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Boat Rental Marketplace Defeats Lawsuit Over Offline Boating Accident–In re Chaves

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MySpace case from 2008 and its progeny (assuming the Doe case is still good law in the Fifth Circuit, which isn’t guaranteed ). Even if the new definition applied, the court questions if GMB was the one to “advertise and offer” the boat, as opposed to Chaves: it is Chaves who places the advertisement on GMB’s website.

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Section 230 Protect Apple’s App Store from Claims Over Cryptocurrency Theft–Diep v. Apple

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

False Advertising. eBay case from 2008. In general, courts should not permit a false advertising claim based on a “safe” representation where the representation is rendered untrue by third-party content. ” This is a highly defense-favorable reading of the contract provision. Implications.

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Quick Links from the Past Year, Part 7 (Section 230)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

. “the underlying communication created by a third-party, a Match.com user, is truly ‘the specific harmful material at issue,’ not the automatically generated advertisement sent by Match.” ” The court rebuffed the FTC’s attempt to distinguish Dyroff. ’”. . ” The FTC cited Anthony v.

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Was Mark Twain the Original “Bad Art Friend”?

Copyright Lately

However, after years of litigation, House would become, in Twain’s words, a “liar,” a “barking dog” and a “polecat”—which I assume in the late 1800’s would have been worse than Sonya Larson calling Dawn Dorland a “Karen.” What Contract? Edward Howard House (1836-1901). ” To Dramatize a Novel.

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Journey Through “Octobers” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present) 

SpicyIP

The Recording of Court Proceedings in 2008: In October 2008, Mihir discussed a case in the Supreme Court that considered recording its proceedings as a move toward judicial transparency. Only then does Google need to take action against the advertisement and not otherwise. ruling on Indian businesses and trademark holders?

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Competition and consumer developments round-up 2022 for the consumer sector: A year of change with more to come

Herbert Smith Freehills

Any exchange of information between supplier and its distributors will only benefit from the safe harbour to the extent that the information is directly related to the implementation of the agreement and necessary to improve production or distribution of the contract goods or services. Read more. .

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Competition and consumer round-up 2022 – A year of change with more to come

Herbert Smith Freehills

Any exchange of information between supplier and its distributors will only benefit from the safe harbour to the extent that the information is directly related to the implementation of the agreement and necessary to improve production or distribution of the contract goods or services. Read more. .