TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Reforming media legislation is just part of Ukraine’s path to EU membership and during the summer, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed new legislation to update Ukraine’s advertising environment to standards required by the EU. Law of Ukraine No. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 16, 2024

“Too often, Indian tribes are at the mercy of the shifting political winds of the State government.” ~ Jim Costa The statement above elucidates succinctly that how tribes of India get treated within our nation. which need to be protected, are all at the mercy of the ruling governments. percent of the total population of Madhya Pradesh.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 17, 2023

Introduction The promotion of products through defamatory or misleading remarks about the competitor’s product, known as “product disparagement,” can lead to legal disputes, blurring the line between this and comparative advertising. To prevent legal disputes, caution must be exercised to differentiate between the two.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Introduction Corporate governance generally refers to how organisations are directed, managed, controlled, and held responsible to its shareholders. India is a popular location for investments, thus in order to attract the largest investment ever, we need to strengthen the governance standards.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The government this morning released the final Online News Act regulations , effectively gutting the law in order to convince Google to refrain from blocking news links in Canada and to fix some of the legislative mistakes that have been apparent from the start.

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IPilogue

MARCH 22, 2023

According to the complaint, BetterHelp used and revealed consumers’ email addresses, IP addresses, and health questionnaire information to Facebook, Snapchat, Criteo, and Pinterest for advertising purposes”, including “identify[ing] similar consumers and target[ing] them with advertisements for BetterHelp’s counseling service.”

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Subsequently, the Committee published a report which set out a number of recommendations to Government [ Katpost here ] that included equitable remuneration for streaming, contract adjustments as well as referrals to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA).

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Michael Geist

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Earlier this year, the government deployed disturbing anti-democratic tactics by repeatedly cutting off debate on Bill C-11 in both the House of Commons and during clause-by-clause review of the bill. Who is the government blocking from potentially appearing by shutting down committee hearings?

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 22, 2023

As far as the Court can tell, … PIRG does no work addressing false or misleading labeling for bed sheets, textiles more generally, or even false advertising as a category. The cy pres doctrine simply allows for a distribution that achieves those benefits indirectly.”

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Comparative advertising is an effective marketing technique, in which a company’s product or service is compared to its competitor’s. Despite these advantages, comparative advertising is a dangerous field to navigate from a legal perspective. Tianchu Gao is an IPilogue Writer and a 1L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. .

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The advertising bit: Defendants allegedly misled New York customers into “believing that unfinished frames and receivers are legal workarounds to New York’s gun control laws, as well as federal law.” came in the midst of other advertising language, such as “Various colors available,” and “no RED TAPE. It was not. NO Registering.

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Michael Geist

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

As some have noted , the government says the companies are stealing content if they link and blocking content if they don’t. It's about them reselling the data from your online activity to advertisers. But the government has instead chosen payments for links in Bill C-18. It's not about the clicks.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The Karnataka High Court in one of their recent judgement in matter of Hubballi Dharwad Advertisers Association (R) v. The issue that is being discussed hear is about the conflict between the advertisement tax and the Good Service Tax and whether the implementation of both taxes lead to the problem of Double taxation. State of U.P [3]

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

This is why the advertising industry is seen as an ally in the fight against piracy. In the UK , hundreds of advertising agencies began banning pirate sites, and the European Union chimed in as well. Interestingly, the MPA also reported the advertising company PopAds as a notorious piracy market.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Lynd advertised the Product as effective against the coronavirus. Ultimately, AHBP took an exclusive license to sell the product in Argentina, with purchasing and advertising/marketing spend minimums. the Lanham Act false advertising claim survived. And proximate cause?

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Michael Geist

AUGUST 24, 2023

Yet the CBC’s approach to Bill C-18 and other government digital policies seems determined to do the opposite and, in doing so, threatens its future support. In fact, the letter may be less about Facebook blocking news links when communities went days without Internet access and more about an effort to curry favour with the government.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 25, 2022

The question that arises with the development of such technology is regarding the legal governance of the same. Which field of law will govern such digital assets and the NFT technology? In this paper, it is argued that Private-property law must be the field of law governing transactions involving Non-Fungible Tokens.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

30, 2024) (R&R) Recommendation: Dastar should block Qingdao’s Lanham Act false advertising counterclaims based on Lashify’s claim to be the originator of lash technology, but false patent marking counterclaims should survive. Qingdao Lashbeauty Cosmetic Co., 2024 WL 629985, No. W-22-CV-00776-ADA-DTG, No. W-22-CV-00777-ADA-DTG (W.D.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 11, 2023

Sarah La Voi joins BakerHostetler’s Chicago office as a partner in the firm’s Digital Assets and Data Management Practice Group and a member of the Advertising, Marketing and Digital Media team. Read the full press release.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 16, 2021

Advertising/E-Commerce. While such social media posts may not have the indicia of a traditional advertisement, there can belittle doubt that these paid posts are in fact advertisements… Today, consumers face waves of advertisements amid a sea of product choices. Ariix, LLC v. NutriSearch Corp.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

It operates a Facebook page entitled “ City of Sammamish – Government.” As one would expect from local governments creating speech policies, there are many obvious problems with the list. We’ve already seen how trying to moderate social media activity has become a liability trap for government actors. 11) Anonymous posts.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2022

I’ve explained before that social media services should (a) turn politicians’ accounts into broadcast-only, or (b) better yet, prevent them from posting to social media during the pendency of their government service because of the odds they will lie if given unfiltered access to their constituents. Wow, this ruling sucked.

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Michael Geist

MAY 6, 2023

In addition, it passed a resolution to develop “truth in political advertising” legislation to be administered by an oversight body. When the government first ventured into support for the media sector, it did so lightly, recognizing the risks of government intervention with the media. It does not end there. It must stop.

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43(B)log

APRIL 18, 2023

12, 2023) Following a large verdict for Monster on false advertising claims, this opinion discusses extensively the requirements for injunctive relief in false advertising cases. The jury awarded $271,924,174 for damages sustained by Defendants’ false advertising and found that the false advertising was willful and deliberate. “As

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43(B)log

AUGUST 22, 2022

The statements were “commercial advertising meant to sell a product, and generally there ‘can be no constitutional objection to the suppression of commercial messages that do not accurately inform the public.’” The First Amendment has long coexisted with no-fault false advertising laws. The California Supreme Court reversed.

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Michael Geist

JULY 10, 2023

Faced with the prospect of Meta and Google’s recent announcements that they would block news links in order to comply with the legislation, it would appear that the government has caved on the bill as it searches for a face-saving compromise. There are several aspects of this proposed regulatory process that merit comment.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 5, 2022

reached the point of exasperation, terminated the agreement with Glamour Dolls, and contacted the Federal Government. Lanham Act false advertising: Were the statements “commercial advertising or promotion” even though not in a conventional ad?

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43(B)log

JULY 20, 2023

for deceptive advertising of dietary supplements in violation of the FTCA and the COVID-19 Consumer Protection Act. Given its powers under the COVID-19 Act, the government sought not just a permanent injunction, but damages, including recission/restitution/disgorgement, as well as civil penalties. Nepute, 2023 WL 4623089 , No.

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43(B)log

APRIL 29, 2022

22, 2022) Part of a larger dispute; the National Association of Realtors (NAR) counterclaimed against REX for false advertising in violation of the Lanham Act. However, NAR didn’t allege that any consumers or brokers have withheld trade from NAR as a result of the advertisements. Zillow, Inc., 2022 WL 1203742, No. C21-312 TSZ (W.D.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 6, 2022

As reported in our previous article published in 2019, the Committees of Advertising Practice ( CAP ) have been focussing for some time on protecting children and young persons through their regulation of gambling advertising. The Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA ) is responsible for enforcement of the advertising codes.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 3, 2021

What is the UK advertising regulator’s position on the costs of mystery items, bonus time, and levelling up? Instead, it provides a useful framework to enhance businesses’ understanding of their obligations when conducting in-game advertising. It is worth noting that this Guidance has not amended the Codes.

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Michael Geist

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Indeed, when combined with the controversial Section 7(7) of the bill, it suggests that the government envisions a permanent erosion of the independence of the broadcast regulator in Canada. Funny coincidence the same question with nearly the same language used by the two government leaders at their respective committees weeks apart.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

22, 2021) This case should be of interest to people working on contextual advertising. Common sense tells us that this is not a simple advertisement.” “It It is a work of fashion journalism that, like every fashion magazine, happens to contain advertisements.” Champion v. Moda Operandi, Inc., 3d -, 2021 WL 4340670, No.

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IPilogue

MARCH 22, 2023

According to the complaint, BetterHelp used and revealed consumers’ email addresses, IP addresses, and health questionnaire information to Facebook, Snapchat, Criteo, and Pinterest for advertising purposes”, including “identify[ing] similar consumers and target[ing] them with advertisements for BetterHelp’s counseling service.”

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LexBlog IP

JULY 14, 2022

A new collective bargaining agreement governing the use of SAG-AFTRA (the Union) performers in commercials has been reached between the Union and the Joint Policy Committee (JPC). Read on to learn more about notable changes and how they will affect advertiser and agency signatories and the Union’s member performers.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 20, 2023

With Bill C-11 in the final stretch – Senate approval could come this week – the government finally provided a more detailed explanation for rejecting the Senate’s user content regulation fix. It is sad that as the bill nears passage, the government doesn’t seem to understand or misleads on the impact of its own legislation.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 13, 2021

In response to a request from the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has submitted a list of so-called ‘Notorious Markets’ to the US government.

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