Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

On the heels of the mandatory editorial transparency provisions in Florida and Texas’ social media censorship laws, the California legislature thought it could one-up those states by passing a law with at least 161 different disclosure requirements. The opinion upheld every aspect of Texas’ social media censorship law.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 17, 2022

Anyone who breaches their legal agreement with a platform is, at a minimum, in breach of relevant contract law. It is unlikely that these features will appear on a licensed mainstream service but that doesn’t stop subscribers from desiring them. Copyright Law and DRM.

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The IPKat

JULY 4, 2022

In 2019, the EU legislature introduced an EU-wide related right (Article 15 of the DSM Directive , on which see Katposts here ) for EU-based press publishers in relation to online uses of their press publications by information society service providers, including news aggregation services, social media, and search engines.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

I understand a lot of you may be upset that I saw a photo on social media and loved it enough to imitate it in a very different style. That court found that most of Prince’s work was non-infringing (though several works still were) and the two sides ultimately settled the case in March 2014. 3: The Andy Warhol Ruling.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

In addition to alleging trademark infringement due to Rothschild’s use of BIRKIN in METABIRKINS as the name for his NFT collection, Hermès complained that Rothschild infringed by using METABIRKINS as a domain name, as a handle on Twitter and other social media platforms, as a brand name on NFT sales platforms, and as a hashtag.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 6, 2023

The case involves an interesting interplay between copyright law, entertainment contracts and the First Amendment. In September 2021, Coakley issued his “Director’s Statement” on social media to coincide with Runt ‘s official release. Drop me a line in the comments box below or @copyrightlately on social media.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

In addition to alleging trademark infringement due to Rothschild’s use of BIRKIN in METABIRKINS as the name for his NFT collection, Hermès complained that Rothschild infringed by using METABIRKINS as a domain name, as a handle on Twitter and other social media platforms, as a brand name on NFT sales platforms, and as a hashtag.

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The IPKat

MARCH 27, 2022

An iterative design process commenced over emails between Mr Parker and Mr Lazo when producing the designs, resulting in what was referred to as the 1856 design which was also relied on by the House of Bruar as prior art: Although this was never sold, photographs of this 1856 design was posted on Fairfox & Favor's social media in November 2014.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 16, 2022

NFTs are data units stored on a blockchain used to transfer ownership of physical items or digital media with smart contracts. NFTs are only the latest eyebrow-raising trend that involve goods and services that are intangible or intrinsically difficult to value. The NFTs act to authenticate these items.

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