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Section 230 Preempts Product Design Claims–Lama v. Meta

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Try as he might to make his claims about the way Instagram is designed, his claims are inherently grounded in third-party content posted to the app. Implications I look at the “product design” workaround to Section 230 as a type of Rorschach test. Meta appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Minnesota’s Attempt to Copy California’s Constitutionally Defective Age Appropriate Design Code is an Utter Fail (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

by guest blogger Jess Miers, Legal Advocacy Counsel at Chamber of Progress [Eric’s intro: last year I blogged about Minnesota’s flirtation with mandatory age verification. That proposal died, but it’s a new year and legislatures around the country are back with a bumper crop of proposals to kill the Internet.]

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Infographic | The designated gatekeepers

Olartemoure Blog

The Digital Markets Act (DMA), the groundbreaking EU law addressing antitrust, unfair competition, and consumer protection, has now designated major tech companies as gatekeepers. La entrada Infographic | The designated gatekeepers se publicó primero en OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property.

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X Corp. v. Bright Data is the Decision We’ve Been Waiting For (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Contracts designed solely to control the flow of information are distinguished from those protecting other values, such as privacy. Bright Data is the Decision We’ve Been Waiting For (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. The post X Corp.

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The digital markets act

Olartemoure Blog

The Digital Markets Act is a groundbreaking law from the European Union that regulates the performance of large online platforms (designated as gatekeepers) in the digital economy to guarantee fair competition, which started applying on 2 May 2023. It controls an important gateway for business users toward final consumers.

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Dragons' Den IP Blog - Series 21 Episode 5

Dragons' Den

We decided to have patents in as many markets as possible. For businesses like Manta Hair, securing design rights or patents can offer a quicker path to protection, ensuring the uniqueness of their product is safeguarded in the market. This may serve to deter people from creating a design similar to yours.

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Central Role of IP and Marketing in Business Design

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If you design IP protection into the business through your agreements, choice of brand name and other identifiers you strengthen your position against the most common and damaging forms of copying in business. Although I engaged a designer for my “branding”, all I essentially got from the expensive exercise was a logo, and a website.