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Sanderling Management v. Snap Inc. No. 21-2173 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 12, 2023) Alice – 35 U.S.C. § 101

Intellectual Property Law Blog

Topic This case addresses patent eligibility under Alice and whether the district court should have afforded the patent owner leave to amend its complaint. Whether Sanderling’s proposed amendments to its complaint were futile. No amendment to a complaint can alter what a patent itself states.”

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Catching Up on Government Officials’ Censorship of Constituents on Social Media

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

And even if her claims are not barred, Defendant’s act in blocking Plaintiff from the @laurenboebert Twitter account was not state action, and therefore not a First Amendment violation… Defendant’s @laurenboebert account does not hold itself out as an official account.

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Apple Defeats Copyright Lawsuit Over Emoji Depictions–Cub Club v. Apple

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

According to the complaint, when Apple learned of the app, it liked the idea—so much so, in fact, that it copied it. These screenshots (from the complaint) show the alleged copying: I trust the differences are immediately apparent. Emojis and Intellectual Property , a brief and breezy survey of the topic. in varying skin tones.

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Sanderling Management v. Snap Inc. No. 21-2173 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 12, 2023) Alice – 35 U.S.C. § 101

LexBlog IP

Topic This case addresses patent eligibility under Alice and whether the district court should have afforded the patent owner leave to amend its complaint. Whether Sanderling’s proposed amendments to its complaint were futile. “No amendment to a complaint can alter what a patent itself states.”

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2023 Quick Links: Section 230

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Also, “The complaint does not allege specific facts to support an inference that Facebook has assumed a traditional public function, that the state coerced Facebook’s conduct, or that Facebook and the state are interdependent.” Nothing in the amended complaint overcomes that hurdle. Related topics * Patel v.

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Law Enforcement’s Efforts to Scrub COVID “Misinformation” Online Violated the First Amendment–Cohoon v. Konrath

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

She sued the sheriff’s office for a declaratory judgment that it had violated her First Amendment rights. The court agrees, in an opinion filled with numerous gems and zingers supporting free speech, such as: “Even if short and often grammatically scurrilous, social media posts do not fall outside the ambit of the First Amendment.

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Police Officer’s Racist Memes on a Personal Facebook Page Address “Matters of Public Concern”–Hernandez v. Phoenix

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

.” To avoid discipline, Hernandez sued the department for First Amendment violations. For example, the fourth meme references government spending priorities, and that’s a major social topic. However, I cannot get over how Hernandez engaged in these topics in a blatantly anti-Muslim fashion. Greenville.