SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

Continuing our annual tradition of recounting the significant developments that impacted the Indian IP landscape in the year that has been, we bring you a round-up of 2021’s developments. Here’s wishing all our readers a very happy, safe, and healthy new year! b) Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Jurisprudence/Legal Lucidity) and.

IP 143

IP Intellectual Property Copyright Trademark 143

IPilogue

JULY 9, 2021

In 2015, Austrian law student and privacy activist, Maximillian Schrems, sued Facebook Ireland for what he alleged to be an unlawful transfer of data from Facebook Ireland to Facebook’s headquarters in the United States. law can order social media companies to provide such data to the U.S. In other words, the U.S.

Privacy 106

Privacy Contracts Social Media Government 106

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

Defendants also managed the social media presence of the “La Baguette” business, which primarily consisted of a Facebook page. 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. See generally, Christopher A.

Social Media 80

Social Media Contracts Ownership Business 80

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

Missed deadline and transposition In the same way as many EU member states, Ireland missed the transposition deadline (7 June 2021). The Irish legislative transposition finally became law on 19 November 2021. The key element to note here is that the Regulations are a type of secondary legislation, known as a Statutory Instrument.

Copying 102

Copying Copyright Law Copyright Social Media 102

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

I completed my last Internet Law class before Thanksgiving 2021 and had Spring semester off. That’s a long prelude to explaining how my “summer 2022” really dates back to November 2021 and won’t end until January. I posted a chapter from the book: Online Contracts. This year is a little different.

Editing 89

Editing Social Media Blogging Advertising 89

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

Any legal policy that encourages data snarfing must simultaneously contend with the potentially anti-competitive and anti-social effects of preventing legitimate players from snarfing, along with the potentially massive privacy and security risks that data snarfers create. ” Oof. The court spends 20 pages analyzing the arguments.

Contracts 105

Contracts Privacy Social Media Advertising 105

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

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. The opinion upheld every aspect of Texas’ social media censorship law.

Law 114

Law Social Media Government Privacy 114

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 27, 2022

To do the authentication, businesses will be forced to collect personal information they don’t want to collect and consumers don’t want to give, and that data collection creates extra privacy and security risks for everyone. Third, this bill reaches topics well beyond children’s privacy.

Privacy 138

Privacy Designs Design Business 138

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 31, 2022

Definition of “Hateful conduct” means “the use of a social media network to vilify, humiliate, or incite violence against a group or a class of persons on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnicity, national origin, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.”

Social Media 110

Social Media Reporting Government Law 110

IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Union of India [1] , established that privacy is an essential Fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution. Unauthorised use of someone’s identity is a violation of both their personality rights and their basic right to privacy. The Court rejected the privacy defence, which is often employed in IP proceedings.

Personality Rights 62

Personality Rights Privacy Social Media Intellectual Property 62

IPilogue

JULY 28, 2021

Early July 2021, Roderique received a message from a friend who had visited The Hudson’s Bay Company (The Bay) where she came upon Roderique’s photo for the company’s “ Charter for Change ” initiative. Section 13(3) states that if the photographer was contracted for work, the photos taken belong to their employer. The Legal Side.

Copyright Infringement 112

Copyright Infringement Copyright Social Media Ownership 112

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

Verio ruling (both the contracts and TTC portions) and the Hamidi ruling. I welcome your suggestions. * * * Over the years, I’ve posted a number of book excerpts, including: The entire chapter on online contracts. The chapter makes a nice module to add discussion about online contracts to another course. Contracts Meyer v.

Editing 52

Editing Law Contracts Privacy 52

43(B)log

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Things eventually went bad, resulting in contract/trade secret claims and copyright/ROP counterclaims. One of the individual defendants is “a social media personality and model who became well-known for her photos and videos, and who has also started an agency to provide management services to other models and influencers.”

Web Development 59

Web Development Social Media Copying Copyright 59

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 20, 2021

He shared this story on social media with the “#airbnbwhileblack” hashtag, which went viral. Directly below the three buttons, it stated: “By signing up, I agree to Airbnb’s Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Guest Refund Policy, and Host Guarantee Terms.” 2021 WL 2932203 (D.C. July 13, 2021). Airbnb, Inc.

Social Media 110

Social Media Designs Design Blogging 110

Copyright Lately

MARCH 6, 2023

The case involves an interesting interplay between copyright law, entertainment contracts and the First Amendment. August 30, 2021 email threatening release of Runt (from court files) The parties’ negotiations ended in August 2021. Other allegations focused on harassment allegedly suffered by crew members on the set.

Copyright 79

Copyright Derivative Work Fair Use Social Media 79

IIPRD

JANUARY 29, 2023

It varies from creating an alternate persona on a social media account to voicing an animated character in a movie. The issues pertaining to the rights of VTubers encompass rights to the design of the character, the privacy of the individual, licensing and taking inspiration from an existing character. 6] Stuart D.

IP 52

IP Artwork Contracts Intellectual Property 52

JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 9, 2022

The museum industry, it would seem, is taking note of technology’s growing role in its operations, particularly in regards to visitor engagement and staying relevant in a social media-driven society where declining visitation rates have only been exacerbated by the ongoing pandemic.

Moral Rights 52

Moral Rights Fair Use Art Social Media 52

IP Tech Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

For a succinct background on NFTs, see Your NFT Playbook , by our colleagues Kyle Fath, Alan Friel, and Carlton Daniel, posted in Consumer Privacy World. Rothschild began selling his METABIRKINS NFTs in December 2021. NFTs also may embody or use trademarks. His NFT sales have reportedly surpassed $1.1

Trademark 62

Trademark Non-Fungible Tokens Branding Brands 62

SpicyIP

JULY 27, 2021

It seeks to protect and expand the right to freedom of speech, right to dignity and equality, right to assembly and association, and the right to privacy in the digital age, through rigorous academic research, policy intervention, and capacity building. Programme Officers and Project/Programme/Team Lead/Manager. Application Process.

Government 105

Government Editing Privacy Technology 105

LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

For a succinct background on NFTs, see Your NFT Playbook , by our colleagues Kyle Fath, Alan Friel, and Carlton Daniel, posted in Consumer Privacy World. Rothschild began selling his METABIRKINS NFTs in December 2021. NFTs also may embody or use trademarks. His NFT sales have reportedly surpassed $1.1

Trademark 52

Trademark Non-Fungible Tokens Intellectual Property Branding 52

43(B)log

JUNE 29, 2023

GDPR has become a gold standard but how much do we know about whether it’s enforced or whether it makes any difference in people’s actual level of privacy? US pushes to provide alternative standards—crossborder privacy regulation as an alternative. Europeans don’t think the regulators will be unreasonable.

Law 52

Law Privacy Litigation Social Media 52