IIPRD

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Introduction What separates long-established print and electronic media from social media is that it comes along with a bunch of techniques for its usage. These are tools that shaped social media to be more significant than the long-established medias. How can Influencers protect their IP?

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LexBlog IP

JULY 12, 2023

The new social media platform Threads was launched on July 5, 2023. Although social media activity is largely concentrated on a few major platforms, new networks have continued to pop up and compete for users. Acquiring social media handles that are owned by other people can be difficult (and sometimes expensive).

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 17, 2022

When it comes to promoting, marketing, and advertising, social media is one of the most effective and powerful ways. Content creators and social media influencers work sincerely to build their reputation for expertise in specific industries, products, and topics.

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IIPRD

AUGUST 4, 2022

A Social Media Influencer is someone who creates unique material that keeps people interested on multiple social media platforms, causing them to return for more high-quality information. One of the most significant methods to safeguard material on social media is through copyright. Make intangible assets.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 10, 2023

So if graffiti can be protected, does one need permission from the artist to photograph the work and then “publish” it to a social media platform? What if the social media account is used to promote the account owner’s own goods or services, or a third party’s brand? Oct 18, 2022).

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 12, 2021

Carolyn Toto recently joined host Joel Simon on his Industry Insights podcast continue the discussion of non-fungible tokens, related IP ownership issues and more. By: Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog Joel Simon: Our discussion today is part of a series on non-fungible tokens, known as NFTs.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Supreme Court justices return to the bench on Monday for a new term sure to have an impact, with issues ranging from gun ownership rights in domestic violence cases to the legality of administrative courts and the First Amendment implications of public officials blocking critics on social media.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 26, 2023

Takedown Trouble Triggers Lawsuit This takedown policy is widely accepted as the standard for social media services but every now and then, disputes can arise. Not just on pirate sites, but also on otherwise legitimate social media platforms. Alternatively, they may be classified as fair use.

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 14, 2022

Many of my clients have contractors or vendors or virtual assistants who assist them with writing blog posts, creating newsletters, doing social media posting and work. When you hire someone to write or post or do social media for you, or create most types of content, it is generally a work for hire type of agreement.

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Michael Geist

MAY 18, 2023

To pick just one of many examples, the Commission is consulting on the meaning of “social media service”: Q5. How should the Commission define “social media service”? What, if any, criteria should be used to assess whether an online undertaking is providing a social media service?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

Defendants also managed the social media presence of the “La Baguette” business, which primarily consisted of a Facebook page. Moore, Find Out Who Your Friends Are: A Framework for Determining Whether Employees’ Social Media Followers Follow Them to A New Job, 39 CAMPBELL L. See generally, Christopher A.

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43(B)log

MAY 19, 2023

WowWee’s Vice President of Brand Development & Creative Strategy, Sydney Wiseman, used her WowWee email address to create a Roblox user account and used her Roblox account to promote My Avastars dolls on social media, including videos on her TikTok account. This was enough survive the motion to dismiss.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

It’s important to stress that this in its own right does not show that anything nefarious is at play here but given that a change in ownership reportedly took place just before this update was rolled out, these two developments could be linked, at least potentially. Developer ‘Takes a Break’ From Social Media.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 14, 2023

And as for the payments from social media companies that the government insists are so essential that it has fought for years to include user content regulation in the bill? nationality of key crew members) – but don’t currently qualify because of foreign ownership.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 17, 2022

Recently, this Kat reported on Beyoncé’s decision to remove a sample from her song, after Kelis took to social media to complain, even though the rights had been cleared and there was no copyright infringement. As I explained in the Guardian : “It doesn’t matter that Beyoncé didn’t actually infringe Kelis’s rights.

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Social Media Registration Intellectual Property Ownership 137

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

He also stated that he created Intellectual Property for the Defendants’ social media accounts, digital marketing, and other advertising vehicles. According to the Complaint, Schwartz began working for Kilroy’s as a server and bartender in August of 2021.

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Intepat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

This burgeoning genre is not only pushing the boundaries of artistic expression but also challenging the established norms of copyright ownership. This blog post embarks on a comprehensive journey to unravel the complex issue of copyright ownership in AI-generated art. Copyright laws are designed to safeguard the rights of creators.

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

X (formerly Twitter) is one of the most popular social media platforms for businesses and individuals, with around 335 million monthly active users worldwide. Unfortunately, this global reach and accessibility to a large audience also attracts bad actors looking to exploit the popularity and features of social media platforms.

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Erik K Pelton

AUGUST 10, 2020

Another important aspect of the trademark application is asserting the proper ownership of the application. But an application with incorrect ownership could be null and void or worthless, so it is important to get the ownership correct. You actually get more when you file for just the words if you can.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Patenting is essentially claiming ownership of your invention by obtaining exclusive rights to make, use, or sell it. In the recent legal battle between social media giant Meta (formerly Facebook) and walkie-talkie app creator Voxer, the stakes were high and the outcome consequential. WHY PATENT AN INVENTION?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2023

The categorization of social media accounts into “business” and “personal” accounts was a hot issue a decade ago, when states across the country passed laws to protect employees from invasive employer demands to access or control their personal social media accounts.

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Erik K Pelton

MARCH 9, 2021

Without USPTO trademark registration, a business may not be able to stop someone in a different state, or may not be able to successfully do a take down notice on a social media site, on Amazon, or another website. Might they think you’re under new ownership once again? Second, there’s the cost of time.

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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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IPilogue

MARCH 1, 2022

On the one hand, social media has enabled global sharing of news and creative media. E: What advice would you give to fellow artists and makers on social media on sharing their work? E: What would you like to see happen in terms of the culture of social media artists and their followers?

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CopyrightsWorld

JULY 2, 2021

Where did copyright ownership help you? If you are a writer, copyright ownership could have allowed you to self publish your book. If you are an influencer or online educator, SocialProtect could have helped you prove proof of ownership in a court of law against a big brand that plagiarized your original content.

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IPilogue

JUNE 13, 2022

Listing someone else’s artwork on an NFT marketplace is as simple as saving a copy of the work from an artist’s website or social media platform and uploading it onto a marketplace where it is minted into an NFT. Many NFT marketplaces do not require the person listing the piece to provide proof of ownership or personal information.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 2, 2023

Grenier Advertising IPTV Boxes This image from social media represents just the tip of a very large media iceberg that has kept Grenier in the public eye for years.

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

So, clearly, the Cleveland Indians knew of the roller derby team’s ownership of the IP and exactly how it was used. It also has a reasonable argument that consumers may ultimately be confused when they are deciding to visit one of the team’s websites or looking to tag one of the teams on social media.

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IPilogue

JUNE 1, 2022

With more businesses developing and using AI-based automated decision-making (ADM) systems, algorithmic discrimination (at work , social media , or public services ) has been in the spotlight (in both the public and governments’ eyes). Nowadays, privacy concerns exceed personal information protection. .

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 17, 2024

The IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics) Rules place responsibility on the Social Media Intermediaries to ensure that no prohibited content is allowed to be published or circulated on their platforms. The aspect of ownership in this regard narrows the scope of the application of Copyright Act.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

There is an ongoing, separate litigation about ownership of the relevant patent; plaintiffs alleged that the two inventors assigned the patent to plaintiff Orthex. First, the court wasn’t convinced that the social media posts or other alleged statements were commercial speech.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The picture of a boy, Yusuf Alabi with his arms wide open and standing in front of the campaign convoy of one of the popular presidential candidates, Peter Obi of the Labour Party , went viral across social media. The photographer, Esther Umoh called this person out for copyright infringement on social media platform “X”.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 16, 2023

Establishing Legal Ownership and Exclusivity Trademark registration establishes your legal ownership over a distinctive mark. This ownership comes with exclusive rights to use the mark in connection with specific goods or services.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The two parties agreed that Palmer shall keep the artworks he identified, but they could not settle on the issue of copyright ownership. Alalääkkölä has won much sympathy on social media ; thousands of people across the world shared her plea to reclaim copyrights within hours. Public responses to the decision are ambivalent.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Jack Dorsey, the CEO of famous social media platform twitter sold an NFT of his first tweet for $2.5 For instance, a seller could offer to turn the token into an actual transfer of copyright ownership of the original work. This technological breakthrough has taken the art and tech world by storm.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Jack Dorsey, the CEO of famous social media platform twitter sold an NFT of his first tweet for $2.5 For instance, a seller could offer to turn the token into an actual transfer of copyright ownership of the original work. This technological breakthrough has taken the art and tech world by storm.

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IPilogue

JULY 28, 2021

According to section 6 of the Act , ownership will last, until otherwise expressed, for “ the life of the author, the remainder of the calendar year in which the author dies, and a period of fifty years following the end of that calendar year.” In other words, every photographer owns the photos that they take.

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