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It’s Not Going to Be (Y)easy: What Happens when Business Collaborations Dissolve?

IPilogue

This includes at least eight US design patents filed by Adidas in 2016 that claim the ornamental design of the Yeezy sneakers. The dissolution of this contract will rely on the termination clauses that stipulate the division of IP between the parties or whether any “moral” clauses allow early termination of the contract.

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Amazon Screws Up Its TOS Amendments (Again)–Jackson v. Amazon

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

At issue are two versions of the TOS from 2016 and 2019. The named plaintiff, Jackson, agreed to the 2016 TOS. The 2016 TOS provided an opt-out for the arbitration provision, but Jackson didn’t exercise it. We have previously observed the importance of notice in the analogous context of electronic consumer contracts.

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

43(B)log

Princeton insured Wonderland from 2016-2018 (with a broad exclusion for defamation, invasion of privacy, and various forms of advertising injury in the second year called the Exhibitions and Related Marketing Exclusion), and agreed to defend the club but reserved the right to deny insurance coverage. Houston, Inc., 4th 274 (5th Cir.

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Form “Non-Disparagement” Clause Violated Consumer Review Fairness Act–State v. Ideal Horizon Benefits

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In 2016, Congress enacted the Consumer Review Fairness Act (CRFA), which bans businesses from trying to contractually restrict their customers’ reviews. At the time of passage, I’m not sure how many businesses were actually using contracts to control their customers’ reviews, but it was a growing trend.

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Section 230 Preempts Game User’s Lawsuit Over Game Moderators’ Behavior–Quinteros v. Forge of Empires

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

She played the game virtually every day from 2016-19–over 10,000 hours worth–and spent over $9,000 on in-game transactions. ” Breach of Contract. The alleged breaches appear to be the game’s failure to enforce possible contract breaches by other users. ” Products Liability. Implications.

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California Appellate Court Rejects Poorly Executed “Sign-In Wrap”–Sellers v. JustAnswer (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Contracts are a state-law issue. And online contracts, even though they exist in the friction-less, boundary-less world of the internet, are also generally governed by state-law principles. There are relatively few state-court cases with outsized influence in the law of online contracts. 2016) 245 Cal.App.4th

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Making Chips Abroad and Infringing a U.S. Patent

Patently-O

The Broadcom chips and Apple phones are manufactured outside of the United States, although they are largely designed in the US, and the nerve centers of marketing and sales are also in the US. 2016) on remand from 579 U.S. Broadcom makes infringing chips and they are installed in Apple devices. ” Halo Elecs., Pulse Elecs.,

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