Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

Route responds that CRFA does not apply to commercial solicitations and that the non-disparagement agreement is not subject to common-law defamation requirements. Further, the disparagement agreement is not limited by common-law defamation requirements. * Alderwood Surgical Center, LLC, 2023 WL 3435305 (W.D. Kochava, Inc.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 27, 2022

To do the authentication, businesses will be forced to collect personal information they don’t want to collect and consumers don’t want to give, and that data collection creates extra privacy and security risks for everyone. We don’t do “A-for-Effort” laws in the U.S., Age-Appropriate Design Code.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 1, 2024

While accessing blocked websites and communicating in relative privacy is now fairly common, the government would like sites carrying “illegal information” to remain inaccessible. Roscomnadzor says the law won’t target the general public, but there are few bright lines to differentiate sellers online.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Sari Mazzurco, The Law of Social Roles for the Platform Internet Law’s expressive function: how law tells people what social roles various institutions are supposed to carry out. Law can shape roles: set exit and entry conditions (e.g. Business frame obscures broader privacy harms. licensing) for roles.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Domain names also play an important role in conveying branding and as a result can be worth considerable sums of money. Probably Not What Rightsholders Are Pleading For There appears to be little restriction on who can sign up for RDRS, something that already has some worried about what that could mean for their privacy.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

1] Now, it’s hard to avoid; a brief Internet search will turn up hundreds of hits and dozens of explainer articles by insurance brokers, law firms, and litigation funders extolling the benefits and pitching such policies to appellants. policy ($57.3m 2] In this example—taken from a pitch—a $12.5m There, the $47.5m

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 28, 2021

data privacy : what businesses NEED TO know. Keeping pace with the state of data privacy and data privacy regulations is becoming a pressing responsibility for businesses in the digital age. Data privacy legislation is on the rise, with jurisdictions adopting stricter protective measures on a national and global front.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 10, 2023

GIs Workshop The Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam is organising a seminar on the new legislation on geographical indications (GIs). PhD Summer School on AI and Law The University of Tübingen (Germany) is organising a PhD Summer School in Artificial Intelligence and EU Law on May 13-17, 2024.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 1, 2022

A year after Megaupload was shut down, Kim Dotcom launched a brand new file-hosting service called Mega. The platform, which has a strong privacy focus, is now the go-to file storage platform for millions of people. Mega has a repeat infringer policy when it comes to copyright infringement claims. 1,187,646 Takedown Requests.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The UCL Institute of Brand & Innovation Law 's Sir Hugh Laddie Annual Lecture 2021 is to be delivered by Professor Barton Beebe (NYU), considering the question: 'Is Europe Running Out of Trademarks?'. It will be held online on 3 November 2021, with booking via Eventbrite. Find out more and register online.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2023

All claim to be the best, but some are more privacy-conscious than others. When it comes to privacy and anonymity, an outsider can’t offer any guarantees. Many of these questions relate to privacy and security, and the various companies answer them here in their own words. The VPN review business is flourishing as well.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

Consistent with this message, the FTC has been busy rulemaking to address data protection and privacy, disclosures, endorsements and reviews, children’s advertising, and health-related product claims. What Privacy-Related Claims Does Your Company Make? Disclosures, Endorsements, Dark Patterns – Oh, My!

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LexBlog IP

MAY 2, 2022

The NIL Policy Template is intended to help colleges and universities create a policy regarding student-athletes use of their name, image, or likeness (NIL). The template is not intended to be a one-size-fits-all solution; rather, it is designed to provide colleges and universities with a starting point for crafting their own policies.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 4, 2022

By guest blogger Lisa Ramsey , Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law. This provision of the federal trademark law known as the Lanham Act is codified in 15 USC 1052.) These laws can also protect consumers against deception regarding a product’s source.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so we have a fair sprinkling of cases dealing with copyright, patents, trademarks, competition law etc. 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.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 1, 2022

Last month, as part of BakerHostetler’s “Look Back, Look Ahead: Advertising and Marketing Law in 2021 & 2022” webinar series, partners Craig A. While penalties vary by state, some states’ laws authorize civil penalties of up to $10,000 per violation. The following summarizes our 10 key takeaways from 2021.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The purpose of trademark is consumer protection; source-identification is the most relevant consideration but not the entirety of TM law. Mark McKenna: TM is a creature of common-law courts and we don’t live in that world any more. SCt used to do private law dispute resolution: Kellogg, Mishawaka, Singer—it’s treating it as a tort.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 23, 2023

This post was originally published in Bill of Health , the blog of Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School. Delhi High Court highlights the need for legislative policy to address the raising cases of copyright infringements by rogue websites. Case: Star India Private Limited. & Case: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba vs Asstt.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Bowrey is a legal historian and socio-legal researcher whose research explores laws and practices that inform knowledge creation and the production, distribution and reception of technology and culture.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 18, 2023

Moritz College of Law The copyright – contract tension Stewart Brand famously said that information wants to be free. We know, however, that many laws limit free access and use of information goods, most prominently copyright law (and IP law generally). Guy Rub , The Ohio State University Michael E. ML Genius v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

Unfair Competition : The same allegations support a claim for unfair competition under Maryland law. Conversion and Detinue : Courts have been reluctant to extend conversion claims under Maryland law to pure intangibles. One wonders how a domain name would fare under Maryland law. What about employee social media laws?

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 14, 2022

To solve this problem, various countries have inducted its shielding in their national Intellectual Property Rights [“IPR”] policies. The unlawful use of a web domain containing a registered trademark is in direct violation of the Indian trademark law. WHAT IS A FINTECH. JUDICIAL PRONOUNCEMENT RELATED TO IPR IN FINTECH. CONCLUSION.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

For some time now, dark patterns have been quite the trending topic for both marketers and privacy professionals. Also included are subscription services that make cancellation challenging, a point emphasized in the FTC negative option policy statement last year.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Intellectual Property such as patents, trademarks, brand value, copyright, etc have become foundational assets for several businesses, seeking greater importance and attention. IP Financing Policies in Asia. Almost all major economies of Asia have come up with policy and regulatory measures to incentivize IP-financing.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

UCLA School of Law Mark Janis: 1 st day of TM: students’ experience of brands as used by owners & 3 rd parties is so disconnected from the historical traditions of TM. Or is it just the messiness of common law adjudication + rapid tech change? Is merchandising really the outlier or is it now really the model of TM law.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Changes in Trademark Law and Evidentiary Rules Introduction: Jake Linford Before courts admitted surveys routinely, they were concerned about hearsay. What would it mean if we said TM law is primarily concerned with promoting competition: what would a survey look like for infringement? Some objections go to the weight of the evidence.

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SpicyIP

JULY 5, 2021

Delhi High Court Clarifies Law on Arbitrability of Trademark Disputes. In this guest post , Rounak Doshi discusses the position of law on arbitrability of trademark disputes in light of the Delhi High Court’s recent decision in Golden Tobie Private Ltd. Topical Highlight. Golden Tobacco Ltd.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

How do other areas of law treat relevance of death? Dignitary interests: false light, IIED, privacy typically expire w/person. Consumer protection: laws meant to protect consumers, death doesn’t matter—Princess Diana’s image on collectible plates—TM claim was maintainable. Property law: somewhere between all and nothing.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Nevertheless, with the increasing impact of copyright and privacy on the flow of information, the path of transparency seems to be becoming more and more turbulent, warranting more attention and closer scrutiny than before. Corruption in IP Offices, Anything New? Also, check Joff Wild on the Allegations Against Indian Patent Office.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Ernst , Professor of Law, Golden Gate University School of Law. The PTO’s asserted justification for this total ban on registration is “to protect the intellectual property right of privacy and publicity that a living person has in his/her identity.” [10] 29] But these are mere dissents, not the law.

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