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Courts Still Have No Clue How to Determine Who Owns Social Media Accounts–JLM v. Gutman

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Gutman created a Pinterest account in 2011 and an Instagram account in 2012, shortly after she began working for JLM. The last time we blogged this case , the district court had sided with JLM, initially restricting Gutman’s use of the social media accounts and then awarding control over the accounts to JLM.

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UKIPO unveils report highlighting influence of social media influencers (also) on the purchase of counterfeits

The IPKat

Last week, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) released an intriguing report measuring and analyzing (apparently for the first time) the influence that social media influencers exert on consumers also when it comes to purchasing counterfeits.

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Shop Small on Small Business Saturday

U.S. Department of Commerce

Founded by American Express in 2010 and officially cosponsored by SBA since 2011, Small Business Saturday has become an important part of small businesses’ busiest shopping season. including sample posters, and social media resources . SBA's social media guide. Historically, reported projected spending among U.S.

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2023 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The term “link taxes” refer to the government compulsion of large Internet services, such as social media or search engines, to pay news media for indexing and publishing their headlines and links. 4) Social media “defective design” lawsuits go forward. #StopTheSADScheme. Does anyone care?

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Copycense Weekly Review (through Dec. 24, 2011)

Copycense

Copycense social media posts on copyright, communications, intellectual property and the media industries from December 18 through December 24, 2011.

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Facebook’s Plagiarism Problems Are Deeper Than You Realize

Plagiarism Today

Back in 2011, Google had a serious problem. Dubbed the Panda (or Farmer) update , it went live on February 24, 2011 and had a serious impact on both content farms and scraping sites. It has the oldest demographics of the major social media networks and much of that is because so little of the content on it is original or fresh.

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Some Final Thoughts on the Jumi Bello Case

Plagiarism Today

However, that essay contained parts that were plagiarized (albeit with heavy rewriting) from a 2011 post on this site. It was a couple of paragraphs rewritten from a 2011 post. There’s going to be a lot of new stuff coming to this space so, if you are new, take a minute and subscribe to the newsletter or follow us on social media.