43(B)log

JANUARY 25, 2022

Platinum allegedly hired the Volkin defendants to “engage in a strategic defamation campaign online designed to ruin Plaintiffs’ professional reputation and to divert Plaintiffs’ customers away from their products and to Platinum’s competitive products.” The statement that “Leaders come first and then all the followers.

Designs 59

Designs Design Privacy Blogging 59

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. ” OK boomer.

Privacy 89

Privacy Contracts Marketing Marketing 89

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The plaintiffs claim it was a spoof app designed to steal cryptocurrency worth $5k in Diep’s case and $500k in Nagao’s case (ouch). “plaintiffs’ computer fraud and privacy claims are based on Apple’s reproduction of an app, Toast Plus, intended for public consumption, via the App Store. False Advertising.

False Advertising 112

False Advertising Privacy Publishing Advertising 112

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

The print-on-demand service at issue is Pixels, who has appeared on this blog before. On the other end are brick and mortar stores that sell trademark-infringing items directly to consumers, regardless of whether the stores design or manufacture those items. Based on that assumption, the opinion offers no good news for the defense.

Artwork 96

Artwork Trademark Publishing Marketing 96

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 19, 2021

The court says: The offending content is generated by Classmates and the advertisement is not merely some passive display of content created by another entity, even if it contains a picture from a school yearbook. Here, the focus is on Classmates’ use of a yearbook photo in stand-alone advertisements it uses to lure in potential customers.

Advertising 121

Advertising Advertising Marketing Marketing 121

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

[Note: this blog post covers Rep. It claims to focus on “counterfeits” that could harm consumer “health and safety,” but those are both lies designed to make the bill seem narrower and more balanced than it actually is. However, this bill is itself a giant counterfeit.

Trademark 136

Trademark False Advertising Advertising Advertising 136

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

However, the prevalence of unauthorized use of renowned person names in advertisements has become a concern. Need for Protection of Personal Names through IPR Celebrities commonly demand a licensing fee for the utilization of their name, image, or other distinctive attributes in advertising or merchandising endeavours.

Intellectual Property 76

Intellectual Property Registration Trademark Personality Rights 76

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 5, 2022

The dispute is between bridalwear designer Hayley Paige Gutman and JLM Couture, a bridalwear company. We blogged this case twice before. The court is emphatic that the accounts “served as critical advertising platforms for JLM’s products affiliated with the Hailey Paige brands.” SF Design Group. The court also found “Ms.

Social Media 98

Social Media Ownership Branding Brands 98

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

Despite the rhetorical moves to position the lawsuit about the defendants’ design choices, this is actually an easy case. .” Both apps allegedly were not responsive enough to complaints or unmasking requests, including not following their own purported policies. ” The defendants successfully defend on Section 230 grounds.

False Advertising 86

False Advertising Social Media Publishing Advertising 86

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It isn’t clear if the estate tried some of the more modern Section 230 workarounds, such as negligent design. Even if the new definition applied, the court questions if GMB was the one to “advertise and offer” the boat, as opposed to Chaves: it is Chaves who places the advertisement on GMB’s website.

Contracts 73

Contracts Advertising Advertising Privacy 73

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 25, 2024

These reports allegedly caused advertisers to pause their Twitter advertising campaigns, starving Twitter of much-needed revenues. RIPTwitter. * * * Most readers should stop reading the blog post here. to lose significant advertising revenues.” However, Twitter didn’t claim the reports were defamatory.

Litigation 85

Litigation Contracts Advertising Advertising 85

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

I’m a professor at Santa Clara University School of Law, located in California’s Silicon Valley, where I hold the titles of Associate Dean for Research, Co-Director of the High Tech Law Institute, and Supervisor of the Privacy Law Certificate. In other words, the law simply wasn’t designed to redress the plaintiffs’ concerns.

Publishing 94

Publishing Government Contracts Law 94

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Plaintiff visited the Mizzen and Main website on his mobile device, which advertised the company’s messaging program and offered a discount to customers who signed up for emails and texts. Plaintiff also fails to mention that the “Terms” and “Privacy” links are underlined, indicating that they are hyperlinks. citation omitted).

Contracts 78

Contracts Blogging Advertising Advertising 78

IP Tech Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

For a succinct background on NFTs, see Your NFT Playbook , by our colleagues Kyle Fath, Alan Friel, and Carlton Daniel, posted in Consumer Privacy World. StockX responded that its NFTs are permissible trademark “fair use” as part of its retail sales and advertising of authentic NIKE sneakers. NFTs also may embody or use trademarks.

Trademark 62

Trademark Non-Fungible Tokens Branding Brands 62

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 27, 2024

This is a false advertising lawsuit again the mobile app game Game of Thrones: Conquest. The design elements use “a contrasting font color” making the notice legible on the dark background. appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. sought to send the case to arbitration. The district court disagreed. Warner Bros.

False Advertising 82

False Advertising Government Privacy Designs 82

SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

Serious Comparative Advertising: Broadening the Definition. In this guest post , Sangita Sharma analyses the law around comparative advertisements in India. She contends that the ‘fair’ and ‘honest’ use thresholds under Section 30(1)(a) and (b) of the Trade Marks Act should come to the rescue of such advertisements. Other Posts.

Advertising 105

Advertising Advertising Non-Fungible Tokens Intellectual Property 105

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The court’s single-minded determination to find a valid discrimination claim under these conditions casts a long and troubling shadow over the online advertising industry. Who needs new privacy laws if the Unruh Act already bans most ad targeting? * * * Liapes claims she wanted to buy life insurance.

Law 86

Law Advertising Advertising Marketing 86

The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

Also, if the company has changed the graphic user interface to any of its technology products or has changed product packaging, point of sale displays, or product design, these may also be protectable trade dress. . If a company conducts business internationally, it may have to adhere to the privacy laws of foreign countries.

IP 98

IP Intellectual Property Social Media Cease and Desist 98

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 25, 2022

The court explains (bolding added): social-media platforms aren’t ‘dumb pipes’ : They’re not just servers and hard drives storing information or hosting blogs that anyone can access, and they’re not internet service providers reflexively transmitting data from point A to point B. The panel answers that question decisively yes.

Social Media 97

Social Media Law Blogging Publishing 97

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

There’s also a copyright claim for Luxy copying the plaintiff’s TOS/privacy policy. Or, at the most, confuse Defendant’s app with Plaintiffs’ This situation is different from the websites in Network Automation and Playboy, which were clearly distinguished with ad designations. HEY APP STORES–FIX THIS.

Advertising 98

Advertising Advertising Trademark Settlement 98

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

Also, if the company has changed the graphic user interface to any of its technology products or has changed product packaging, point of sale displays, or product design, these may also be protectable trade dress. If a company conducts business internationally, it may have to adhere to the privacy laws of foreign countries.

IP 52

IP Intellectual Property Social Media Cease and Desist 52

SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

An interim order issued by a single-judge bench of the Delhi High Court recognised the right to be forgotten (RTBF) as a subset of the fundamental right to privacy. The Kerala High Court had recognised a petitioner’s right to privacy and reputation while seeking the removal of their name from judgments published on IndianKanoon.

IP 143

IP Intellectual Property Copyright Trademark 143

IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Union of India [1] , established that privacy is an essential Fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution. Unauthorised use of someone’s identity is a violation of both their personality rights and their basic right to privacy. The Court rejected the privacy defence, which is often employed in IP proceedings.

Personality Rights 61

Personality Rights Privacy Social Media Intellectual Property 61

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2022

There are many things one could reflect on, but this blog is about advertising and marketing law, so we’ll stick to that. It is more common than not for an advertiser to contest the track the challenger has selected, and we are already seeing more appeals and more referrals from these new tracks.

Advertising 52

Advertising Advertising Marketing Marketing 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

While this may sound a little wacky, it makes sense that Section 230 was designed to ensure that Internet services only need to comply with a single national standard as much as possible. Facebook appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. In 2007, the Ninth Circuit in Perfect 10 v. I even agree with the latter point!)

Intellectual Property 132

Intellectual Property Trademark Marketing Marketing 132

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

As for Twitter’s receipt of a benefit from the sex trafficking venture, the court says these allegations are good enough: the FAC contains detailed allegations about how Twitter monetizes content, including CSAM, through advertising, sale of access to its API, and data collection. Defective design (along the lines of Lemmon v.

Blogging 108

Blogging Publishing Social Media Advertising 108

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The Facebook Page is a Designated Public Forum. The court says the city made the Facebook page into a designated public forum because: it allows “comments on its Facebook posts and City Council meetings without any prior approval” “the City does not always apply its ‘off topic’ rule consistently.”

Social Media 105

Social Media Government Designs Design 105

LexBlog IP

MARCH 16, 2023

Over the years, the FTC has issued many 6(b) studies, ranging from the annual studies of cigarette and tobacco marketing to a 2021 study on internet service provider privacy issues to a 2018 study on mobile security issues. For what it’s worth, we had raised some similar concerns in a recent blog post here.) Meeting adjourned

Social Media 52

Social Media Reporting Journalism Advertising 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Montana’s TikTok Ban Overview In May, Montana banned TikTok in the state so long as it is owned by a company (in this case, ByteDance) that is incorporated in China, a country designated as a foreign adversary. ” Second, TikTok’s statements weren’t made in advertising.

Social Media 79

Social Media Privacy Law Publishing 79

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

Moreover, there is nothing to suggest that the CFRA was designed to be used as a defense to a private breach of contract action. Rivals * MIT Technology Review : This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI (regarding “Nightshade”) Privacy * FTC v. Strain, No. 22-30236 (5th Cir. Kochava, Inc.,

Social Media 71

Social Media Privacy Advertising Advertising 71

43(B)log

APRIL 7, 2023

Chavannes: no bullet is ever fully dodged in Europe—all these things are coming again: must pay/must carry; bans on advertising; these things never really die. Arcamona: Posting on blogs as way to influence policymakers: we read them too! But maybe it would have been better to get a Brussels standard. Keller: how will audits work?

Art 69

Art Litigation Law Reporting 69