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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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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Corsearch

JULY 18, 2023

Many celebrities and high-profile figures have already signed up to the service, after proclaiming that they are “ditching Twitter” Meta, Instagram’s parent company, has promised that the platform is safer than the alternatives and takes user privacy incredibly seriously. But, just how safe is it for consumers and brands?

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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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Corsearch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

However, there are a few things that can be disruptive or destructive to your brand like bad actors stealing your company’s domain name and doing with it whatever they wish. See the following new extensions to ensure that your brands are protected in the domain space.TH (Thailand) Application Phase is scheduled to re-open for second-level.th

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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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LexBlog IP

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?

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Panel discussion: AI and copyright UCL's Institute of Brand and Innovation Law will hold a panel discussion tackling the complexities of copyright law in the context of AI-generated content. The event will be held on December 18, 2023 in Amsterdam and online.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The event was, as ever, chaired by PermaKat Prof Dr Eleonora Rosati together with Giulia Gasparin, and the calibre and range of the speakers was bound to result in lively discussion; with panellists from marketplaces such as Amazon, Zalando and Etsy engaging in discussion with brand and consumer voices as well as private practice lawyers.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 2, 2023

“It is reported to be an IPTV software solution, which trades under the brand name WHMCS Smarters and offers website design and development, customized apps on several platforms and a billing platform. The operators also offer an IPTV media player through the IPTV Smarters Pro APP.”

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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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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

That may suggest that they have been unlawfully blocked, especially since the regulations and Privacy Shield policy disallow any blocking of innocent parties. Don’t Get Too Optimistic Awkwardly, and after all that detective work, the domains of innocent third parties do not appear in blocking orders for obvious reasons.

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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. He/She has the sole right to use and exploit the confidential information “forever” if every precaution to protect its privacy is taken. CONCLUSION.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

In advancing a feminist reading of the industry, the chapter exposes the invasions of privacy and other abuses involved in the effort to recruit Nellie Melba (1861–1931), darling of the opera season at Covent Garden and the New York Metropolitan Theatre, and what she received from the arrangement.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

The outer limits of the conversion claim are where some documents representing the intangibles are improperly transferred to the defendant (such as stock certificates, promissory notes, or life insurance policies). Maryland enacted a social media privacy law in 2021. The Spectacular Failure of Employee Social Media Privacy Laws.

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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. Third, this bill reaches topics well beyond children’s privacy.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Dignitary interests: false light, IIED, privacy typically expire w/person. Protecting brand investment and consumers? The TM bargain: registration can be made in a form prescribed by the Director, so there’s some statutory flexibility if we think policy justifies it. Wants to focus on the relevance of death. TESS is a mess.

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SpicyIP

JULY 5, 2021

I demonstrate with examples how copyright policies of many state governments restrict the very access that the State Boards publishing textbooks were meant to facilitate. Some of these could survive the death of the celebrity, however, the right to privacy was not among them.

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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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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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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. This tension between copyright policy and contract law is not new , but developments within and outside the law might put it center stage again. by guest blogger Prof. Guy Rub , The Ohio State University Michael E.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The Congress is aimed at discussing six main topics and their relation to the Metaverse: the European Digital Acts, the Legal Status of Avatars and Digital Identity, Privacy and Personal Data Protection, Content and Conduct Moderation, Virtual Worlds as Markets and Cybersecurity.

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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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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

Given the lack of policy progress with respect to the management of rare diseases, this order emphasizes that the ambit of the right to health also includes the provision of a better quality of life and addresses issues concerning not only access but also innovation in the rare diseases space.

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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?'. Register here.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

I replaced the Step Two and Hemi cases on personal jurisdiction with a recent 9th Circuit case, Herbal Brands v. In contrast, the Herbal Brands case cleanly deals with the common situation of an Amazon merchant selling in the Amazon marketplace. Jurisdiction Evaluating Personal Jurisdiction Herbal Brands v. PhotoPlaza.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 23, 2023

Differentiating the right to privacy and the right to anonymity, the court held that a tussle between RTBF and public interest needs to be settled mainly through legislative action and, in some cases, by Courts using a balancing exercise. On this the court observed that “ The brand name of the cooler is, in fact, really irrelevant.

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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. If I have a shoe brand and want to collaborate w/some artists and not others. Brand owners are doing things to themselves we used to think we wouldn’t do.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

How to survey arbitrariness/TM function: Washingmachine.com in booking.com—maybe along with not sure we also need the option “neither a common name nor a brand name.” There’s a strain of marketing literature that uses scanner data: tries to measure effect of brand extension on parent brand. This isn’t wholly empirical.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Doesn’t have a sense of the policy landscape. Gorsuch is interested in history of old Acts and TM Office doing public policy that’s a little broader than source/origin confusion. Standing makes him nervous b/c of privacy. What you’re seeing is cross-licensing/branding. If you don’t, does the search engine help?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

Moreover, even if we were to find ambiguity and decide the issue on the basis of legislative history and public policy, we would still conclude that the ADA does not apply to Web sites.” ” * Reuters : US retail lobbyists retract key claim on ‘organized’ retail crime. Kochava, Inc., 2023 WL 3249809 (D. In re Arthur J.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 4, 2022

Sections 2(a) and 2(c) both protect an individual’s right of privacy and right of publicity in trademark law by preventing the unauthorized registration of a person’s name, signature, or image. Elster did not have Trump’s consent to register this mark for any goods or services. The Federal Circuit disagreed.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Policy discourse should explicitly consider the social roles legal reform would construct for platforms to help public understand whether platforms are doing what they should, guide platform behaviors, and guide further reform. Business frame obscures broader privacy harms. Amazon may also be able to redefine information by contract.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 12, 2021

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] Hence, the PTO’s interpretation of Section1052(c) is a First Amendment-free zone. But what remedy should the Federal Circuit provide?

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 1, 2022

As a result of investigations into the advertising and marketing of products and services, including tickets, flights and hotels, many companies have been forced to change their refund or credit policies and practices. 8: California Privacy Enforcement Update. 9: Colorado and Virginia Follow California’s Privacy Lead.

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