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Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

sued Bright Data for trespass to chattels, breach of contract, tortious interference with a contract, violation of California Business and Professions Code Section 17200, and misappropriation. Here, the court agreed, and dismissed Twitter’s breach-of-contract claims on that basis. In November 2023, X corp. on all counts.

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Should Copyright Preemption Moot Anti-Scraping TOS Terms? (Guest Blog Post)

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by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy Many characterize the law of copyright preemption of contracts as a circuit split. It’s not that half of federal judges have adopted one clear stance on copyright preemption of contracts and the other half have adopted another clear stance. But fair use isn’t a defense to a breach of contract claim.

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A 512(f) Plaintiff Wins at Trial! ??–Alper Automotive v. Day to Day Imports

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

As I’ve blogged many, many times on this blog (see list below), 512(f) has been a complete failure. A few plaintiffs have won default judgments (including one I blog below). Some other 512(f) cases I’ve not previously blogged: * Paul Rudolph Foundation v. Diebold from 2004, which led to a $125k damages award.

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2023 IP Resolutions Start with a Review of IP Assets

The IP Law Blog

When looking into company assets protectable under federal copyright laws, one should check the company’s website, marketing materials, manuals, YouTube videos, podcasts, posted content on Instagram, TikTok, and the like, photos, software, blog posts, articles, white papers, etc. Such inventions may be protectable under federal patent laws.

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2023 IP Resolutions Start with a Review of IP Assets

LexBlog IP

When looking into company assets protectable under federal copyright laws, one should check the company’s website, marketing materials, manuals, YouTube videos, podcasts, posted content on Instagram, TikTok, and the like, photos, software, blog posts, articles, white papers, etc. Such inventions may be protectable under federal patent laws.

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