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Airline Sues to Stop Popular Web-Scraping Service–American Airlines v. The Points Guy (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

On January 9th, American Airlines sent TPG a cease-and-desist letter. But before they get there, these courts must first decide whether AA’s terms and conditions constitutes a valid and enforceable contract, and whether TPG assented to its terms. dispute back in the Ninth Circuit in 2016. Breach of Contract 2.

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Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

sued Bright Data for trespass to chattels, breach of contract, tortious interference with a contract, violation of California Business and Professions Code Section 17200, and misappropriation. Here, the court agreed, and dismissed Twitter’s breach-of-contract claims on that basis. In November 2023, X corp. on all counts.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. In another decision , from 2016, the BGH found that remuneration claims under Section 32 UrhG arise when the agreed remuneration at the time of the respective contract being concluded is not appropriate when viewed from the perspective of the time of conclusion of the contract (ex-ante view).

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sending emails under former employees' names may be reverse passing off

43(B)log

CCM counterclaimed for abuse of process and for violations of the Lanham Act and related state laws; one ex-employee also brought counterclaims against loanDepot for breach of contract and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. The false association/coordinate state law claims survived. McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.,

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Does the CFAA Help Airlines Control Their Distribution Channels?–RyanAir v. Booking (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

But much of this business model is contingent on being able to sell flights directly through Ryanair’s site to control the market for ancillary services. As usual in these types of cases, Ryanair sent cease-and-desist letters to Booking telling it to stop. Needless to say, it didn’t stop. hiQ Labs II at 43. –RyanAir v.

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After hiQ Labs, Is Scraping Public Data Legal? (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Meta sent Bright Data a series of cease-and-desist notices telling it to stop. Much digital ink has been spilled on online contract formation; much less on online contract termination. Fourth, Defendant agreed with Facebook to divide markets to ensure Facebook would not develop a competing product.

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