Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

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

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 5, 2022

Gutman opened both accounts after she entered into the employment contract with JLM. The contract term was set to expire in August 2022, and thus the injunction would be dissolved as well. Ex-Employee’s Continued Use of Twitter Account May Be Conversion–Farm Journal v. Do Employers Own LinkedIn Groups Created By Employees?–CDM

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 18, 2023

Additionally, the terms of service highlight a unilateral confidentiality provision, binding only the user, while ChatGPT has no obligation to keep any user input or content confidential (beyond privacy obligations). Spoiler alert: sharing invention details with ChatGPT does not count as public use or on sale. enablement).

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Michael Geist

MARCH 21, 2023

Any internal documents, memos or internal communications relating to the impact of the company on the Canadian journalism sector since April 5, 2022. Meanwhile, Google’s requirements, drawn from a late February motion, state: That the committee order Alphabet Inc.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 18, 2023

Additionally, the terms of service highlight a unilateral confidentiality provision, binding only the user, while ChatGPT has no obligation to keep any user input or content confidential (beyond privacy obligations). enablement).

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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?

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Developer Appian secured a $2 billion judgment in a trade secret case, and publicly disclosed to the Wall Street Journal they insured it, including the terms. It would be a shame if premature overselling of risky policies or settlement disputes led to a bubble popping and a painful contraction. [1] There, the $47.5m policy ($57.3m

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Taken together with other EU digital and privacy regulations – such as the Digital Services Act, Digital Operational Resilience Act and General Data Protection Regulation – the interlocking effect of such regulation will be challenging to navigate. On 9 November 2023, the European Parliament adopted the final text of the Data Act.

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The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2022

Possible topics include but are not limited to: (i) Intellectual property, including live streaming, clones, reskinning, modding and/or fan participations, etc.; (ii) Preference will be given to applicants willing to make in-person presentations. Successful applicants will be notified by the end of July.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 31, 2023

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. OpenAI, LLC, OpenAI Startup Fund GP I, L.L.C.; you get the picture).

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SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

NFTs (Non-fungible tokens), which act as a certificate of ownership for whatever the creator puts up for sale, allow artists to set their preferred terms of contract while making sales. She criticises the judgment because the Court based its reasoning solely on privacy without any justifications rooted in property rights.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Union of India [1] , established that privacy is an essential Fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution. Unauthorised use of someone’s identity is a violation of both their personality rights and their basic right to privacy. The Court rejected the privacy defence, which is often employed in IP proceedings.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The following is a preview of a paper to be published in the Intellectual Property Journal. . The defendant lost at trial and on appeal because he failed to prove the contrary, i.e., that he employed the plaintiff under a contract of employment ( Choko , QCCA at [13]). 2 of the Copyright Act RSC 1985, c. C-42 [ Act ] calls it. .

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 28, 2022

At some point, the parties discussed revisiting the contract terms; these discussions ended up blowing up the relationship. The property-vs-contract vibe from the panel ruling reminds me of domain name / collections cases. During the first several years of Gutman’s employment, the parties had a productive relationship.

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43(B)log

JUNE 29, 2023

Impulse Statement: Sean Flynn: Data protection can be seen as protecting right to privacy but can interfere with right to research. Duty to protect: duty to regulate third parties—protecting both privacy rights and researchers in data held by third parties. How far that goes (overriding contracts, © claims, TPMs) is unclear.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

It also puts users’ privacy and security (including minors’!) JCPA (Journalism Competition and Preservation Act). It also necessitates that users must reveal highly sensitive personal information before they can access a service. at greater risk. 18, 2022 NetChoice LLC v.

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