Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 26, 2024

This paradigm also appears in the Florida and Texas social media censorship laws, such as the notice-and-appeal obligations on UGC services for the publication decisions they make. Prior Posts on the DSA The European Union’s Digital Services Act: In Force from This Saturday, February 17, 2024, Including for U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 1, 2024

The court cites the Social Media Addiction ruling for the proposition that “social media companies do have a duty to exercise due care in managing their platforms.” 2024 WL 1268420 (N.D. March 26, 2024). Prior Blog Posts on Roblox Roblox Sanctioned for SAD Scheme Abuse–Roblox v.

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Olartemoure Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The approval of the General Audiovisual Communication Law by the Spanish Congress marks a milestone in regulating the content disseminated by content creators on social media platforms. Additionally, it aims to prevent the advertising of gambling and the dissemination of unrealistic standards of beauty and health.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 8, 2024

“Courts within the Second Circuit have routinely found that social media websites and online matching services are interactive computer services.” 2024 WL 2021896 (N.D.N.Y. May 6, 2024) The post Section 230 Preempts Product Design Claims–Lama v. ” Cites to Mosha v. Facebook , Herrick v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

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. 4) Social media “defective design” lawsuits go forward. #StopTheSADScheme. Does anyone care?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 3, 2024

The court gently replies: “Contrary to the government’s suggestion Section 230 immunity is not reserved for social media platforms.” The court summarizes: The social media posts in the Complaint are useful to show what EZ Lynk knew or should have known for purposes of stating a claim under Section 203 of the Clean Air Act.

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BYU Copyright Blog

JUNE 3, 2024

Logo,Pictorial Works,Work for Hire,University June 03, 11:35 AM June 03, 11:35 AM On May 15, 2024, Sophia Boyages (Plaintiff or Ms. They allegedly copied, reproduced, displayed, and published it on social media, clothing, sports equipment, and wall signage in the Universitys facilities. Copyright Copycat? After 11 months, Ms.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

The court explains this and other differences from Aereo: “Aereo involved a system designed for the sole purpose of transmitting the subject content and which had no plausible utility, in that configuration, other than the transmission of that content, whereas X/Twitter is a social media site with a range of potential uses.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 4, 2024

I’m ignoring the complicating effects of various social media censorship laws that may require Internet services to enforce their TOSes as written, a requirement I think is unconstitutional). Google LLC , 2024 WL 2809371 (Cal. YouTube appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 27, 2024

Given how often Snap is now appearing on this blog and the consequences of their legal advocacy for the entire Internet, I’m thinking of renaming this blog the “Snap Litigation Blog.” 19, 2024) The post Plaintiffs Tried to Plead Around Section 230. Case Citation : Ziencik v. LEXIS 12105 (C.D.

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IP Tech Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2023

However, it is safe to assume that all of the well known social media platforms will fall into one of these categories. The post UK Online Safety Act Becomes Law appeared first on Global IP & Technology Law Blog.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 4, 2024

With the arrival of 2024, their role has however come to an end. The IPKat is the Best UK Intellectual Property Blog! Some excellent news was broken right before the end of 2023, with FeedSpot ranking The IPKat first in its list of ‘30 best UK Intellectual Property blogs’ based on “traffic, social media followers & freshness.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

[I blogged the Supreme Court oral arguments in the NetChoice cases yesterday. That decision could have significant implications for this case as well as all other First Amendment challenges of states’ efforts to censor social media.] I previously blogged the TRO. To enable greater government censorship of speech? (I

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BYU Copyright Blog

APRIL 1, 2024

Private School Too Public With Photographs Joshua Potter April 01, 11:19 AM April 01, 11:22 AM In March 2024, professional photographer Mando Morlos ("Morlos") filed a Complaint alleging that St. Francis High School - Salesian College Preparatory ("St.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

I still haven’t blogged last year’s In re Social Media Addiction rulings from the California federal and state courts. (I 2024 WL 678248 (Conn. Meta appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Case citation : V.V. Meta Platforms, Inc. Superior Ct. Law360 article.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 10, 2024

Ohio enacted a law, the “ Parental Notification by Social Media Operators Act ,” Ohio Rev. Obviously, these definitions reach most user-generated content (UGC) services, not just “social media” in the classic sense. Recall the term “social media” is literally in the bill title).

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IPilogue

JANUARY 17, 2022

Already, versions of the beloved teddy bear are making rounds on social media , with celebrity Ryan Reynolds even introducing his own “Winnie-the-Screwed” book in an ad for Mint Mobile. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh, among other famous characters like Felix Salten’s Bambi, entered the U.S. public domain.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 25, 2024

RIPTwitter. * * * Most readers should stop reading the blog post here. “Although social media platforms do not like it, scraping, for various ends, is commonplace.” March 25, 2024) The post Court Says Twitter Misused Litigation to Punish Defendants for Their Speech–X v. Case Citation : X Corp.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Chicken Joe’s, an Albany NY-based restaurant “reposted” @WGNAFM’s post, which apparently included the photo in question, to its “social media” page. Breitbart , the court says that “reposting” on “social media” is enough to find copyright infringement in a default judgment.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Here are our summaries of the blog posts published last week along with the summaries of some interesting orders from different courts. Other News India warns social media platforms repeatedly remind users that local laws prohibit them from posting deepfakes. Anything we are missing out on? Please drop a comment and let us know.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Don’t forget to check them out on the blog too! Comments on the Proposed Trademarks (1st Amendment) Rules, 2024 The recently proposed Trademark Rules amendments were open for comments in a period ending today. Image from here A SARAL Analysis of the Proposed Trade Marks (1st Amendment) Rules, 2024 Just Keep it Simple!

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 13, 2024

. * Guardian : Australia will not force adult websites to bring in age verification due to privacy and security concerns US * California AB-1394 : Commercial sexual exploitation: child sexual abuse material: civil actions: (g) (1) A social media platform shall not knowingly facilitate, aid, or abet commercial sexual exploitation. (2)

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2024

There’s no point in blogging that conclusion as if it’s legitimate judging. (If Also, Texas has tried to functionally eliminate services’ discretion to make removal decisions via its social media censorship law–and the Fifth Circuit upheld that law too. Paxton , 2024 WL 982225 (5th Cir.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 25, 2023

This post was originally published on Seyfarth’s International Dispute Resolution Blog. Impact Whilst the DSA is already in force, it shall not be directly applicable across the EU until 17 February 2024. On 16 November 2022, EU Regulation 2022/2065, better known as the Digital Services Act (“ DSA ”), came into force.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

2024 WL 665181, No. 16, 2024) WCT offers a mobile-fitness app called “Bike+” and owns a trademark registration for that name. World Champ Tech LLC v. Peloton Interactive, Inc., 21-cv-03202-LB (N.D. He wasn’t aware of any in-app sales since the launch. WCT sued in April 2021. This is a reverse confusion case.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 27, 2022

I assume the paradigmatic example are the concerns about kids’ social media addiction, but like the 587 discussion above, the legislature is separately considering an entire bill on that topic (AB 2408), and this one-sentence treatment of such a complicated and censorial objective isn’t helpful. New Regulations.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Here are our summaries of the blog posts published last week along with the summaries of some interesting orders from different courts. VIII, Issue I [Submit by January 7, 2024] NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies is inviting original, unpublished manuscripts for publication for its upcoming issue.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

Instead, plaintiffs’ sole focus, they say, is on (1) Snap’s alleged independent tortious conduct and (2) Snapchat (a “feature-packed social media app.”) 2, 2024) The post Judge Goes Rogue and Rejects Snap’s Section 230 Defense for [Reasons]–Neville v. ”) as a defective product.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 5, 2024

[This post got stuck in my drafts folder…sharing it now for completeness] I see many cases against government employees for posting and moderating content on social media. How do those policies interplay with the social media’s content moderation policies? Who set up the account?

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The difficulty in balancing the delicately poised sides in this issue, together with the history of so few patent cases taking so long to go all the way through trial (thus making the interim injunction a de-facto ‘result’ instead of an interim measure) is an issue that has been discussed several times on the blog earlier (eg here and here ).

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IP Tech Blog

JULY 17, 2023

Subliminal AI – “AI systems intended to be used by social media platforms that have been designated as very large online platforms within the meaning of Article 33 of Regulation EU 2022/2065, in their recommender systems to recommend to the recipient of the service user-generated content available on the platform”.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 22, 2024

2024 WL 2260718 (M.D. May 17, 2024) I’m blogging this one for completeness because I remain fascinated by the incredible futility of account termination/content removal lawsuits. This case got a little media coverage in October. Facebook , 2024 WL 2260363 (D. May 15, 2024) A followup to this post.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Google, LLC , 2024 WL 476944 (N.D. 7, 2024) Selected Posts About State Action Claims Another Jawboning Case Fails in the 9th Circuit (But a TAFS Judge Doesn’t Like the Biden Administration)–Rogalinksi v. Google Anti-Zionist Loses Lawsuit Over Social Media Account Suspensions–Martillo v. Case Citation : Albertson v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

” (Would the Florida or Texas social media censorship laws create that entitlement?) In fact, both/all sides of the Hamas/Gaza situation routinely claim that social media services don’t adequately promote their side of the story and gives too much priority to the other side’s story. Meta Platforms, Inc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 20, 2024

2024 WL 1693355 (9th Cir. April 19, 2024) Selected Jawboning Posts Another Jawboning Case Fails in the 9th Circuit (But a TAFS Judge Doesn’t Like the Biden Administration)–Rogalinksi v. Google Anti-Zionist Loses Lawsuit Over Social Media Account Suspensions–Martillo v. Case Citation : Hart v. Facebook, Inc.

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