Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

My roundup of the top Internet Law developments of 2023: 10) California court bans targeted advertising (?). The term “link taxes” refer to the government compulsion of large Internet services, such as social media or search engines, to pay news media for indexing and publishing their headlines and links.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 13, 2023

Taamneh , the Supreme Court unanimously held that social media companies are not liable for aiding and abetting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in its terrorist acts that victims claimed resulted from promoting terrorist content on social media platforms absent proof of “knowing and substantial assistance.”

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Readers are reminded that they can vote for their favourite intellectual property law books of 2023 in the annual IPKat Book of the Year Awards! This can be a link to your work profile, LinkedIn or other social media page. Votes must be made via email before 15th January 2024 as per the instructions below.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 17, 2023

On July 17, 2023, the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in Hunley v. Ever since the massive explosion of content creation that gave rise to social media, content creators worldwide have utilized embedding to showcase and link users to content that otherwise would not have been as readily accessible.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 14, 2024

The Australian government has released the 2023 edition of its Consumer Survey on Online Copyright Infringement. Overall Online Consumption 2023 Survey data for overall online content consumption in Australia means respondents’ consumption in total, regardless of whether the sources used were legal or illegal.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This Africa IP Highlights 2023 is the result of collaboration between myself and several IP practitioners and researchers across Africa: Clarisse Mideva ; Rita Chindah ; and Jessie Mgonga. The photographer, Esther Umoh called this person out for copyright infringement on social media platform “X”.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 9, 2023

22-277: This case involves a First Amendment challenge to a Florida statute that restricts certain social media companies from removing content based on the user’s viewpoint. Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in 12 cases: Moody v. NetChoice, LLC, No. By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

It is hard to go more than one or two days without reading a headline in the news or on social media about Elon Musk’s Tesla. Perhaps as a sign of what is to come as the push to carbon-free vehicles continues, the EV automaker is also becoming more prevalent in the patent litigation dockets across the country.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

While social media influencers were showing off pictures from the Amalfi Coast this summer, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was finalizing its guidelines regarding the endorsements that paid for their vacations in Italy. By: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 23, 2023

By: Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog Our wide-ranging discussion covered how regulators can address the privacy, security and transparency concerns that underlie this transformative technology.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

That amount is $10 billion, which is a whopping $1 billion more than in 2023. ” According to the report , here are other takeaways for 2023: Imposter scams. Social media scams. Scams starting on social media accounted for the highest total losses at $1.4

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The IPKat

MARCH 1, 2024

On 22 February 2024, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) released its report on “ The impact of complicit social media influencers on male’s consumption of counterfeit goods in the UK ”. 24% of UK males aged 16 to 60 purchase counterfeit goods under the endorsement of social media influencers.

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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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43(B)log

JANUARY 19, 2024

Our study suggests that diverse social media affordances can fuel group identification and facilitate intergroup behaviors. Meanwhile, we characterized a moderating effect of audience size on this decivilizing effect.

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Michael Geist

OCTOBER 2, 2023

By contrast, the inclusion of registration requirements for a wide range of undertakings, including some podcast services, online news sites, adult content sites, and social media left some characterizing it as a podcast registry or part of “one of the world’s most repressive online censorship schemes.” So what’s the reality?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Her latest trash lawsuit claimed that social media, the government, and Procter & Gamble were all doing the RICO against her. With respect to the social media services’ status as publishers, the court says: the plaintiff’s RICO claims depend on Twitter and Facebook’s acting as publishers. The complaint.

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

A new crop of copyrighted works (including rights in a certain famous British detective) will enter the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2023. public domain on January 1, 2023. Happy Public Domain Day 2023. On January 1, 2023, Frank and Joe Hardy will be in good company. public domain on January 1, 2023.

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Michael Geist

JUNE 9, 2023

The policy direction is open for public comment until July 25, 2023, after which the government will release a final version that gives the CRTC guidance on its expectations for how the bill will be interpreted. A key definition is who qualifies as a “social media creator”, since it is their content that is brought into the exclusion.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 26, 2023

On April 6, 2023, the U.S. By: Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed Judge Gilstrap’s ruling in SAS Institute, Inc. World Programming Limited, which effectively denied copyright protection to SAS Institute’s data analysis software.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 21, 2023

On December 5, 2023, the U.S. By: Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction secured by skateboard apparel company Vans against, MSCHF, an infamous parodist company.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

The victims sued social media companies for allegedly radicalizing the shooter by exposing him to third-party content. 810316/2023 (N.Y. You may recall the 2022 Buffalo mass-shooting , which was committed by a murderer responding to the “ Great Replacement Theory.” Case Citation : Jones v. Mean LLC , Index No.:

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CoCal IP Law Institute

JULY 17, 2023

Our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, July 17, 2023 will be a discussion of the Digital Services Act, the INFORM Consumers Act and related legislation. The explosive growth of e-commerce marketplaces and social media platforms as essential channels for advertising and selling goods and services has changed the way consumers shop.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 10, 2023

On February 21, 2023, the Copyright Office eclipsed its prior decisions in the area of AI authorship when it partially cancelled Kristina Kashtanova’s registration for a comic book titled Zarya of the Dawn. By: Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 27, 2023

Tim Pool, the Babylon Bee, and National Religious Broadcasters, which are (respectively): “a social networking app, an active social media content creator, a satirical news website, and a nonpartisan association of Christian communicators.” The plaintiffs in this case are Minds, Inc., Case Citation : Minds, Inc.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 30, 2024

billions of dollars through the sale of counterfeit products in 2023 and highlighted growing concerns about the promotion of fake products by social media influencers. Trade Representative on Tuesday found that Chinese platforms like WeChat and DHgate have continued to cost the U.S.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 15, 2023

The International Trademark Association Annual Meeting takes place in Singapore from May 16 through May 20, 2023. Take-down of unauthorized websites and social media pages can also be accomplished through digital brand protection solutions used in partnership with experienced trademark counsel.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

On October 18, 2023, the U.S. By: Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog In doing so, the Federal…. By: Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed and remanded a U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) decision in Great Concepts, LLC v.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

On August 18, 2023, the U.S. By: Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog District Court for the District of Columbia denied Dr. Stephen Thaler’s motion and granted the U.S. Copyright Office’s cross motion to dismiss Thaler’s complaint.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

The court also notes the Supreme Court’s Taamneh opinion , saying it “rejected the argument that a social media company’s algorithms could constitute substantial assistance to terrorists.” 2023 WL 4853650 (D.S.C. July 24, 2023). 2023 WL 4853650 (D.S.C. July 24, 2023). The complaint.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 27, 2023

On July 17, 2023, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the applicability of the "Server Test" to embedded content on third-party sites and affirmed dismissal of a copyright action in favor of defendant, social media platform Instagram. By: Venable LLP

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The background Artwork by Arianna Gallo First of all, it is necessary to set the scene: Sanremo 2023, the 73rd edition of the Festival della Musica Italiana (Italian Music Festival) , is one of the most followed and watched TV shows in Italy that takes place each February.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 24, 2023

California, July 13, 2023) - Recently, we wrote about a Chicago-area furniture retailer Darvin Furniture & Mattress suing e-commerce company Wayfair for using the “Darvin” trademark on Wayfair’s websites and social media accounts. Lurline Bay LLC v. Harbor Classic LLC, Case No. 23-cv-05652 (C.D. By: Womble Bond Dickinson

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JD Supra Law

JULY 27, 2023

On June 29, 2023, in Abitron Austria GmbH v. 2023), the U.S. By: Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog Hetronic International, Inc., Supreme Court held that the Lanham Act could not extend to trademark infringement that occurred almost entirely outside the United States.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 13, 2023

On May 31, 2023, the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) held the final session of its Spring 2023 AI Listening Session. By: Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog This session was held across two panels and discussed the copyright implications of AI-generated content (AIGC) in music and sound recordings.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 22, 2023

erty Rights as Allied Rights: Bill Cornish and the Making of Today’s Intellectual Property System' The Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge will host this conference on 17th March 2023. Contributions from the fields of media, competition, information and data (protection), intellectual property, and constitutional law are welcomed.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 6, 2023

On May 18, 2023, the U.S. By: Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog Supreme Court found that the purpose and character of the use of “Orange Prince” by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (AWF) weighed against a finding of fair use of Lynn Goldsmith’s photograph of the artist known as Prince.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2023

ICS provider: “message boards and social media sites qualify as ‘interactive computer services.'” Twitter Corporate Office , 2023 WL 8452200 (S.D.N.Y. 6, 2023) The post Suspended Twitter User Loses Lawsuit Over Data Access–Thomas v. ” Cite to Mezey v. .” Case Citation : Thomas v.

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