Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

6th Edition of Advertising & Marketing Law: Cases and Materials (with Rebecca Tushnet). Comments to the CPPA’s Proposed Regulations Pursuant to the Consumer Privacy Rights Act of 2020, Aug. Comments on the California Consumer Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) Rulemaking , May 2022. Books and Academic Articles.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

The rapid rise of AI used with advertising, marketing and other consumer facing applications has caused the FTC to continue to take notice and issues guidance. You need to know about the reasonably foreseeable risks and impact of your AI product before putting it on the market. It has issued AI-related guidance in the past.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 20, 2022

” The court says: Omegle could have satisfied its alleged obligation to Plaintiff by designing its product differently—for example, by designing a product so that it did not match minors and adults. Doe’s negligent design claim similarly aims to hold Snap liable for communications exchanged between Doe and Guess-Mazock.

Blogging 117

Blogging Designs Design Editing 117

Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

The rapid rise of AI used with advertising, marketing and other consumer facing applications has caused the FTC to continue to take notice and issues guidance. You need to know about the reasonably foreseeable risks and impact of your AI product before putting it on the market. It has issued AI-related guidance in the past.

Social Media 246

Social Media Advertising Advertising Technology 246

TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Under powers inherited from the Ministry of Communications, telecoms regulator Anatel (Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações) together with movie group Ancine (Agência Nacional do Cinema) will also implement an internet blocking system designed to disrupt IPTV pirates’ ability to do business. A reported 1.5 Most recent actions below).

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Cinema Television Reporting Privacy 90

Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The C4 dataset, created by Google in 2020, is taken from the Common Crawl dataset, which is an open-source dataset and “ a massive collection of web pages and websites consisting of petabytes of data collected over twelve (12) years, including raw web page data, metadata extracts, and text extracts ” (§ I.78 76) (see here and here ).

Fair Use 136

Fair Use Privacy Copyright Technology 136

TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

In 2020, Amazon teamed up with publisher Penguin Random House and authors including John Grisham, Scott Turow and Lee Child to sue several pirate ‘Kiss Library’ eBook sites operating out of Ukraine. In these cases the Authors Guild says that pressure needs to be applied to search engines including market leader Google.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 30, 2024

However, copyright protection may unexpectedly clash with this sustainable practice, as certain upcycled items could include copyrighted prints, ornaments, or design patterns from the original materials, such as new clothing items made out of old bed sheets, curtains, or tablecloths , or jewellery made from broken porcelain.

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Copyright Copyright Law Business Intellectual Property 113

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 28, 2022

This is a lawsuit between a wedding gown company, JLM, and Hayley Paige Gutman, a designer/influencer who worked for JLM. Gutman gave JLM the “exclusive” right to use her name in connection with bridal wear for the term of the agreement and two years following (provided she participated in the design of such clothing).

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Social Media Ownership Contracts Privacy 90

IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

When Mahindra launched the XUV700 with autonomous driving features in India last year, there was a huge uproar in the Indian car market. In conclusion, a specifically tailored act suitable for the incubation of autonomous vehicles into the Indian market has to be enacted keeping in mind various Indian scenarios.

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IP Tech Blog

JULY 17, 2023

In 2020, the European Commission published a white paper on AI and stated therein the urgency to address the challenges of complexity, unpredictability, and autonomous behaviour of certain AI systems. On 14 June 2023, the European Parliament approved its negotiating position on the proposed AI Act.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Doe declares that, on January 26, 2020, she was sexually assaulted during a massage at the San Jose franchised location. The pre-populated message indicated that Plaintiff was opting into Mizzen and Main’s program and agreed to receive marketing alerts. citation omitted). Plaintiff’s arguments are unpersuasive.

Contracts 79

Contracts Blogging Advertising Advertising 79

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

In particular, in 2020, the Trump administration tried to ban TikTok and WeChat. Montana’s TikTok Ban Overview In May, Montana banned TikTok in the state so long as it is owned by a company (in this case, ByteDance) that is incorporated in China, a country designated as a foreign adversary.

Social Media 81

Social Media Privacy Law Publishing 81

Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The bill is ostensibly designed to support Canadian creators, yet many fear it will do the opposite. This raises both privacy concerns – effectively requiring platforms to gather more data – and implementation questions: is a Canadian Youtuber living in Los Angeles Canadian for discoverability purposes?

Reporting 96

Reporting Government Television Privacy 96

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

In March 2020, plaintiffs began to have concerns about defendants’ loyalties to the business. Maryland enacted a social media privacy law in 2021. The Spectacular Failure of Employee Social Media Privacy Laws. SF Design Group. Fredman Design Group. It had approximately 4,000 followers. Christou v.

Social Media 80

Social Media Contracts Ownership Business 80

The IPKat

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

And it was acknowledged that there are issues with this; with 2 million units of counterfeit goods having been destroyed by just Amazon, in 2020 alone. Goods placed on the market in the EU are deemed to have exhausted trade mark rights for the purposes of the UK, but not the other way round. Largely, these are destroyed.

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Reporting Law Due Diligence Branding 128

LexBlog IP

MARCH 16, 2023

Over the years, the FTC has issued many 6(b) studies, ranging from the annual studies of cigarette and tobacco marketing to a 2021 study on internet service provider privacy issues to a 2018 study on mobile security issues. Second, the substance Two items were on the agenda today, and they both involve FTC 6(b) studies.

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Social Media Reporting Journalism Advertising 52

LexBlog IP

JULY 17, 2023

In 2020, the European Commission published a white paper on AI and stated therein the urgency to address the challenges of complexity, unpredictability, and autonomous behaviour of certain AI systems. On 14 June 2023, the European Parliament approved its negotiating position on the proposed AI Act.

Government 52

Government Designs Design Law 52

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. Designed in US” can also work. Harris: Canada is similar; no specific green marketing laws, just Competition Act/provincial statutes. This can include use of flags, eagles.

Advertising 40

Advertising Advertising Law Privacy 40

LexBlog IP

MARCH 1, 2023

The rapid rise of AI used with advertising, marketing and other consumer facing applications has caused the FTC to continue to take notice and issues guidance. You need to know about the reasonably foreseeable risks and impact of your AI product before putting it on the market. It has issued AI-related guidance in the past.

Social Media 52

Social Media Advertising Advertising Technology 52

Michael Geist

APRIL 5, 2022

First, companies such as Facebook deserve much of the criticism that has come their way and there is a desperate need for stronger regulatory measures, most notably involving privacy, competition, taxation, and appropriate accountability for foreseeable harms that arise from the platforms. in a single year.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2022

There are many things one could reflect on, but this blog is about advertising and marketing law, so we’ll stick to that. In recent weeks, over a thousand companies have received these letters, which cover a variety of advertising and marketing practices, including endorsements , business opportunities and for-profit education claims.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 3, 2022

Specifically, Dairy alleged that its “software includes and implements a methodology for handling [Federal Milk Marketing Order] pooling that is unique in the industry and is Dairy’s trade secret.” ” Id. ” Id. citing InteliClear, LLC v. Holdings , 978 F.3d 3d 653, 659 (9th Cir.

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Cinema Reporting Confidentiality Designs 52

SpicyIP

APRIL 16, 2022

But does it becomes more problematic when it is being d one by (some)body designed to police it? . Notably, t he broader goals/framework of teaching course(s) can (often) be similar i.e. – acquainting the students with the subject and preparing them for (inter)national markets.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 6, 2023

Coakley’s Certificate of Engagement (from court files) Allegations of On-Set Misconduct Emerge Runt premiered at the Mammoth Film Festival in February 2020 , where the film took home the festival’s Audience Award for Best Feature Film. Virtuoso later transferred its rights in Runt to Wagging Tails. In one notable case, Balsley v.

Copyright 79

Copyright Derivative Work Fair Use Social Media 79

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Defective design (along the lines of Lemmon v. California Constitution Invasion of Privacy. These claims may be couched as complaints about Facebook’s “design and operation” of its platforms “rather than. These provisions don’t have a private right of action. 18 U.S.C. §§ 2252A and 2255. Section 230 preempts these claims.

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Blogging Publishing Social Media Advertising 109

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 11, 2023

Ticketmaster, a 9th Circuit memo opinion from 2020 that I did not blog. Bleacher Report couldn’t have put millions of user emails into the “to” field–that would have been a privacy failure and would have led to a truly legendary “reply all” fiesta. The court distinguishes Lee v. ” Double UGH.

Contracts 72

Contracts Law Reporting Blogging 72

Traverse Legal Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Use of Airbnb.com allows users to see all listing information and associated web pages under a ‘browser wrap’ arrangement with the terms of service and privacy policies linked in the footer. It was expected the public offering would be made in May 2020.

Litigation 69

Litigation Contracts Business Marketing 69

LexBlog IP

JULY 20, 2022

The awards are designed to provide national support through training and technical assistance and improve the capacity of state and local criminal justice systems to address criminal IP enforcement, including prosecution, prevention, training, and technical assistance.

Reporting 52

Reporting IP Intellectual Property Intellectual Property Law 52

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Session 1: Identifying and Explaining Anachronisms Introduction: Mark McKenna: Every year, a TM exam could be written differently: one a very conventional exam question with Company A using one mark and Company B using a similar mark/similar goods, conventional walk through confusion factors in the way the test was designed to deal with.

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Trademark Branding Brands Branding 49

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. Privacy/consumer protection: FTC has jerry-rigged a guardianship of the public interest; California also passed a specific law with a specific agency (which Eric Goldman loves). Also, FTC and DOJ really matter.

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