LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2022

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) approved a request for public comment related to updating its Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising. These updates were released in May 2022. text: ‘Advertisements’, }, creative: {. text: ‘Privacy’, }. }. }); });

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LexBlog IP

MAY 12, 2022

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed the Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring Act (CPDPA) into law on May 10, 2022, making Connecticut the most recent state to pass its own privacy law in the absence of comprehensive federal privacy legislation.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 28, 2021

data privacy : what businesses NEED TO know. Keeping pace with the state of data privacy and data privacy regulations is becoming a pressing responsibility for businesses in the digital age. Data privacy legislation is on the rise, with jurisdictions adopting stricter protective measures on a national and global front.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 13, 2022

This Africa IP Highlights 2022 is the result of collaboration between myself and Doreen Adoma Agyei and Clarisse Mideva. In August , Nigeria’s National Assembly passed the Bill for an Act to Repeal the Copyright Act, Cap C28 LFN, 2004 and enact a New Copyright Act 2022. Interested readers can find the Africa IP Highlights 2021, here.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Use of the SWIFT program continues to grow, making up 12 percent of the cases NAD decided in 2022. The Standard Track continues to be the primary choice for challengers, making up 68 percent of the cases NAD decided in 2022. The 2022 report in full can be accessed here.

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IPilogue

JUNE 27, 2022

This article was originally posted on E-TIPS For Deeth Williams Wall LLP on June 15, 2022. On June 2, 2022, the Supreme Court of British Columbia (the Court) issued its decision in the ongoing class action matter, Douez v Facebook, Inc. , 2022 BCSC 914 , holding that Facebook, Inc.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 12, 2022

David Adler takes clients through the ins-and-outs of providing advertisers, merchants, agencies and affiliates the tools they need for running a trustworthy and successful business. On May 25, 2022 David Adler is presenting Trafficking in Trust: How to Enhance Affiliate Engagement an AMDays Workshop at Affiliate Summit East 22.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 10, 2022

The plaintiff sued HDR for ECPA and common law privacy violations. Plaintiff had no authority over the Groups’ privacy settings and no voice in the screening process used to determine membership. While the court’s opinion is appropriately grounded in the precedent, it was tone-deaf to the privacy invasion. Implications.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

My roundup of the top Internet Law developments of 2023: 10) California court bans targeted advertising (?). Regulators have sought to suppress online targeted advertising for years, with only minimal success. In turn, advertisers have fled Twitter. Then, in Liapes v. seriously, are you still posting THERE???)

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Businesses harm consumers only in a few ways—false advertising, monopoly prices, defective products. Business frame obscures broader privacy harms. What are you going to do instead, advertise on Bing? We know it’s riding on coattails of national brand’s research and development and advertising. A: quite likely.

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Olartemoure Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The focus of these actions spans a range of issues, from anti-competitive behavior to data privacy, and more. In October 2020, the Department of Justice and eleven state attorneys general jointly filed a lawsuit against Google, aiming to curb the company’s monopolistic control in the search engines and search advertising markets.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 30, 2022

This discussion is part of the EU Industry Days 2022 , an annual event that highlights industrial frontrunners and ongoing industrial policy discussions whilst improving the knowledge base of European industry. Views can be sent until 25 March 2022, 11:45pm GMT. The registration for the event can be made here.

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Olartemoure Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

09/22/22 – Data Privacy. On September 8, 2022, the Mexican Government published the amendment to the Labeling Standard for food and non-alcoholic beverages (NOM). The changes raise the burdens in relation to the labeling and advertising of products with excess critical nutrients. Original source in Spanish.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Patent: 6,614,349 (Facility and method for tracking physical assets); 6,995,708 (Local positioning system); 7,327,312 (Position privacy in an electronic device); 7,817,085 (Position privacy in an electronic device); 8,014,943 (Method and system for displaying social networking navigation information); 8,032,297 (Method and system for displaying navigation (..)

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2022

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 2, 2022

Last month, as part of BakerHostetler’s “Look Back, Look Ahead: Advertising and Marketing Law in 2021 & 2022” webinar series, partners Craig A. The following summarizes our 10 predictions for state attorneys general enforcement in 2022. In 2022, 30 states and one U.S. Prediction No. Prediction No.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Plaintiff argues that CDA immunity does not apply, “because Seamless actively created the profiles and advertising webpages giving rise to this suit.” Defendant argues that Plaintiff’s name or likeness appearing in a string of search results on the same page as a paywall option does not create an unlawful advertisement.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 18, 2022

PeopleConnect, 2022 WL 888300 (W.D. March 25, 2022). As alleged in the Amended Complaint, the Classmates’ website uses his image to advertise a paid subscription to its services in at least two ways.” The advertisements at issue that Classmates created are not intertwined with otherwise protected speech.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 26, 2022

“Plaintiffs’ right of publicity claims seek to impose liability for Defendants’ use of their identities in creating advertisements on the Website.” LLC, 2022 WL 3093306 (S.D. July 18, 2022). Truth Now, LLC, 2022 WL 3647257 (C.D. ” Publisher/Speaker Claims. Third-Party Content. The complaint.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

If the clinic is falsely claiming that he is, that’s false advertising and possibly defamation. If he is, either the clinic is violating medical privacy rules or 50 Cent consented to the disclosure, and that consent could potentially extend to the photo. Kogan , 2022 WL 17582560 (S.D. So what exactly are they probative of?

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Kogan, 2022 WL 17582560, No. 12, 2022) Jackson, aka 50 Cent, is a famous artist. In mid-2022, “a celebrity gossip media outlet known as The Shade Room (TSR)” published an article titled “Penis Enhancements Are More Popular Than Ever & BBLs Are Dying Out: Cosmetic Surgery CEO Angela Kogan Speaks On It.”

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Dark patterns were also specifically called out in a number of new state privacy laws. These include: Advertisements deceptively formatted to look like independent, editorial content. As seen in the FTC’s Staff Report “Bring Dark Patterns to Light,” September 2022. Design Elements That Induce False Beliefs.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

“plaintiffs’ computer fraud and privacy claims are based on Apple’s reproduction of an app, Toast Plus, intended for public consumption, via the App Store. False Advertising. 2022 WL 4021776 (N.D. ” Publisher/Speaker Claims. ” Cite to Opperman v. ” Oops. eBay case from 2008. Apple, Inc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 17, 2024

First, the court held that the damages X incurred (primarily the loss of advertisers after CCDH published negative reports using scraped data) were unforeseeable when the ToS were agreed upon in 2019. In 2022, in ML Genius v. X’s breach of contract cases against CCDH for violating its ToS by scraping also didn’t fare well.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 1, 2022

Last month, as part of BakerHostetler’s “Look Back, Look Ahead: Advertising and Marketing Law in 2021 & 2022” webinar series, partners Craig A. 4: Early Opioid Medication Litigation Rulings Favor Advertisers. The following summarizes our 10 key takeaways from 2021. Takeaway No. Takeaway No. Takeaway No.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2023

Introduction Personality rights refer to a person’s ability to safeguard his or her identity in the context of a property or privacy right. Second, the right to privacy, which protects individuals from having their identities disclosed to the public without their consent. Puttaswamy v. In Titan industries v.

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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.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

IS RIGHT TO PRIVACY VIOLATED UNDER SUCH AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES (PRIVACY BY DESIGN PRINCIPLE). 30] Article 21 of our constitution guarantees right to privacy under the sublet of right to protection of life and personal liberty. [31] Autonomous vehicle levels have a very contentious issue at hand.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 17, 2023

They further allege that data scraping violates user privacy and that the process of scraping taxes the site to the point of causing systemic effects. LinkedIn Corporation, 2022 WL 18399982 (N.D.Cal., 2022) ; Meta Platforms, Inc. Ates, 2023 WL 4035611 (N.D.Cal., 2023) ; Meta Platforms, Inc. BrandTotal Ltd., 605 F.Supp.3d

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 29, 2023

Social media platforms like Facebook are admittedly quick and easy, but such positives are quickly overwhelmed by extraordinary privacy issues, not to mention centralized control. In February 2022, Meta told the U.S. Facebook launched its own content-matching, rights management tool in 2016.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 22, 2024

LaLiga Takes Complaint to Court In the same month as the submission, April 2022, LaLiga walked away from a Spanish court (Juzgado de. There are no signs that was the case though; in isolation it only adds weight to the claim that no channels were provided in the app. Instrucción Nº 1 de Cieza) with an order that targeted Newplay.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

It would be as if an image within a newspaper advertisement were not commercially used until a customer paid their quarter, unlocked the newsrack, opened the paper, began reading, opened the page containing the relevant circular, and saw it. Code § 3344, which is predicated upon “knowing[ ] use[ ] … for purposes of advertising.”

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Garrigues Blog

JULY 11, 2022

The case started in October 2018, when the sponsor of the festival, in order to advertise that Golpes Bajos would be playing, decided to publish a poster on social media, which included the name and a photograph of the deceased lead singer of the band. The exception set forth in article 8.1

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 11, 2023

Today’s bottom line for anonymizing privacy services is that they must comply with Russia’s site-blocking demands and open up themselves up to scrutiny. In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, telecoms watchdog Rozkomnadzor stepped up its campaign against search engines.

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Michael Geist

AUGUST 9, 2023

Digital services revenue can arise from (1) online marketplace services revenue (which would cover an Ebay, Airbnb or Uber), (2) online advertising services revenue (Google or Microsoft), (3) social media services revenue (Facebook or TikTok), and (4) user data revenue (any company that collects and sells user data).

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Other, lower-priority PaaS threats include the familiarly-named 2embed.me, pirate video libraries such as Collaps.org and Pelisplus.icu, as well as the domain privacy service Njal.la. For additional context, we highlight the new entries, while also indicating those from the 2022 report that have since been removed. net, Dy2018.com,

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43(B)log

JANUARY 25, 2022

Platinum LED Lights LLC, 2022 WL 204414, No. 24, 2022) Plaintiffs (Mito Red) sell red-light therapy products online, in competition with Platinum (which uses the Volkin defendants’ marketing services). Chaverri v. CV-21-01700-PHX-SPL (D. The same results followed for the defamation claims.

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