topics emoji 
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
The court summarizes the case: Cub Club Investment created an app that allowed people to send racially diverse emoji. Both emoji sets obviously riff on the same theme, but that type of overlap is impossible to avoid in the emoji context. In my prior blog post, I wrote: this lawsuit could be an example of emoji trolling.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
MARCH 8, 2024
We consistently see SAD Scheme cases from rightsowners with dubious rights (Emoji, Smiley) and increasingly competitors are using the scheme to sideline their competitors during peak sales seasons. Emoji GmbH v. Schedule A Defendants My Declaration Identifying Emoji Co.
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Erik K Pelton
MAY 30, 2022
Because it’s related to social media, I only learned about it because of my children and my family, but a lot of posts about red flags use the red flag icon or emoji, and then warning signs about a particular topic. A topic we talk about a lot is the scammers and not being aware of them. Final red flag.
The IPKat
JULY 23, 2023
Trademarks Anna Maria Stein analyzed the decision of the Board of Appeal (BoA) of the EUIPO stating that the emoji communicating “I love you” cannot constitute a trade mark. IPKat understands your busy schedule and brings you a brief summary of what recently happened in the IP news in its weekly Never Too Late post.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
NOVEMBER 21, 2021
Though it might surprise you, copyright can protect individual emoji depictions. This summer, the Copyright Review Board issued an interesting decision about the registrability of emojis. Though it won’t be the final word on the topic, the decision gives us more insights into the Copyright Office’s thinking on the matter.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
Emoji are a worldwide phenomenon in modern communication, and so unsurprisingly emoji cases are popping up in Germany as well. Hesitation to display emoji in opinions. Like courts around the globe, German courts are reluctant to depict emoji characters. Most decisions do not actually show the emoji they report on.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
JANUARY 27, 2023
[Just a reminder that there are no “off-limits” topics in Internet Law. Based in part on Facebook messages between two defendants that used the “water” emoji, law enforcement got wiretap court orders. The opinion doesn’t depict the “water” emoji, and it could mean a few different symbols.
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