Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

We decided to have patents in as many markets as possible. For businesses like Manta Hair, securing design rights or patents can offer a quicker path to protection, ensuring the uniqueness of their product is safeguarded in the market. This may serve to deter people from creating a design similar to yours.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

On September 18, 2023, NetChoice, LLC — a national trade association with members from the tech and social media industry — obtained a preliminary injunction from the District Court for the Northern District of California preventing the State of California from enforcing the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (“AADC” or the “Act”).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

The victims sued social media companies for allegedly radicalizing the shooter by exposing him to third-party content. As usual nowadays, the plaintiffs relied heavily on product design theories to overcome the obvious Section 230 defense. Case Citation : Jones v.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 2, 2022

We say goodbye to 2021 with the most interesting posts and articles from the surrounding IP blogs of the past week! The analysis also referred to a pending case before the CJEU dealing with Community design law ( EUIPO v The KaiKai Company Jaeger Wichmann | C-382/21-P) and other EU trade mark cases from 2021. Daktronics, Inc.,

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Dragons' Den

JANUARY 25, 2024

Her mission was to bring the art of henna to a mass market, celebrating diversity and inclusion. Pavan accepted, delighted at the potential for her cultural beauty products to thrive in the market. That is why it’s so important to know your patents from your trade marks and your designs from your copyright. Did you know?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

For example, the most aggressive companies in pursuing web-scraping litigation are the social media companies. And while their terms of use provide the social media companies a license to use that user-generated content, it is their users who typically have a copyright interest in their content.

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Dragons' Den

APRIL 4, 2024

Receiving a joint offer from both Sara and Steven was exactly what Charlotte and Grant wanted as Sara has a background in crafts and Steven can help with the social media. Tori and Carrie have intellectual property nailed The pair came up with the idea, design and prototype 10 years ago and have been trading since October 2019.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 12, 2022

[I’m forestalling more analysis of the Texas social media censorship law until we get some clarity on what happened and what’s next.]. I’ve been blogging similar stories since I started blogging, and the practice of spoofing teachers online was already stale then]. ” [Aside: who still does this?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

TPG aggregates and collects information from the most prominent rewards programs and provides a series of rankings and recommendations designed to help maximize your rewards points. 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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Dragons' Den

JANUARY 11, 2024

She had worked as a special effects makeup artist and props designer but 5 years in, after developing a severe reaction to one of the most used chemicals in the field, she had to walk away from her career. Will described his inflatable rucksack carrier that he has designed and patented worldwide. Nicole story really moved me.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 1, 2024

The court summarizes the allegations: Roblox has a virtual currency designed for use on its platform called “Robux.” The court cites the Social Media Addiction ruling for the proposition that “social media companies do have a duty to exercise due care in managing their platforms.” Negligence.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

However, those arguments were more theoretical than empirical; there weren’t a lot of high-profile examples of a mass-market consumer service deploying this strategy. 4) Social media “defective design” lawsuits go forward. Battles over politician-operated social media accounts. TikTok bans.

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Kashishipr

JULY 20, 2022

Although this may sound quite encouraging and motivating for those with original ideas, many famous brands out there are accused and widely recognized for being copycats in the market and, unfortunately, making a lot of money. The American video and photo sharing social media platform Instagram has been accused of copying Snapchat.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

VIP Products sells a toy that imitates the trademarks of Jack Daniel’s Properties using a design similar to the company’s whisky label and bottle shape, but with the name “Bad Spaniels”, a spaniel’s face, and poop jokes. Jack Daniel’s contends this design infringes its trademarks and tarnishes its brand. –Jack Daniel’s v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 8, 2022

Doe’s negligent design claim similarly aims to hold Snap liable for communications exchanged between Doe and Guess-Mazock. I know there are many people who support that outcome; indeed, that’s the inevitable effect of California’s proposed Age-Appropriate Design Code. This claim is also barred by Section 230.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC / AB2273, just signed by Gov. For example, it’s been repeatedly shown that some social media features provide net benefit to a majority or plurality of users, but other subcommunities of minors don’t benefit from those features. Newsom ) is an example of such a bill.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

Twitter, over whether social media services can violate the Anti-Terrorism Act. Paxton, over the Florida and Texas social media censorship laws. Bonta, the constitutional challenge to California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code. Google appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Corsearch

JULY 18, 2023

Millions across the globe have flocked to Instagram Threads – the newest social media platform on the block. In this blog, we discuss the threats posed on Instagram Threads and the processes and advanced technology you can utilize to combat them. They are used by criminals to prey on unsuspecting social media users.

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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 28, 2022

Perhaps the defendants would have ultimately defeated this case anyways, but having Section 230 on their sides gave them–and all of us– a little more freedom to engage each other on social media without fearing that every casual interaction might trigger a financial cataclysm.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2022

Today I’m blogging about one of those bills, California AB 2408 , “Social media platform: child users: addiction.” This bill assumes that social media platforms are intentionally addicting kids, so it creates business-ending liability to thwart those alleged addictions. What the Bill Says.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

In other words, the gist of the case is whether the photographers surrender their right to exclude others by voluntarily posting their own photos to social media. As a practical matter, the answer is certainly yes; an open system is built into the design of the internet.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 3, 2024

When installed on a car, they suppress or bypass emission controls designed to protect the environment. The court gently replies: “Contrary to the government’s suggestion Section 230 immunity is not reserved for social media platforms.” EZ Lynk appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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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. Moore, Find Out Who Your Friends Are: A Framework for Determining Whether Employees’ Social Media Followers Follow Them to A New Job, 39 CAMPBELL L. See generally, Christopher A.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

But much of this business model is contingent on being able to sell flights directly through Ryanair’s site to control the market for ancillary services. Power Ventures was a platform that attempted to enable users to manage all their social media accounts from one platform. That’s not what the statute is designed to prevent.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

6th Edition of Advertising & Marketing Law: Cases and Materials (with Rebecca Tushnet). 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. Comments on CA AB 2273, The Age-Appropriate Design Code Act).

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

a Brooklyn-based art collective, designed and manufactured the “Wavy Baby” sneakers as a collaboration with rapper Tyga as a parody of the Old Skool skate shoe made by Vans, Inc. 3d 358 (E.D.N.Y. The Vans case and appeal had both been stayed pending the outcome of Jack Daniel’s. MSCHF Product Studio Inc.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 11, 2022

At the same time, it opened the door to potential liability for all tools that help content creators make their content, basically suggesting that the tools would be negligently designed in ways that expose the tool authors to liability for personal injuries. The Lemmon court disagrees with the lower court in Maynard v.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 1, 2021

As part of the course requirements, students were asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. When reports about Facebook’s plan to change its corporate name hit the internet, branding experts offered their theories about the driving force behind the social media giant’s decision to rebrand itself.

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Kashishipr

APRIL 13, 2022

The dramatic rise in e-commerce in the last two decades saw many brand and business owners struggling to safeguard their Intellectual Property (IP) assets in cyberspace, starting from domain names and then going onto social media handles. Market Reach & Presence. Market Reach & Presence.

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Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

In this week’s blog, I’ll focus on two pitches and consider what is patentable and the difference between designs and patents. Alex explained that his company’s algorithm takes an artist’s data and then turns it into targeted and practical marketing. Zoe told the Dragons that she has applied for a ‘design utility patent’.

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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. ” This is the latest entry in the confusing jurisprudence about when 230 applies to first-party marketing representations that are rendered untrue by users’ activities. ICS Provider. Despite Doe v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

The court explains this and other differences from Aereo: “Aereo involved a system designed for the sole purpose of transmitting the subject content and which had no plausible utility, in that configuration, other than the transmission of that content, whereas X/Twitter is a social media site with a range of potential uses.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Nor do allegations of an application’s lack of identify and age verification remove the “publisher” designation. I still haven’t blogged last year’s In re Social Media Addiction rulings from the California federal and state courts. (I Agreeing with the majority opinion in Force v. Grindr ].

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CopyrightsWorld

MARCH 29, 2022

Brent is a United States Marine Corps veteran who, after serving 5 years in the Marines and a deployment to Iraq, decided to change his career, pursue a bachelor’s degree in psychology and become an artist engineer/photographer/videographer/musician/video editor/audio video system designer/social media marketing consultant!

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

” However, Wallshoppe does not allege Defendant knew of the specific acts of infringement at issue here—Sienna Lewis selling products featuring the Palm Design on Defendant’s website. ” The post 2H 2022 Quick Links, Part 3 (Copyrights and More) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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IPilogue

JULY 23, 2021

C elebrities Sued f or Posting Images of Themselves ” by The Briefing by the IP Law Blog . The IP law blog, published by Weintraub Tobin and hosted by intellectual property attorneys Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo, delves into IP issues in the news. S ocial Media & Your IP Rights ” by Innovation Talks.

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