Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Finally, in October 2020, Facebook nuked the Shared account (and the personal accounts of some of its employees) and blocked Shared’s ads. Fourth, Shared avers that Meta committed breach of contract (Claim 3) for failing to deliver the April 2018 payment on time in violation of the FAN payment term.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

A report by Citibank published in March, 2020 observes that the Metaverse economy could be a thirteen trillion dollar total addressable market by the year 2030. But needless to say, the Metaverse brings into picture several aspects of the law such as Copyright law , Contract law, Tort law and Criminal law. Contract Law .

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The IP Law Blog

MAY 4, 2023

Nevertheless, it continued to comply with the DPLA and, in 2020, renewed the DPLA but sought a “side letter” trying to modify some of its terms. As mentioned above, the Ninth Circuit found that the trial court made an error in holding that “a non-negotiated contract of adhesion like the DPLA falls outside the scope of Section 1.”

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The IPKat

AUGUST 9, 2021

Anja had a relevant publication in 2020, in case readers are interested: How Comprehensive Is Chinese Data Protection Law? On the one hand, there are privacy and data protection concerns, as this is a particularly intrusive form of data processing. The IPKat is delighted to host the following guest post by Anja Geller (Ph.D.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Things eventually went bad, resulting in contract/trade secret claims and copyright/ROP counterclaims. McCandless admits that he left Bartlett’s testimonial on his Instagram page and did not remove the video until September 2022, despite lacking authorization since at least 2020. COY hired MG to develop COY’s subscription platform.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

In March 2020, plaintiffs began to have concerns about defendants’ loyalties to the business. Breach of Contract : Plaintiffs only alleged a contract claim, based on breach of a non-compete, against the one defendant who had signed the non-compete. Maryland enacted a social media privacy law in 2021. TELECOMM. &

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

And if Musk ever flips any of Twitter’s long-standing legal or policy positions in litigation or lobbying, he could truly melt down the industry. It also puts users’ privacy and security (including minors’!) Basically, Musk’s mistakes pour gasoline on the regulatory fires for everyone. at greater risk.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Emma Perot, Publicity Rights, Celebrity Contracts, and Social Norms: Industry Practices in the US and UK Fenty v Topshop: Misrepresentation/passing off theories were successful for Rihanna in UK. Influence of law, desire to contract, social norms. Desire to contract: contracts clearly define scope of rights.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 17, 2021

Customer Data Breach Litig., In early 2020, “cybercriminals orchestrated a two-part ransomware attack on Blackbaud’s systems,” copying plaintiffs’ data and holding it for ransom. In its July 2020 disclosures, Blackbaud asserted that the cybercriminals did not access credit card information, bank account information, or SSNs.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 29, 2021

Upon that, The IPKat is delighted to host the following guest post co-authored by Anja Geller (PhD candidate at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität and Junior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition) and Zihao Li (PhD candidate at CREATe, University of Glasgow, on privacy and data protection in the Chinese Civil Code).

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Kelly Harris: In Canada, Competition Bureau brought enforcement action against FB for misleading privacy representations even though it’s a free service. Apparently Consumer protection agency called Sephora to clarify the situation—there was no litigation. NY, DC, WA are considering similar taxes so it’s a trend to watch.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Before 2020 we had a genericness doctrine, now we don’t—the rule that you can’t come back from genericide was a rule and now it’s just gone. Contract law: recently, Adidas decided Ye was too toxic to work with and cancelled deal. Penn State merchandising case might seem like an anachronism, but he thinks it’s a great case.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Do you still point out that Congress endorsed Rogers in 2020? Standing makes him nervous b/c of privacy. Robert Burrell: Australian trend—lot of $ coming in to TM, and so nonexpert lawyers are coming in and litigating, often to damaging effect. What if we could read that part of the opinion in ways that were less awful?

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