TorrentFreak

JANUARY 21, 2022

Activision Investigation Has Been Running Since 2017. According to new filings with the court, Activision’s investigation into EngineOwning has been live since 2017. In 2017 and 2018, its lawyers wrote to them several times, demanding that they cease and desist. Activision Subpoenas… Everything.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Moreover, contrary to The Satanic Temple’s novel argument, domain registration is not the same as registration for a social media website.” Code § 3344, which is predicated upon “knowing[ ] use[ ] … for purposes of advertising.” ” * Hoffmann Brothers Heating and Air Conditioning, LLC v. March 29, 2023).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

Two recent key developments were the Digital Markets Act and the Digital Services Act. 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.

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43(B)log

MARCH 1, 2022

Bell continues to market his 1982 72-page book, and also sells merchandise, “including t-shirts and posters that display the passage that was quoted in the tweets.” Anyway, Bell goes around suing unauthorized users of the passage, mostly public schools or nonprofits that publish the passage on social media.

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43(B)log

MAY 2, 2022

28, 2022) Chanel sued What Goes Around Comes Around (WGACA), alleging trademark infringement, false advertising, false association/endorsement, and related NY GBL claims for deceptive/unfair trade practices and false advertising. Until 2017, it also used the hashtag #WGACACHANEL in its social media posts.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 6, 2022

From a few early steps in 2016/2017 and more recently in 2022 , services are being dynamically blocked and many individuals have been arrested for broadcasting or selling access to the league’s games without permission. LaLiga Strikes Again. Top-tier Spanish football league LaLiga is now tackling live streaming piracy on all fronts.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 4, 2024

In 2017, Elsevier won a court case against LibGen and Sci-Hub in a New York federal court, which awarded the publisher $15 million in damages. By making textbooks available to students for free, rightsholders are losing revenue, which leads to lower payments for authors and devalues the market as a whole, the publishers complain. $30

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 16, 2022

Whether launching their own collections , purchasing an expensive profile pic , or simply endorsing new artists , celebrities have embraced blockchain technology and have been extolling the virtues of owning a unique digital collectible across their social media platforms. So what’s the harm? Take, for example, Justin Bieber.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In late October, Facebook announced that it would change its name to Meta , signaling a shift of the social media giant’s focus toward the metaverse , a virtual space where social media, gaming, augmented reality, virtual reality, and cryptocurrencies converge and allow people to interact virtually with one another.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 23, 2023

In support of this position, Palacio del Rio submitted evidence of architectural and industry specific publications from the 1960s, current customer affidavits about the uniqueness and fame of the building’s design, and advertising expenditures. 6 (TTAB 2017). The TTAB was unmoved. Bar-Well Foods, Ltd. , 2d 1342 (C.C.P.A.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Today, the prevalence of such activities can be seen in online rummy advertisements on social media and the 2013 IPL match-fixing scandal. Advertisements for these games are allowed as long as they are not indecent or immoral. 2017), [link] GRnQk94ZEE/view. 22,2011),[link] casinos/1/157060.html.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Consumer rights abuses, deceptive advertising, and unfair commercial practices are examples. This is called personality merchandising or ” marketing of one’s persona. Rights are crucial in today’s competitive world of celebrities competing for fame and advertising. Anil Kapoor and Mr. Amitabh Bachchan.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

The plaintiffs asserted products liability and related claims against Snap, on the premise that Snap “is an inherently dangerous software product that Defendants deceptively advertise and promote in a way that facilitates sex crimes against children.” Snap appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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azrights

MAY 10, 2022

Compumark an industry leader in trademark research and protection reported in 2020 that trademark infringement is rising year on year with 85% of brands experiencing trademark infringement in the previous year, showing a steady upward trend from 81% in 2018 and 74% in 2017. Not understanding marketing. Failing to plan properly.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

ACE has shown an impressive ability to get the job done since its launch in 2017 and its activities are regularly reported here on TorrentFreak. Collaborate with the MPA digital team on strategy and content for ACE, TPN and the MPA’s online presence and social media activity. News vs. Marketing and Advertising.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 20, 2022

We hope this means the FTC will take into account when a post targets, say, the gaming community with its own language or Gen Zers who have grown up with social media. ” Determining what requires a typicality disclosure and how to make one has long vexed marketers, and this proposal only complicates that exercise further.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Elysium’s expert, Sowers, tested the allegation that ChromaDex advertising deceived customers into believing that the FDA reviewed ChromaDex’s product, Tru Niagen, for efficacy. Respondents were never shown an advertising statement conveying the control message.” As a general matter, “[e]rrors in methodology.

False Advertising 59

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

x] In fact, on the contrary, memes can operate as a source of marketing and a way to garner interest in creative works in a funny, generationally relevant way. xi] There are countless articles and marketing studies directing corporations on how to market via memes to reach the maximum level of engagement. 29, 2013), [link]. [ii]

Copyright Infringement 98

Copyright Infringement Copyright Intellectual Property Blogging 98

SpicyIP

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The court held that the defendant’s advertising falls under the ambit of permissible comparative advertising, rejecting the plaintiff’s claims and emphasized on a competitor’s right to prevent disparagement while allowing reasonable product promotion. POI Social Media Pvt. Humans of Bombay Stories Pvt.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The court summarizes the allegations: Plaintiffs John Doe #1 and John Doe #2 allege that when they were thirteen years old they were solicited and recruited for sex trafficking and manipulated into providing to a third-party sex trafficker pornographic videos (“the Videos”) of themselves through the social media platform Snapchat.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

In making this finding I draw an adverse inference from Defendant’s failure to initiate litigation against Plaintiff…by November 19, 2018, Defendant was using the DMCA Takedown Notices to suppress a market competitor rather than to enforce a legitimate good faith claim of copyright infringement.

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Intepat

MAY 16, 2023

A fraudulent lottery-winning message with Amitabh Bachchan’s voice from KBC was viral through various social media platforms and many people fell into this trap. Ramkumar Jewellers (2012), the defendant copied the plaintiff’s advertisement picture containing a popular artistic pose of Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

trafficking when they enter into agreements with traffickers to share proceeds of advertisement revenue earned from child pornography videos posted to their websites, and actively employ tactics to make it difficult for law enforcement to locate traffickers. The complaint enumerates specific videos of the plaintiffs. Ruling #1: A.B.

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IP Whiteboard

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

g) placing apparent weight on evidence of confusion from social media posts and no weight on the absence of evidence of actual confusion. Justice Katzmann noted that it was difficult to put a great deal of weight on the evidence but found the evidence of the social media posts to “have some probative value”.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Viacom also engaged a market research company to learn more about “southern beach culture,” which suggested that the term Flora-bama was “either unknown or though [sic] to refer strictly to the bar.” An online article used photos of the Lounge in its coverage of the series, and MGFB also submitted social media posts. Tam, 137 S.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Asst Controller of Patents and Designs , (passed on May 15) the Court meandered through the legislative history of Section 3(k) of the Patents Act and observed that there is a lack of clarity on the meaning of “technical effect” and “contribution” under the present 2017 CRI guidelines used by the Patent Office. Meticulous Market Research Pvt.

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