Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

6th Edition of Advertising & Marketing Law: Cases and Materials (with Rebecca Tushnet). We posted three chapters from the book: Featuring People in Ads (2022 Edition). Regulation of Political Advertising (2022 Edition). Regulation of Housing Advertising (2022 Edition). Books and Academic Articles.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

He also stated that he created Intellectual Property for the Defendants’ social media accounts, digital marketing, and other advertising vehicles. Schwartz alleges he was never paid for his services despite numerous messages and meetings.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Similar to celebrity-filled ads, collaborative relationships between influencers and companies on social media continue to be prevalent. Like Patrick + Brittany and Travis + Taylor: Partnerships Are Key Nowadays, celebrities and social media influencers are more business savvy. Edited by Coby Turner and Cathy Feldman

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Erik K Pelton

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The following is an edited transcript of my video, The Types of Acceptable Evidence for Trademark Applications. A webpage, even a Facebook or Instagram page in some circumstances can be acceptable advertising for the services, as long as it describes what those services are and uses the trademark in connection with them.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

USC allegedly orchestrated this scheme through its submission of false/incomplete data, and then advertised the resulting rankings knowing that they were misleading. For example, 2U engaged in online advertising to promote USC Rossier’s ranking; it spent more than half of its revenue on program sales and marketing.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 30, 2023

Definitions Endorsements – The Commission broadened the list of examples, including social media post tags, though it also clarified that such things “can” be endorsements but are not always. Below are some highlights. Who Is Liable?

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LexBlog IP

MAY 9, 2023

In this edition of #InterestingPatents, we drive into the future with Spotify’s new patent. PATENT ABSTRACT & ART: A method for media presentation in a vehicle includes receiving a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) advertising message from a user interface (UI) device. Looking for more information on patents ?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

— Bright Data has long sold the data of all the major social media companies. Editions Ltd. seeks only damages based on the reactions of advertisers (third parties) to CCDH’s speech in the Toxic Twitter report, which CCDH created after the scraping. In November 2023, X corp. on all counts. Bright Data Ltd. ,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

A couple of specifics: The false advertising claims don’t escape 230: “Had those third-party users refrained from posting harmful content, Plaintiffs’ claims that Defendants falsely advertised and misrepresented their applications’ safety would not be cognizable.” ICS Provider. ” Publisher/Speaker Claims.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 17, 2024

The development of Artificial Intelligence, from being able to create edited photos to now generating deepfake videos that cannot be distinguished from real videos, has created an imminent threat to intellectual property rights and personality rights specifically.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 2, 2022

The well-known company was sued in a California federal court last year for using photos Schroeder took of Sumida posing next to a Volvo S60 as part of a "global advertising campaign" on Instagram without her permission. Ireland, Italy and Estonia).

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Blogging IP Non-Fungible Tokens Cease and Desist 125

The IPKat

JANUARY 28, 2024

The book is advertised as being of interest to historians, historians of the map and print culture, as well as those interested in the history of knowledge and how legal control over data has been exerted overtime and intellectual property scholars. As these are more like social media apps than maps.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2024

In common with previous years, the 2023 edition published Tuesday highlights “prominent and illustrative” examples of mainly online sites and services that either engage directly in piracy, facilitate it, or simply turn a blind eye to infringement while enjoying the benefits. After an unexplained absence in 2021, YTS.mx

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 25, 2022

The opinion holds that the key parts of Florida’s social media censorship law (SB 7072) likely violate the First Amendment and should remain enjoined. ” The opinion also highlights the madness of the Fifth Circuit allowing the Texas social media censorship law to take effect via a 1-line order.

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43(B)log

MARCH 22, 2023

Ariix sued NutriSearch and MacWilliam with similar claims to those raised here about Nutrisearch’s alleged lack of independence from and bias towards Usana, resulting in false advertising. Prior to the Sixth Edition of the Guide, Usana reprinted its supplement labels to emphasize the potency of its products with regards to “cell signaling.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The court continues its downward spiral: “the Platforms have behaved as ‘editors’ by helping develop the social casino apps using big data to make the games more profitable and more addicting. Providing social casino developers with big data is like an editor providing edits or suggestions to a writer.”

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 10, 2021

The dispute between writers and former friends Sonya Larson and Dawn Dorland over a short story involving a kidney donation has captured the attention of social media during the past week. An advertisement for Abby Sage Richardson’s dramatization of “The Prince and the Pauper,” produced by Daniel Frohman.

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Art Contracts Social Media Litigation 93

Art Law Journal

APRIL 27, 2022

Collectors, gallerists, advertising agencies, companies, and more will look online to learn more about your artistic work and credentials as a creator. Connect your portfolio site with your social media channels. Edit and curate the artwork in your digital art portfolio, so it represents the authentic you.

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Art Law Journal

APRIL 27, 2022

Collectors, gallerists, advertising agencies, companies, and more will look online to learn more about your artistic work and credentials as a creator. Connect your portfolio site with your social media channels. Edit and curate the artwork in your digital artist portfolio so it represents the authentic you.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Spotify offers digital copyright restricted recorded music and podcasts from record labels and media companies. Users can search for music based on artist, album, or genre, and can create, edit, and share playlists. Spotify AB , 2022 USPQ2D 37 at *7. Yankees P’ship, 114 USPQ2d at 1502 (quoting 15 U.S.C. § Opposer’s 23.3

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 24, 2023

Introduction Shutterstock is a global provider of licensed images, videos, audio and editing tools, that has revolutionized the way visual content can be accessed and used. It removes the restrictions on budget and print reproductions, enabling web distribution, copy printing and packaging, and out-of-home advertising impressions.

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The TTABlog

JUNE 11, 2021

In the absence of supporting evidence, we cannot find that Applicant has advertised extensively." Sausser Summers also claimed that it “has advertised in print magazines, social media platforms, internet ads, and various other sources across the U.S.

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SpicyIP

MAY 20, 2024

We are thrilled to announce the judges for this edition: Prof. (Dr.) The plaintiff alleged that the defendant not only manufactures the impugned product but also promotes the same on social media. As always, the topic is open ended, so long as it is related to IP law. There are also prizes of 50k to be split between the winners!

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 22, 2023

The CJPA creates a royalty pool of the “revenue generated through the sale of digital advertising impressions that are served to customers in the state through an online platform.” Publishers can charge for advertising in many ways, including ad impressions (CPM), clicks, actions, fixed fee, etc. Free Speech L. 127 (2022).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

The plaintiffs asserted products liability and related claims against Snap, on the premise that Snap “is an inherently dangerous software product that Defendants deceptively advertise and promote in a way that facilitates sex crimes against children.” a poor fit to prevent sexual grooming on Snapchat.” Citing Doe v.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

In the Amended Complaint, Hermès claimed that Rothschild first began advertising the NFTs under the “METABIRKINS” trademark on December 2, 2021, at Art Basel in Miami, Florida. On March 2, 2022, Hermès filed an Amended Complaint. In a letter to the court on February 22, 2022, defendants requested a hearing to brief a motion to dismiss. [53].

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The court summarizes the allegations: Plaintiffs John Doe #1 and John Doe #2 allege that when they were thirteen years old they were solicited and recruited for sex trafficking and manipulated into providing to a third-party sex trafficker pornographic videos (“the Videos”) of themselves through the social media platform Snapchat.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

trafficking when they enter into agreements with traffickers to share proceeds of advertisement revenue earned from child pornography videos posted to their websites, and actively employ tactics to make it difficult for law enforcement to locate traffickers. ” Benefit from the venture. Scienter about sex trafficking. Ruling #1: A.B.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

For about a decade, courts had realized that IIC had gone way too far, and had expanded liability in ways that didn’t protect consumers and facilitated anticompetitive claims about false advertising. The court or appeals also commented that relying on IIC might change the available damages and relief—but how exactly?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

In 2021, Florida and Texas passed laws regarding “social media platform censorship.” This section highlights six structural problems with the opinion: The Indeterminate Universe of “Social Media Platforms” Treating Private Action Like State Action. Background. Structural Problems With the Opinion.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 13, 2024

Instead, the site is aimed at people who want instant stock images for their websites, social media, or any other type of presentation. Using AI to Democratize Media TorrentFreak spoke with StockCake founder Nen Fard to find out what motivated him to start this project and how he plans to develop it going forward.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

On the heels of the mandatory editorial transparency provisions in Florida and Texas’ social media censorship laws, the California legislature thought it could one-up those states by passing a law with at least 161 different disclosure requirements. The opinion upheld every aspect of Texas’ social media censorship law.

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