Likelihood of Confusion

MARCH 15, 2024

I’ll be offline and unaccountable for comment moderation, glitch control or anything else until the night of the 3rd (Sunday), New York time: Here’s a nice thought on the topic, apropos for our 24/6 social media lifestyle: The 21st century is certainly a marvelous […] The post Likelihood of extrusion appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF (..)

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Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

AUGUST 27, 2021

Social media platforms present countless opportunities for companies looking to connect to consumers and clients in real time. Foley Hoag will present a 60-minute webinar offering guidance on social media issue spotting for in-house legal practitioners, with a focus on intellectual property, publicity rights and advertising.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Paxton, the Challenge to Texas’ Social Media Censorship Law appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. One point to note: the plaintiffs did not challenge the law’s pro-spam provisions, though I’m not aware of any email service provider that plans to adhere to the law. Declaration from Technology Network.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 10, 2024

INTRODUCTION The entertainment and media sector is experiencing a continuous and increasing influence on social media with each passing day. Through these platforms, individuals can access content that was previously inaccessible and engage in discussions on topics that were once considered sensitive or controversial.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 20, 2021

But, as an article in MIT Technology Review points out , ML is the brains behind “recommendation systems like those on Netflix, YouTube, and Spotify; search engines like Google and Baidu; social-media feeds like Facebook and Twitter; voice assistants like Siri and Alexa.” In other words, ML provides the magic ( !?!) to 2:30 p.m.

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Erik K Pelton

MAY 30, 2022

Trends on social media move so quickly, but this one has lingered, and it’s about red flags. 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.

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Erik K Pelton

MARCH 10, 2021

Trademark protection is especially important for social media influencers. In this episode, Erik sheds light on this topic and shares examples why influencers ought to protect their brands. Trademark protection is especially important for social media influencers.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 2, 2022

Much of the language was written well before widespread adoption of social media, and much of that language was vague even then. However, it arrives at a very significant intersection, one that includes the largest social media platform in the world and an ongoing push for DMCA reform.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

General Business Law Section 394-ccc, the 2022 law that requires social media platforms to disclose their editorial policies towards “hateful conduct.” For more on these topics, see my pieces: The Constitutionality of Mandating Editorial Transparency Zauderer and Compelled Editorial Transparency Amicus Brief in NetChoice v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 11, 2022

The bill regulates “social media platforms,” defined as an “electronic medium” that allows “users to create, share, and view user?generated It’s also unclear if a service could thread content by topic, or if topical organization also would be an “algorithm.”

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 24, 2023

Each webinar provides practical tips and strategies for global brand protection in Canada, with a concise 30-45 minute overview of the topic, followed by an open Q&A. This spring, join our Smart & Biggar trademark experts and gain new insights at our popular Canadian Trademarks webinar series. By: Smart & Biggar

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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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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 26, 2022

In recent years, “metaverse” is a trending topic in the high-tech field. On October 28, 2021, the famous social media company “Facebook” officially announced its change of name to “Meta” and vowed to stake all its future to the virtual reality business.

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Erik K Pelton

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

I like to have visual aids when explaining topics, so I came up with the cheat sheet below for new brands to go through the basic steps for trademark protection and for building a bold brand. Acquire relevant domain names and social media handles. Search for tips about social media on our website.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 5, 2022

According to IFPI, a group of social media platforms and messenger services have become increasingly problematic. The music industry group notes that social media can also be beneficial to artists. This content isn’t necessarily stored by these ‘social’ platforms. IFPI Flags Top Piracy Problems.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

And to what does it refer: a hashtag for a social media topic, or a number that can be dialed from a mobile phone to reach an attorney referral service? Is it “hashtag law,” as the PTO examiner suggested would be the most common understanding, or “pound law,” as alleged by the unsuccessful registrant of #law as a service mark.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Early last year, a group of filmmakers obtained a subpoena which required Reddit to reveal the identities of users who commented on piracy-related topics. All social media account usernames used including for Reddit, Twitter and Facebook January 1, 2016 to present. All written communications with RCN concerning piracy from Oct.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 22, 2023

Calls and opportunities Marketing, Website and Social Media Officer: part-time development opportunity The Intellectual Property Awareness Network (IPAN) is looking to recruit a UK-based Marketing, Website and Social Media Officer, responsible for developing the IPAN brand and reputational capital in line with its corporate objectives (see [link] ).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2022

This is a venerable question–I remember evaluating it as a possible law review note topic 30+ years ago. Even so, the court’s almost-banal treatment of this super-interesting topic suggests that there may not be much tattoo exceptionalism in copyright law. She now does her tattoo artistry pro bono. Nature of the Work.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

For example, we have seen hosting companies, advertisers, and social media platforms being added. Some dedicated IPTV services and related companies such as Globe IPTV are called out as well, while ‘bulletproof’ hosting companies (Amaru / Flokinet) and even social media platforms (VK / WeChat) get mentioned too.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Among other problems, the law dictates how “social media platforms” can make their editorial decisions. Fortunately, a Florida federal judge blocked Florida’s social media censorship law as unconstitutional. This is not unique to social media.

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Erik K Pelton

MAY 2, 2022

Some of them are campaigning for equity and justice and many, many other topics as well. To the world on the internet and social media and via newsletters that they might share updates with about their progress. Some of them are in health and science fighting disease. Some of them are combating poverty and homelessness.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

A few hours ago, social media activity in India lit up when a ‘leak’ of the highly anticipated film “Fukrey 3” started to circulate. Local news media outlets were quick to jump on the topic and over the past several hours, numerous headlines eagerly informed readers that the film had leaked.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

That decision could have significant implications for this case as well as all other First Amendment challenges of states’ efforts to censor social media.] The analogy is an imperfect one—social media operators are arguably less involved in the curation of their websites’ content than these traditional examples.

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The IPKat

APRIL 2, 2023

Wales Regional Meeting 2023 - Thursday 20 April at 12:30 pm in Cardiff The meeting will cover a wide range of topics including the transformation at the IPO, the UP and the UPC, and other issues relating to legal developments in the field. More information here. More details here.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2022

Today I’m blogging about one of those bills, California AB 2408 , “Social media platform: child users: addiction.” This bill assumes that social media platforms are intentionally addicting kids, so it creates business-ending liability to thwart those alleged addictions. Social Media Benefits Minors.

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SpicyIP

JULY 9, 2021

JPTOS is one of the oldest intellectual property journals in the United States and for over a century, we have been at the very forefront of the intellectual property debate and we will stay there ONLY with your contributions.

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43(B)log

JUNE 21, 2023

Whatever the initial motivation, “the subsequent promotion of the ESG Report to Defendant’s social media followers supports the conclusion that the ESG Report was used to target Defendant’s actual and potential customers.”

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SpicyIP

JUNE 17, 2022

The New-York based cosmetics company reportedly struggled due to competition from other established brands as well as a host of small companies that use social media. Smaller / niche cosmetic brands have noticeably increased even in the Indian social media space. Are there more mistakes in the TMR’s list?

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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 1, 2022

Yesterday, the Supreme Court granted the emergency application to restore the injunction against HB 20, Texas’ social media censorship law. Given the strength of the 11th Circuit decision, it would be ideal to have that opinion frame SCOTUS’s consideration of the topic. ” I agree. ” Maybe.

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Velocity of Content

JULY 22, 2021

In my first post , after touching on the need/wisdom of copyright registration for bloggers (and other creators whose distribution is primarily through social media sites), I went on to discuss the DMCA and how it is a useful first-line-of-defense bit of IP protection for content first appearing on such sites.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 1, 2021

As part of the course requirements, students were asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. When reports about Facebook’s plan to change its corporate name hit the internet, branding experts offered their theories about the driving force behind the social media giant’s decision to rebrand itself.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

We know that romance scams are a bit off topic from what we usually write about, but we love this holiday, and knowing that so many people suffer real harm from romance scams brings us down. More of the same – but it continues to be quite bad – with scam artists finding romance scam victims on dating sites and in social media.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 28, 2024

Copyright and maps is not a topic that I would have predicted as such, but what I found in this book, in this context, with Alexander’s style and delivery, was a new lens with which to view familiar concepts in a refreshing and fascinating way. As these are more like social media apps than maps.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 14, 2022

CNN argued that the Flynns’ social media activity shows they in fact are QAnon adherents. Still, given the possible dog whistles, I’m sure CNN’s lawyers will explore these social media statements in their depositions. This retweet will surely be a key topic in CNN’s deposition of Jack.

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Erik K Pelton

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Because blocking domain names or social media names could always be useful, especially as new ones are introduced. There are very few circumstances when that would not be the case. You do not have to be making commercial use of the trademark at the time you file; you can file based on intent to use.

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