LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on February 1, 2023 that it has settled, for $1.5M, its first enforcement action under its Health Breach Notification Rule against GoodRx Holdings, Inc., GoodRx then used that information to target these users with health-related advertisements.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Grande Communications Networks, LLC, 2023 WL 1422808 (W.D. Jan 31, 2023). 11, 2023): Time and again we have declared that “prevailing defendants in copyright cases are presumptively entitled (and strongly so) to recover attorney fees.” . Hoffmann Air Conditioning and Heating, LLC, 2023 WL 2681994 (E.D. March 29, 2023).

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 22, 2022

As we head into 2023, advertisers, publishers, ad tech companies and others involved in the digital advertising ecosystem are facing significant challenges when it comes to data. Many clean rooms involve the advertiser and publisher uploading data into a platform where that data can then be matched and operated on.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

District of Columbia , 2023 WL 5964764 (D.C. City of Delray Beach, 2023 WL 6037456 (S.D. Manteca, 2023 WL 3833367 (Cal. June 6, 2023): Breitenbucher “liked” comments and an article in a public forum, Facebook. Newman, 2023 WL 2645555 (5th Cir. Marigot Beach Club and Dive Resort, 2023 WL 2743305 (D.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 24, 2023

State privacy laws are changing rapidly in the U.S. We anticipate that more state legislatures will continue to enact privacy laws to protect consumers due to the absence of a federal privacy law. The Oregon Consumer Privacy Act will go into effect on July 1, 2024. The law will go into effect on January 1, 2025.

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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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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

by Dennis Crouch Rights to use a person’s Name-Image-and-Likeness or NIL generally fall within two categories of intellectual property: rights of publicity and rights of privacy. Rights of privacy can also protect against misappropriation of NIL — typically under the guise of an invasion-of-privacy claim. Defamation.

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43(B)log

MARCH 28, 2024

26, 2024) Defendant, d/b/a Wonderland, operated an adult entertainment club and was one of the many such sued by various models for using their images in advertising without their consent from 2015 to 2019. 2023); but see Princeton Express v. So the burden falls to Princeton to show that its exclusion is valid.” Houston, Inc.,

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LexBlog IP

MAY 4, 2023

According to Meta’s report, “to target businesses, malicious groups often first go after the personal accounts of people who manage or are connected to business pages and advertising accounts. ” The Meta report provides useful tools to guard against these attacks and responses in the event a device is affected.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Allegedly, Amazon inspected the item three times: Amazon’s Product Safety Team inspected it to confirm it couldn’t be used to violate sexual privacy; Amazon’s Dangerous Products Team inspected its lithium-ion battery; and the Fulfillment-by-Amazon team inspected it as well. ’ All advertised uses are foreseeable uses.”

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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. Between 2020 and 2023, in the U.S., Then, in January 2023, eight U.S. states initiated a lawsuit against Google, for allegedly violating antitrust laws in its advertising policies. Finally, in April 2023, 19 U.S.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 1, 2024

While accessing blocked websites and communicating in relative privacy is now fairly common, the government would like sites carrying “illegal information” to remain inaccessible. Advertising and recommendations help to quickly spread the news but for Moscow, that’s unacceptable and needs to change.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2023

All claim to be the best, but some are more privacy-conscious than others. When it comes to privacy and anonymity, an outsider can’t offer any guarantees. Many of these questions relate to privacy and security, and the various companies answer them here in their own words. Note: The responses below were received in 2023.

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Olartemoure Blog

MAY 3, 2024

Law 2300 of 2023 has ushered in significant changes in the Registry of Excluded Numbers (“RNE”) administered by the Commission for the Regulation of Communications (“CRC”).

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 19, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) receives so many complaints about these fraudsters that it issued a warning on January 18, 2023, entitled “ How to spot, avoid, and report weather-related scams.” They’ll advertise rentals that don’t exist to get your money and run. Spot rental listing scams.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 27, 2023

On September 7, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs published the Draft Guidelines for Prevention and Regulation of Dark Patterns 2023, inviting comments from the public. False advertising and misleading representations: Dark patterns often involve misleading representations about products, services, or offers.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

CTAM wanted to combat an escalating content piracy industry that was robbing legitimate content creators of their intellectual property and risking the privacy and safety of content users. CTAM Stream Safely Video from the i.e. network on Vimeo StreamSafely: Four Years Later In November 2023, the same story is still being told.

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Michael Geist

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

1/2) [link] — Pablo Rodriguez (@pablorodriguez) February 23, 2023 Leaving aside the fact that Google is blocking links to news sites, not the news sites themselves, Rodriguez continues to falsely claim that the premise of the bill is for the tech companies to “ compensate journalists when they use their work.” And news content matters.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MAY 2, 2023

On April 21, 2023, the Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro N. Data Privacy : Systems should be developed with built-in protections from abusive data practices for individuals and the ability for individuals to have agency over how their data is used. Patents On February 14, 2023, the U.S. Both the U.S.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 26, 2023

for data harvesting and targeted advertising without users’ consent. According to the Complaint , Chick-Fil-A violated the Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988 when it deployed the Facebook Tracking Pixel “to identify a user’s video-watching behavior.”

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

On September 18, 2023, NetChoice, LLC — a national trade association with members from the tech and social media industry — obtained a preliminary injunction from the District Court for the Northern District of California preventing the State of California from enforcing the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (“AADC” or the “Act”).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 19, 2023

Whereas this final page bolds certain important information about the trial membership, for instance, that prospective members can “Cancel anytime” and that they will be provided “1 month (and 45 credits) to book any classes [they] want,” no such bolding is applied to the text notice linking to the Terms and Privacy Policy. June 22, 2023).

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

That’s if older mainstream content scratches the itch and users don’t mind lots of advertising. That resulted in a large fine for privacy breaches but didn’t deter a more recent proposal to remotely delete pirate apps from users’ phones. Something For Everybody If showman P.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

While that is pretty sweet, I will pay for it next year when I teach Internet Law in both Spring and Fall 2023. [FN: 6th Edition of Advertising & Marketing Law: Cases and Materials (with Rebecca Tushnet). Regulation of Political Advertising (2022 Edition). Regulation of Housing Advertising (2022 Edition). 18, 2022.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 1, 2023

New Lawsuit, New Determination Filed at a Washington court early August 2023, a new complaint alleging copyright infringement, breaches of the DMCA, and civil RICO violations, among others, targeted up to 50 developers, marketers, customer support staff, and sellers of Destiny 2 cheating software offered by Ring-1. .

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IP Tech Blog

JUNE 23, 2023

2023 WL 3781649 (C.D. May 2, 2023) once again confirms that for a court to retain specific personal jurisdiction over a defendant, that defendant must have expressly aimed the allegedly infringing behavior at the forum. Defendant also included references to potentially applicable privacy laws, including those of California.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 23, 2023

2023 WL 3781649 (C.D. May 2, 2023) once again confirms that for a court to retain specific personal jurisdiction over a defendant, that defendant must have expressly aimed the allegedly infringing behavior at the forum. Defendant also included references to potentially applicable privacy laws, including those of California.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Since the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) released its draft regulations pursuant to the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), the biggest gripe from businesses has been the website tracking opt-out requirements. The CPRA amends the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2020 and goes into effect on January 1, 2023.

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The TTABlog

MAY 11, 2023

90044987 (May 1, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Peter W. There was no evidence regarding applicant's marketing expenditures, the extent of exposure of its advertising, its sales figures, number of customers, market share, unsolicited media coverage, or intentional copying. Welch 2023. In re Cybot A/S , Serial No.

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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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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In 2023, we can expect to see some changes in the SWIFT procedures reflecting the NAD’s experience handling these cases that are decided in less than a month, including expanding SWIFT jurisdiction in appropriate cases to implied claim challenges.

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Herbert Smith Freehills

MAY 29, 2023

She also advises multinationals on foreign direct investment in China, as well as data, advertising, general corporate and commercial matters. Justina's appointment is effective on 1 June 2023. 张卫华律师的任命自2023年6月1日生效。 2. Justina was recognised as an "A-List lawyer" by China Business Law Journal in 2022.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

The rules ( Madras High Court Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules, 2022 ) pertaining to the practice and procedure of the Madras High Court Intellectual Property Rights Division for exercising its ordinary original, appellate, criminal, and writ jurisdiction have been published in the Gazette dated April 5, 2023.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Geeta Kewalani on 2 February, 2023 (Delhi High Court) Delhi High Court relying on ‘Laxmikant V Patel v Chetanbhai Shah’ passed an interim injunction restraining the Defendant from using the mark “Foot Locker”. After the Supreme Court ruling in Toyota v. Case: Foot Locker Retail, Inc vs Smt.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

14/2023 on Trading by Modern Technological Means. 14/2023 Article 1 of decree law provides a comprehensive set of definitions for key terms such as Trading by Modern Technological Means and E-signature. Introduction The UAE has embraced the digital era with the enactment of Federal Decree-Law No. Overview of Federal Decree-Law No.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

But this fact does not turn a conduit website like GMB into a livery… GMB simply provided a platform for Petitioner Chaves (the livery) to perform the tasks of advertising his boat rental, negotiating a rate, renting his own vessel, and earning a rental fee. portion of the total rental fee.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

A couple of specifics: The false advertising claims don’t escape 230: “Had those third-party users refrained from posting harmful content, Plaintiffs’ claims that Defendants falsely advertised and misrepresented their applications’ safety would not be cognizable.” ICS Provider. ” Publisher/Speaker Claims.

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