The TTABlog

OCTOBER 5, 2021

As to the motion, Opposer Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) failed to show good cause for modification of the SPO. and Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. As to the GDPR, the Board found that the SPO adequately protected any personal information that Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) sought to redact from its discovery responses.

Privacy 52

Privacy Confidentiality Litigation Designs 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Computer Associates International, Inc., 1996) A lot of people—particularly academics who disfavor the law and economics approach popularized at the University of Chicago—don’t like this opinion. A lot of people, companies, and machines are collecting a lot of online data, at a scale and at a magnitude that few people can appreciate.

Blogging 79

Blogging Copyright Contracts Cease and Desist 79

43(B)log

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

MillerKing, a small Chicago law firm that claims to be a direct competitor of DNP, sued DNP for false association and false advertising under the Lanham Act and Illinois state law. Along with state consumer protection claims, MK alleged that DNP was engaged in the unlawful practice of law under Illinois law. That wasn’t enough.

False Advertising 49

False Advertising Advertising Advertising Contracts 49

43(B)log

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

So: if the gov’t can bar registration of a TM including a disparaging reference to a person without that person’s permission, can it also bar you from a © registration if your work disparages a living person? And sometimes that will be to avoid association. History of barring disparaging speech.

Registration 64

Registration Trademark Business Law 64

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

b/c the TM bar sensed a risk of loss, of limitation. No one in the TM bar has an interest in cleaning up things like that, but it means nonexperts don’t get much guidance. See less in UK w/specialist bar and specialist judges. Is there any hope there for parodists? They put it all over! Also, FTC and DOJ really matter.

Trademark 45

Trademark Law Branding Brands 45

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 11, 2021

NY Times : Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg’s Partnership Did Not Survive Trump. * “ False Accusation: The Unfounded Claim that Social Media Companies Censor Conservatives.” American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility Formal Opinion 496 , January 13, 2021. Owens v.

Privacy 69

Privacy Social Media Government Confidentiality 69