Patently-O

JUNE 1, 2022

The most recent news in this case is that a 5-4 Supreme Court has sided against Texas–issuing an emergency order to reinstitute the preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Social Media Censorship law known as HB20. The State of Texas enacted HB20 to regulate large social media platforms (>50 million users).

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IPilogue

JULY 6, 2021

In November 2019, the Federal Court ordered TekSavvy and other major Canadian Internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to GoldTV’s unauthorized streaming websites following a request from telecommunication giants Bell Media, Rogers Media, and Groupe TVA. v Equustek Solutions Inc.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 19, 2024

by Dennis Crouch In Roku, Inc. ITC , the Federal Circuit has affirmed determinations by the International Trade Commission (“ITC”) favoring the patent holder Universal Electronics, Inc. Here, though the Federal Circuit supported the simple approach of a “hereby assigns” transfer of rights that includes future continuations.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 5, 2022

This is a case focusing on ownership of social media accounts. The dispute is between bridalwear designer Hayley Paige Gutman and JLM Couture, a bridalwear company. The court discusses two social media accounts: Instagram.com/misshayleypaige and pinterest.com/misshayleypaige/_saved/. We blogged this case twice before.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Stephen further stated that he was in the process of registering the word for advertising and media business with the aim of providing marketing, branding, and related services, there was a lot of interest in the possibility of registering such a term. Katpost on the decision here. Katpost on the decision here.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 22, 2022

To prevent these videos from being shared online without permission, the company regularly takes legal action. The adult media company won by default after the defense failed to appear. purportedly from MG Premium requesting Verisign, Inc. Victory Against DaftSex.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Another December is here which means “The Africa IP Highlights” are here! Interested readers can find the Africa IP Highlights 2022, here. The company was ordered to pay Ojo, ₦20 million (US$44 448) in damages. The photographer, Esther Umoh called this person out for copyright infringement on social media platform “X”.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 22, 2021

Writing this post in the context of PV Sindhu’s success at the Tokyo Olympics and how that has spurred companies who do not sponsor her to put up congratulatory messages on social media with their brand logos and while using her images, Satchit analyses the discourse on the right to publicity surrounding the issue. Other Developments.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 17, 2022

Image from here. The New-York based cosmetics company reportedly struggled due to competition from other established brands as well as a host of small companies that use social media. Smaller / niche cosmetic brands have noticeably increased even in the Indian social media space. v Sarita Manufacturing Co.,

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 2, 2022

As a result, companies including Tokyo-based publisher Shueisha and US-based publisher VIZ Media now have a big piracy problem. This week, Shueisha Inc. and VIZ Media, LLC, opened a case at a California district court in preparation for legal action elsewhere. Publishers Target Manga Piracy Giants.

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The TTABlog

MAY 1, 2023

May 9, 2023 - 10 AM [In-person]: In re International Technology Law Association, Inc. May 9, 2023 - 1 PM [In-person]: In re MercadoLibre, Inc. May 9, 2023 - 1 PM [In-person]: In re MercadoLibre, Inc. May 9, 2023 - 1 PM [In-person]: In re MercadoLibre, Inc. May 9, 2023 - 1:30 PM [In-Person]: In re MercadoLibre, Inc.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

The Ninth Circuit reaffirmed the test they articulated in Perfect 10, Inc. Amazon.com, Inc., 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

JANUARY 30, 2024

Intriguingly, however, several movie companies now hope to use it to gain an advantage in their dispute with Reddit. Film Companies: An IP address is Not a Person The film companies, which include Voltage Holdings, are no strangers to the IP address argument. “Movants are not ‘unmasking’ Reddit’s subscribers.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

The cases involve The Points Guy, LLC (“TPG”) and American Airlines, Inc. (“AA”). Power Ventures, Inc. Power Ventures involved a social media aggregator’s consensual use of its users’ Facebook passwords to access their Facebook accounts. This case hearkens back to the pre- hiQ Labs Facebook v. Facebook v. Breach of Contract 2.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

Some of the biggest companies on earth—including Meta and Microsoft—take aggressive, litigious approaches to prohibiting web scraping on their own properties, while taking liberal approaches to scraping data on other companies’ properties. The social media companies have no cognizable property right to assert in this content/data.

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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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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 23, 2023

Palacio del Rio, Inc. (“Palacio del Rio”) sought two registrations for the river-side view and street-side view of its modular designed building for hotel services. The TTAB considered the media coverage to be particularly persuasive because it highlighted the distinctiveness of the building for relevant consumers.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Meme Culture Meets Copyright Law: A Guide for Businesses & Creators Memes, often humorous media fragments that spread rapidly through online sharing, are a global phenomenon that have made their way into mainstream culture. So ubiquitous are they in cultural parlance that a definition for them is barely necessary here. Yes and no.

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Copyright Lately

JUNE 2, 2022

Sedlik alleges that Von D infringed the copyright in his photo by tattooing a reproduction of the Miles Davis image onto the skin of Blake Farmer and then displaying images of the tattoo on her social media accounts. Here too, the court said this was a question for the jury. Kat Von D’s Instagram post.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Apparently, the club obtained photos of the models; and then edited them into advertisements for pubilcation on Facebook, Instagram and other online media. One difficulty for professional models such as the plaintiffs here is that copyright the photographic images is typically held by the photographers, not the models. 2021), cert.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Even die-hard copyright geeks would be forgiven for overlooking a lawsuit first filed over three years ago by information services company Thomson Reuters against AI start-up Ross Intelligence. Interestingly, the court also noted that copying could be deemed insubstantial if Ross’s AI actually works in the way the company claimed—i.e.,

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The IPKat

JANUARY 2, 2022

The analysis also referred to a pending case before the CJEU dealing with Community design law ( EUIPO v The KaiKai Company Jaeger Wichmann | C-382/21-P) and other EU trade mark cases from 2021. Daktronics, Inc., Verena von Bomhard (BomhardIP) presented a summary of trade mark cases before the EU Courts in Luxembourg from 2021.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Legal action filed last week by two Arizona-based companies aims to prevent pirate sites distributing their content. Founded in 2005, CP Productions, Inc. produces adult entertainment media and uses its own website for distribution. Fornix Holdings, Inc. Fornix Holdings, Inc. Copyright Office.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Convoluted Lawsuit Finds Knockout Punch Elusive More detailed background on the case is available here. Last week, Ted Entertainment, Inc. TEI), the company behind various H3-branded channels, filed a counter-complaint against counter-defendant Triller. For its part, Triller disagrees, bitterly. TEI did pay the $49.99

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Patently-O

MAY 5, 2024

Regarding fame, iFIT argues its extensive evidence of sales, advertising, market share, and media attention conclusively establishes the fame of the IFIT mark. The briefing cites to Naterra International, Inc. Bensalem , 92 F.4th 4th 1113 (Fed. iFIT goes on to argue that its case is even stronger.

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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Trevari Media, LLC v. The packaging and online advertising of Respondent’s company for the Resqme product incorporating the design shown in the ’245 Registration touts the utilitarian advantages of the design. Read comments and post your comment here. If so, there's a form for that [ here ]. Text Copyright John L.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Hacking group Team-Xecuter was a thorn in the side of major gaming companies for a long time. “Plaintiff Nintendo of America Inc. The same applies to various social media channels, such as Facebook, Discord, and Reddit. Team-Xecuter defended its work by pointing out that their products are not necessarily pirate tools.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

October 6, 2022 - 2 PM (In Person): In re Wave Neuroscience, Inc. October 12, 2022 - 1 PM: Advance Magazine Publishers Inc. October 18, 2022 - 10 AM: Comptime, Inc. Francis Paper, Inc. Francis Paper, Inc. October 18, 2022 - 1 PM: In re The New York Times Company , Serial Nos. Fashion Electronics, Inc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Airbnb, Inc., “Identifying content of social media users requires monitoring third-party content. . Snap : the claims here are predicated on holding Snap liable for third party content posted on its platform. The accusation here is fundamentally that Snap should have monitored and curbed third-party content.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

a company owned by Maradona’s former lawyer, Matias Morla, owned the rights to Maradona’s brand name. Recently, an Argentinean court upheld Sattvica’s trademark claim in a dispute, jeopardizing a videogame company’s rights obtained in a prior deal from another individual. That matter was voluntarily dismissed shortly thereafter.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 13, 2023

In Twitter, Inc. 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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Lastly, Plaintiff was not denied access to or services of Facebook… Meta is a private company and a user of Facebook cannot dictate what will be published on its website.” ” The court might have relied on the First Amendment here but instead only discussed the statutory elements. Section 230. ” Cites to Green v.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 4, 2023

For companies whose movies are downloaded and shared illegally, solutions have been developed that allow them to monitor suspected pirates and track them back to their ISPs, before obtaining their identities and making a settlement offer to end the risk of a full-blown lawsuit.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 18, 2022

a company owned by Maradona’s former lawyer, Matias Morla, owned the rights to Maradona’s brand name. Recently, an Argentinean court upheld Sattvica’s trademark claim in a dispute, jeopardizing a videogame company’s rights obtained in a prior deal from another individual. That matter was voluntarily dismissed shortly thereafter.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 12, 2022

Platinum Properties Investor Network, Inc. H&R Block, Inc. Block, Inc., April 28, 2022): “That confusion has been amplified by Block’s public communications and worsened by third parties who have, and will likely continue, to link Block, Inc. ” * Theorem, Inc. Troubleshooter Network, Inc.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Allergan, Inc. , Allergan Inc. , iii) from the news media, 31 U.S.C. Here, the basis of Silbersher claim stem from the prosecution history files of the Allergan patent applications. Allergan, Inc. by Dennis Crouch. ex rel Silbersher v. 21-15420, — F.4th 4th — (9th Cir. 25, 2022) [ 21-15420 ].

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 1, 2024

On January 21, Markscan sent a substantially similar DMCA takedown notice to Google, this time on behalf of the Disney+ Hotstar “over-the-top streaming service owned by Novi Digital Entertainment of Disney Star and operated by Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution, both divisions of The Walt Disney Company.”

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