Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 16, 2021

22, 2021): companies now pay so-called “influencers” to issue posts on social media touting their products or services. Reminder: courts sometimes demand that consumers click twice to form a contract. Advertising/E-Commerce. Ariix, LLC v. NutriSearch Corp., 2021 WL 221878 (9th Cir Jan. Lona’s Lil Eats, LLC v. Handle, Inc.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 31, 2023

Blog post coverage of that ruling here. ” “Plaintiff appears to argue Twitter’s placement of information in “social media feeds” renders it an information content provider. . Contract Breach. Twitter appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. The user tried again. Same result.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

But before they get there, these courts must first decide whether AA’s terms and conditions constitutes a valid and enforceable contract, and whether TPG assented to its terms. Power Ventures involved a social media aggregator’s consensual use of its users’ Facebook passwords to access their Facebook accounts. Facebook v.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

This blog has been cross-posted on Seyfarth’s California Peculiarities Employment Law blog. Similar to celebrity-filled ads, collaborative relationships between influencers and companies on social media continue to be prevalent.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 23, 2022

This is one of the dozens of lawsuits alleging that social media services addict kids. Jones-based personal jurisdiction over Snap based on the plaintiffs’ allegations that: Defendants acted intentionally when they entered into contracts with M.K., Snap has entered into contracts with thousands of Oregon residents.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

There are formal contracts to outline the finer points and, in such cases, licensed professionals are involved to help the athlete understand their legal obligations. Further, it is more likely to be a verbal agreement or one made over social media. To form a contract, three main ingredients are required.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 12, 2022

You might also check out (1) my Internet Law course page , which includes a quarter-century of syllabi and old exams with sample answers, (2) my article on “ Teaching Cyberlaw ,” (3) my blog post on teaching Internet Law as an online-only course , and (4) my Canvas modules for my Fall 2021 online-only course. Social Media.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

Defendants also managed the social media presence of the “La Baguette” business, which primarily consisted of a Facebook page. Breach of Contract : Plaintiffs only alleged a contract claim, based on breach of a non-compete, against the one defendant who had signed the non-compete. See generally, Christopher A.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

On October 25, 2022, following a string of antisemitic remarks and hate speech from Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) on social media, Adidas announced their decision to terminate their co-branding partnership with Ye and end production of all Yeezy branded products.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2022

She tattooed the Sedlik photo onto Farmer and promoted the tattoo on social media. “no one has told [Sedlik] they would not buy a copy of the Portrait because they had seen the Tattoo or social media posts about the Tattoo.” Prior Tattoo Copyright Blog Posts. She now does her tattoo artistry pro bono.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 25, 2024

In a highly technical ruling, the court rejects Twitter’s CFAA claim on a motion to dismiss and rejects Twitter’s other claims, including breach of contract, on an anti-SLAPP motion to strike. RIPTwitter. * * * Most readers should stop reading the blog post here. Breach of Contract Twitter’s TOS bans scraping.

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BYU Copyright Blog

APRIL 1, 2024

Francis") committed copyright infringement and was in breach of contract over the use of hundreds of photographs he took for the school and its students. Francis, located in Watsonville, CA, contracted with Morlos to be the exclusive provider of photography service for the school from June 2018 to May 2021.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

Also in 2018, FDN filed the original complaint, targeting both Amazon and CCA, alleging that they both breached contracts and committed copyright infringement. There wasn’t even a system for registering blog content, like this site, until June 2020. But this is where FDN introduces a new wrinkle.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2023

It represents a rare federal intervention into contract law, and it does so for good reasons–to reduce the ability of businesses to manipulate the consumer review ecosystem by wiping away negative reviews and leaving only positive reviews. See my extensive blog coverage of Medical Justice.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2023

ICS provider: “message boards and social media sites qualify as ‘interactive computer services.'” Twitter appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. ” Third party content: Plaintiff “is responsible for the creation of his tweets, which were circulated via Twitter.”

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 1, 2023

Supervising communication strategy of the programme’s work and activities to various audiences through reports, outreach materials, social media, updates for newsletters, blogs, and websites etc. The contract may be terminated by providing a 15 day notice from either side. No additional benefits/perks will be provided.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2021

You might also check out (1) my Internet Law course page , which includes 24 years of syllabi and old exams with sample answers, (2) my article on “ Teaching Cyberlaw ,” (3) my blog post on teaching Internet Law as an online-only course , and (4) my Canvas modules for the 2020 online-only course. Blogs and Social Networking Sites.

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The Agreement also assigned to the team a list of social media names that contained the word “Gulls,” which had been used to promote the team. The assignment agreement defined the registered marks, the common law marks, and the social media names collectively as “Intellectual Property”. What’s missing here?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Power Ventures was a platform that attempted to enable users to manage all their social media accounts from one platform. Booking (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Power Ventures was a 2016 case involving Facebook (back when the company itself was still known as Facebook).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

I posted a chapter from the book: Online Contracts. How Fair Use Helps Bloggers Publish Their Research , Association of Research Libraries blog, Feb. Blog Posts. I’ve blogged 100+ posts so far this year. Will California Clone-and-Revise Some Terrible Ideas from Florida/Texas’ Social Media Censorship Laws?

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IP Tech Blog

MAY 19, 2023

This blog explores some considerations surrounding influencer marketing and highlights key aspects that should be addressed in contracts to ensure a mutually beneficial and legally compliant partnership. Any contract should therefore include language that ensures the influencer will comply with the applicable disclosure requirements.

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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

See my blog post on the lower court ruling. Prager tried a variety of contract-based workarounds to Section 230. Going beyond the contracts, Prager looks to various “promises” it alleges that defendants made through public-facing comments. YouTube defended on Section 230 and other grounds.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 9, 2023

However, in the post-Musk era, LinkedIn has become my #1 social media referral source.] The plaintiff also argued that LinkedIn breached its contract with her. LinkedIn appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. .” She also claims she suffered financial losses due to the LinkedIn account termination. [I

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 20, 2023

Breach of Contract. Plus, the contract reserved Amazon’s right to delete content and terminate accounts in its sole discretion. Amazon didn’t deceive consumers because its contract reserved the rights it exercised: the CPA claim is based on Amazon’s decisions to remove reviews and revoke review privileges.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 11, 2023

Over the course of my time at The Globe, I gained vast and multidisciplinary experience, but three major themes emerged within my practical and research work: privacy, contracts, and data protection. Complying with privacy regulations, especially in IT contracts, is as important as it can be misunderstood.

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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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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 24, 2024

And, as we previously blogged , the SEC historically had limited enforcement activity for Rule 21F-17(a), with roughly 14 enforcement actions between 2015 and 2021. with respect to such communications.” However, Rule 21f-17(a) does not create a private right of action.

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Traverse Legal Blog

APRIL 2, 2023

Brands are more likely to require disclosures in their influencing and endorsement contracts. In the world of social media, everyone’s got an angle. These updates emphasize and enhance the principle that organizations and social media influencers must follow basic disclosure, honesty, and substantiation guidelines.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

This blog post will show how data snarfers vex the courts and expose unfortunate gaps in existing legal doctrines. * * *. BrandTotal “provides advertising consulting services to corporate clients regarding how those clients’ and their competitors’ digital advertisements are presented to social media users.”

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IPilogue

MARCH 1, 2022

On the one hand, social media has enabled global sharing of news and creative media. E: What advice would you give to fellow artists and makers on social media on sharing their work? E: What would you like to see happen in terms of the culture of social media artists and their followers?

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 24, 2024

And, as we previously blogged , the SEC historically had limited enforcement activity for Rule 21F-17(a), with roughly 14 enforcement actions between 2015 and 2021. with respect to such communications.” ” However, Rule 21f-17(a) does not create a private right of action.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Google contracted with LyricFind to supply song lyrics for Google’s “Information Box.” GMC sued Google in state court, for breach of contract (based on its TOU), unfair competition, and several other state law claims. Aggregated blogs. Social media. BLOG CONTENT NOT LEGAL ADVICE.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 15, 2024

Think of social media, whose data are scraped and used to train Large Language Models (LLM) (e.g. social media data), databases and trade secrets (e.g. most open source licenses provide a termination in case of breach of contract, which would impact the functioning of the AI model).

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Make sure that when your influencers post on their social channels, they use #ad, #sponsored, #BrandPartner, #BrandAmbassador or a similar disclosure, making clear there is a connection between the influencer and the company at the top of the post. Tip #7: Ensure authenticity. Tip #8: Morals on the job are important too.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

And after a remarkable 6 tries, the Newman race-based lawsuit has now failed too ( prior blog post ). As the Newman court summarized, “this case has shed its intentional discrimination and constitutional claims, becoming—first and foremost—a breach of contract dispute.” This sets up YouTube for a major own-goal. .”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Shared sued Facebook for: Shared avers that Meta committed conversion (Claim 1), breach of contract (Claim 3), and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing (Claim 4) in suspending access to Shared’s Facebook pages, contrary to the Facebook Terms of Service.

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