Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

That’s a long prelude to explaining how my “summer 2022” really dates back to November 2021 and won’t end until January. Nevertheless, as the semester has already started at Santa Clara Law, I’ll do my rundown of my 2022 outputs-to-date anyway. Regulation of Political Advertising (2022 Edition).

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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. 4) Social media “defective design” lawsuits go forward.

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43(B)log

JANUARY 19, 2022

2022 WL 141561, No. 14, 2022) Once in a blue moon, a false advertising-based antitrust claim survives a motion to dismiss in a circuit that imposes a list of excessive requirements on such claims. For example, it defeated Google+ in part because of privacy concerns, along with network effects. Facebook, Inc.,

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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

Restrictions on advertising vegan products as meat survives First Amendment challenge because the court accepts the state’s interpretation that it only applies to “misleading” marketing, which the court says is outside the First Amendment. . * Strain, No. 22-30236 (5th Cir. Kochava, Inc., 2023 WL 3249809 (D. In re Arthur J.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 11, 2022

Furthermore, the age authentication process would expose both under-18s and adults to extra privacy and security risks. The bill regulates “social media platforms,” defined as an “electronic medium” that allows “users to create, share, and view user?generated What The Bill Says. generated content.”

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 29, 2023

For reasons that make absolutely no sense while somehow making perfect sense, millions of internet users think that social media platforms are perfect for piracy. Nevertheless, the masses love quick and easy so in common with similar platforms everywhere, social media has a piracy problem.

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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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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. Proponents for scrapping point to the need for watchdog oversight of social media platforms and the public nature of the data. LinkedIn Corporation, 2022 WL 18399982 (N.D.Cal.,

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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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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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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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Garrigues Blog

JULY 11, 2022

Consequently, the Supreme Court has confirmed the previous judgment by the Madrid Appellate Court, which was appealed by the sponsor of the festival, ordering it to pay compensation of 20,000 euros, and to partially publish the judgment in a media outlet in print and on two social media outlets. The Supreme Court’s opinion.

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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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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 17, 2024

A very common way of marketing a product is to have it advertised and endorsed by celebrities that the public holds in good opinion. If such content is not taken down within the prescribed time, the social media intermediaries would be liable for the same. 2] CS (COMM) 819 of 2022. [3] 893 of 2002 (Del) (India). [2]

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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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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

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. ” Click on the image to see the animation.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Cod § 17200, for failing to provide sufficient details regarding ad rejections in violation of the Advertising Policies. Note that the data access issue crosses over to the consumer privacy laws, which may mandate consumer access to “their data” under specified circumstances. 2022 WL 4372349 (N.D. & Prof.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Influence of law, desire to contract, social norms. Industries: advertising, merchandising, movies/TV, and video games. Even where permission not legally required, thought was better results due to advances in technology—social media influencing: the advertiser wants customized content.

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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. The Amended Complaint, filed on March 2, 2022, provides additional background and context for Hermès’ claims. And in February 2022, Nike, Inc.

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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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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. The Amended Complaint, filed on March 2, 2022, provides additional background and context for Hermès’ claims. And in February 2022, Nike, Inc.

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43(B)log

APRIL 7, 2023

YT for 2022: most removals were automated (5.2 Don’t assume that Brussels and California effect that occurs w/privacy also occurs when corps can adjust tech granularly. Demands to control social media—take down posts from political rivals, block full services—are common around the world.

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