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adult venue's insurer did not successfully exclude ads from ad injury coverage

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26, 2024) Defendant, d/b/a Wonderland, operated an adult entertainment club and was one of the many such sued by various models for using their images in advertising without their consent from 2015 to 2019. So the burden falls to Princeton to show that its exclusion is valid.” Princeton Excess & Surplus Lines Ins.

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2023 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

My roundup of the top Internet Law developments of 2023: 10) California court bans targeted advertising (?). Regulators have sought to suppress online targeted advertising for years, with only minimal success. In turn, advertisers have fled Twitter. Then, in Liapes v. seriously, are you still posting THERE???)

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Publicity Rights Concerning Sports Athletes

IP and Legal Filings

This Act explains the significance of support when it comes to the enrollment of trademarks for the matter of Publicity or Privacy, and The Copyrights Act 1957 [iv] defines word “performer” as an actor, singer, musician, dancer, acrobat and juggler etc.

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Personality Rights In India : A Statutory And Judicial Analysis

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction Personality rights refer to a person’s ability to safeguard his or her identity in the context of a property or privacy right. Second, the right to privacy, which protects individuals from having their identities disclosed to the public without their consent. Puttaswamy v.

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TTAB Affirms Genericnes Refusal of COOKIEBOT for. Guess What?

The TTABlog

Applicant averred that it has exclusively used COOKIEBOT as a mark since 2015, but the Board brushed that aside in light of the highly descriptive nature of the term. Applying the CAFC's Converse factors, the Board noted the lack of survey evidence or other direct evidence regarding the association of COOKIEBOT with a particular source.

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Lawsuit Still Goes to Arbitration, Even Though Amazon Has Since Removed Its Arbitration Clause–Nicosia v. Amazon

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Facebook Gets Bad Ruling In Face-Scanning Privacy Case–In re Facebook Biometric Information Privacy Litigation. 2H 2015 Quick Links, Part 7 (Marketing, Advertising, E-Commerce). 2H 2015 Quick Links, Part 7 (Marketing, Advertising, E-Commerce). TransUnion. Court Rejects “Browsewrap.” Is That Surprising?–Long

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Netflix prevails over claims by lawyers that they were misportrayed in money laundering film

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23, 2020) MFSA brought trademark dilution and false advertising claims against Netflix for its portrayal in the film “The Laundromat.” Rogers governed the false advertising claim. 23, 2020) Special motion to strike the state-law claims of libel/false light invasion of privacy. It’s about money laundering.)