LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2023

Devotees of this blog have learned about a lot of FTC cases that have challenged a variety of review practices, including actions involving Fashion Nova (alleged review suppression), Hubble (incentivized reviews) and Roomster (alleged fake reviews and in litigation). Fake social media indicators.

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43(B)log

JUNE 29, 2023

Litigation indicates: it isn’t more efficient than standard competition or sector-specific regulation; it just reflects that there wasn’t enough information about what they were regulating. But that doesn’t work for everything—it is naïve to think that Zalando hasn’t been talking to the Commission for months, but the result is litigation.

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Law Privacy Litigation Social Media 52

43(B)log

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Appian disseminated the report through its sales team, social media, and other marketing. I’m proud to work for a company that is not afraid to undertake the unpleasant action of litigating against those whose actions we believe are unlawful and unethical. If you’re thinking about Appian, you should read this first[.]

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Mike has many years of experience representing major brands in cross-border litigation in both domestic and international Courts. More recently, Mike has been focused on designing and delivering global anti-counterfeiting programs for major international brands.

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Branding Brands Branding Intellectual Property 52

Copyright Lately

JULY 17, 2022

In order to find out, we need to take a look at the Copyright Act’s statutory termination provisions, which give both revocable trusts and Christopher Nolan movies a run for their money in terms of complexity. In the meantime, let me know if you have any comments or questions below, or @copyrightlately on social media.

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The IPKat

JULY 5, 2021

The social media posts that morning were of course riddled with congratulatory messages greeting the settlement, with some seizing the moment to declare that the settlement meant the end of component-level licensing arguments, while others pointed to the contrary, not least because no one knows the terms of the settlement.

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Licensing Settlement IP Social Media 52

Copyright Lately

APRIL 17, 2023

Serial copyright plaintiffs beware: the discovery rule may not excuse late-filed infringement claims brought by “seasoned litigators.” Complex Media The case in point is a copyright lawsuit filed by Minden Pictures against Complex Media, which Judge Ronnie Abrams recently tossed on a motion to dismiss (read order here).

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 28, 2020

For small businesses, the investment in trademark clearance and registration is even more important and more valuable, to guard them against the risks and expenses of trademark disputes and litigation. The costs of a trademark dispute – even one where the facts and law are on their side – can, and frequently do, crush small businesses.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2022

The bill applies to “social media platforms” that: “(A) Construct a public or semipublic profile within a bounded system created by the service. (B) ” This definition of “social media” has been around for about a decade, and it’s awful. Who’s Covered by the Bill?

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 3, 2022

From a purely economic standpoint, Alexander’s case was the litigation equivalent of a tattoo fail. Simon himself predicted that the verdict could “open the floodgate” for future tattoo litigation. You can use the comment section below or @copyrightlately on social media. I think so.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

Players rallied against Nintendo’s actions, causing #FreeMelee to trend across social media and throughout the gaming world. Although this is a complex and multi-faceted case, there are two distinct issues that online Melee tournaments raise: the use of Melee ROMs and Slippi.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Look out for our emails and social media posts to learn about how you can get involved in either competition. IP litigation experts, in-house counsel, top executives from a broad range of industries, and practitioners from major Canadian law firms. IP Intensive. A community is only as vibrant as its contributors.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

THE MINDGEEK LITIGATION. CRAIGSLIST LITIGATION. REDDIT LITIGATION. LITIGATION. When Congress passed FOSTA, it ordered the GAO to produce a report on how litigants were using their new tools. Students: this post surfaces numerous potential paper topics. Ruling #1: Doe v. Mindgeek USA Inc. 2021 WL 4167054 (C.D.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The decisions in the first category, i.e., Top 10 IP Cases/Judgements (Topicality/Impact) reflect those that we thought were important from a topical point of view and were covered by the media in some way owing to the importance of parties litigating or the issue being considered or for impact on industry and innovation/creativity ecosystem etc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

” That is certainly true–for example, the justices cannot publicly engage in ordinary social media interactions–yet the justices are getting a crash course on the Internet whether they want it or not. Moody) social media censorship cases as well, though the arguments will roll to next term. 2, 2023).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Florida made a splash enacting its social media censorship bill SB 7072 , only to have a federal district court immediately enjoin it. the Texas legislature tried to one-up Florida with HB 20 , its own social media censorship bill. Undeterred by Florida’s futility (and perhaps envious of it?),

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43(B)log

APRIL 7, 2023

Copyright lacks physicality; isn’t binary, complex, nuanced, balancing—what even is stringency in this context? Demands to control social media—take down posts from political rivals, block full services—are common around the world. Bradford’s four examples of the Brussels Effect v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Introduction This lawsuit is one of the many lawsuits around the country brought by conservatives exorcising their persecution complex. The Opinion Section 230(c)(2)(A) The opinion applies Section 230(c)(2)(A), the relatively lightly litigated sibling to Section 230(c)(1). Typically, these lawsuits are purely about partisanship.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

[I’m far behind in my blogging queue, especially with respect to the social media addiction rulings.] A free and open marketplace of ideas can create complex challenges of discerning truth, but such complexity does not justify the suppression of speech. [I In particular, the Missouri v.

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