).

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

On Thursday, September 23, 2021, from 12:00 p.m. The panel is being moderated by Kara DeAngelis, McDonald’s Corporation Counsel, Privacy & Information Governance. Susan Lester, McDonald’s Corporation, Senior Counsel, Marketing & Intellectual Property. to 1:00 p.m. for Non-Members.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 9, 2022

Even as the NFT market has grown to billions of dollars, public perception remains very low. If anything, it just further connects NFTs with piracy and lack of security/privacy. According to a 2021 update, the company has 5 million subscribers. Most of the people who used it, did so as a Napster alternative.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Amazon, 2021 U.S. Facebook Gets Bad Ruling In Face-Scanning Privacy Case–In re Facebook Biometric Information Privacy Litigation. 2H 2015 Quick Links, Part 7 (Marketing, Advertising, E-Commerce). Amazon appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Case citation : Nicosia v. LEXIS 188893 (S.D.N.Y.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The Staff Report is derived from a virtual workshop the FTC held in April 2021 addressing user interfaces across websites and mobile apps. The FTC published helpful guidance on tackling dark patterns through the Staff Report and 2021 Enforcement Policy Statement. Why do they matter to you?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2021

This is my last blog post for 2021. 2021 WL 6135300 (N.D. Q2 2015 Quick Links, Part 1 (IP, Marketing and More). The post Twitter Can’t Quash a 512(h) Subpoena appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Due to the failed fair use defense, the court orders Twitter to comply with the 512(h) subpoena.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

million devices were seized and destroyed in 2020-2021, although a lucky few were repurposed in schools, hospitals, even police cars. It appears that an 18-month period ending December 31, 2021, returned the best results before seizures completely leveled off in the first half of 2022. A reported 1.5 Most recent actions below).

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The IPKat

JULY 4, 2021

Common Market Law Review has announced the 2021 Prize for Young Academics. Submissions on any topic on EU law are expected until September 15, 2021. The winning essay will be published in Common Market Law Review and will also receive a monetary prize of 500 euros.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 26, 2022

According to a report published in March 2022 by Global Market Insights Inc., the global market valuation for voice recognition technology will reach approximately $10 billion by 2028. Consumer privacy laws are on the rise and companies need to step up now to get ahead.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Marketing. * 15th, 2021 – Get your tickets for ‘American Skin’ in the following theaters,” Nathaniel Parker (@origi_nate), Instagram, [link] plaintiffs do not offer any other instances in which the defendants engaged in D.C. Hovermann , 2021 WL 9032222 (E.D.N.Y. “ Privacy. * Comptroller , No. C-02-cv-02-10509 (Md.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

The court dismisses the claim because there’s probably no privacy interest in yearbook photos, and publishing them isn’t sufficiently offensive. 2021 WL 4245359 (D. RocketReach, LLC , 2021 WL 4282700 (N.D. Ancestry appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. ” Intrusion into seclusion.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

9, 2021, No. 3:20-cv-04333-WHA) 2021 WL 1338553 at *3–5; Dohrmann, supra , 823 Fed.Appx. See, e.g., In re Ring LLC Privacy Litigation (C.D.Cal., JustAnswer (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. See, e.g., Britt v. ContextLogic, Inc. 484; Allen v. Shutterfly, Inc. 14, 2020, No.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

Any legal policy that encourages data snarfing must simultaneously contend with the potentially anti-competitive and anti-social effects of preventing legitimate players from snarfing, along with the potentially massive privacy and security risks that data snarfers create. Plus, BrandTotal still has some Muppet accounts. ” Wait, what?

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