LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Frequent filers included Aperture Net, Cedar Lane Technologies, Digi Portal, Display Technologies, Internet Media Interactive, R2 Solutions, Sockeye Licensing and Transcend Shipping Systems. MySpace LLC (D. Defendant: MySpace LLC. Alto Dynamics, LLC v. GoBrands Texas, LLC. Plaintiff: Alto Dynamics, LLC.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

The first standing order requires non-governmental companies and corporations to disclose the name of every person all the way up the chain of ownership who has “a direct or indirect interest in the party.” . The issue arose as a result of two standing orders issued by Judge Connolly.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Frequent filers included Cedar Lane Technologies, Digi Portal, Internet Media Interactive, Linfo IP, M4siz, Noblewood IP, Swirlate, and Transcend Shipping Systems. 2BCom, LLC v. Plaintiff: 2BCom, LLC. Adim8, LLC v. Plaintiff: Adim8, LLC. AML IP, LLC v. Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC ( multiple cases) (W.D.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 8, 2022

The lawsuit, which alleges large-scale breaches of the Federal Communications Act and the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA, is still ongoing. It involves another well-known streaming and IPTV personality/seller who goes by the name ‘Firestick Steve’ ‘Firestick Steve’ Was Being Targeted By DISH.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Cameron Atkinson self-describes as “a Christian, a trial and appellate lawyer at Pattis & Smith, LLC, a former business consultant, a published constitutional scholar, and a general hell-raiser.” Two More Courts Tell Litigants That Social Media Services Aren’t State Actors. It didn’t go so well for him.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 31, 2022

The term “copyright troll” is often applied to companies that monitor file-sharing networks, collect IP addresses they claim are sharing movies, and compel ISPs to hand over the identities related to those IP addresses. To a regular Virgin Media customer and letter recipient, it is likely to prove bewildering.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

Instagram, LLC , 2023 WL 4554649 (9th Cir. 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. July 17, 2023). How are photographers supposed to get the attention of those publishers without displaying samples of their work?

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 5, 2023

The first standing order requires non-governmental companies and corporations to disclose the name of every person all the way up the chain of ownership who has “a direct or indirect interest in the party.” The issue arose as a result of two standing orders issued by Judge Connolly.

Litigation 52

Litigation Patent Confidentiality Settlement 52

LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2022

Plaintiff, Tori Belle Cosmetics LLC (“Belle Cosmetics”), sells its cosmetics and false eyelashes through a network of salespeople, allowing each salesperson to earn a portion of any revenue generated by any salespeople they recruit to join their sales network, i.e., a multi-level marketing business. Stay tuned. C21-0066RSL (W.D.

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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. Interestingly, the court doesn’t discuss treatment of the password, or communication transmitting the password, as such a document. What about employee social media laws? TELECOMM. &

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

Ever since the massive explosion of content creation that gave rise to social media, content creators worldwide have utilized embedding to showcase and link users to content that otherwise would not have been as readily accessible. They post their photos on their personal Instagram accounts that are open to the public.

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Social Media Copyright Copying Copyright Infringement 98

IIPRD

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

A ‘client’ is a hardware device or software used to access a cloud service, for example, a personal computer. Vs. Telegram FZ LLC and Ors. Companies usually build better firewalls for additional protection. The “cloud” is an infrastructure for storing and processing data that operates independently of the client.

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Intellectual Property IP Government Technology 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 5, 2021

Kid Car NY, LLC v. LLC, 2021 WL 466975 (S.D.N.Y. Some interesting discussion on the use of Google and Twitter to determine genericness: Plaintiffs also offered evidence of Google searches and social media mentions on Twitter to support their position that PRETZEL CRISPS is not generic. A company used [competitortrademark].com

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

Consequently, no one other than Defendants could be responsible for publishing its content, and therefore the Communications Decency Act does not provide immunity.” Google LLC v Defteros [2022] HCA 27. Dismissing Salesforce from a FOSTA lawsuit due to lack of personal jurisdiction. ” * Fleites v. MindGeek S.A.R.L.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 13, 2023

Taamneh , the Supreme Court unanimously held that social media companies are not liable for aiding and abetting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in its terrorist acts that victims claimed resulted from promoting terrorist content on social media platforms absent proof of “knowing and substantial assistance.”

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Introduction Uptik in Threat Letters & Legal Actions: A Wake-Up Call for Companies Using Meta Pixel In recent years, the digital landscape has become a battleground for privacy rights, with Meta Pixel at the epicenter of numerous legal disputes. Companies using Meta Pixel and similar tracking technologies increasingly face legal scrutiny.

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Cease and Desist Privacy Technology Litigation 52

Traverse Legal Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Introduction Uptik in Threat Letters & Legal Actions: A Wake-Up Call for Companies Using Meta Pixel In recent years, the digital landscape has become a battleground for privacy rights, with Meta Pixel at the epicenter of numerous legal disputes. Companies using Meta Pixel and similar tracking technologies increasingly face legal scrutiny.

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Cease and Desist Privacy Litigation Technology 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 25, 2022

The opinion holds that the key parts of Florida’s social media censorship law (SB 7072) likely violate the First Amendment and should remain enjoined. ” The opinion also highlights the madness of the Fifth Circuit allowing the Texas social media censorship law to take effect via a 1-line order. “S.B. “S.B.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The decisions in the first category , i.e., Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Topicality/Impact) reflect those that we thought were important from a topical point of view and were covered by the media in some way owing to the importance of parties litigating or the issue being considered or for impact on industry and innovation/creativity ecosystem etc.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 17, 2023

Ever since the massive explosion of content creation that gave rise to social media, content creators worldwide have utilized embedding to showcase and link users to content that otherwise would not have been as readily accessible. They post their photos on their personal Instagram accounts that are open to the public.

Social Media 52

Social Media Copyright Copying Copyright Infringement 52

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The decisions in the first category, i.e., Top 10 IP Cases/Judgements (Topicality/Impact) reflect those that we thought were important from a topical point of view and were covered by the media in some way owing to the importance of parties litigating or the issue being considered or for impact on industry and innovation/creativity ecosystem etc.

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IP Copyright Trademark Intellectual Property 124

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. NO ONE WANTS THIS. It will erect barriers to roaming around the Internet. Bye bye casual browsing.

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Privacy Designs Design Business 137

IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

Through the secure blockchain technology, NFTs allow the creation and sale of exclusive and limited content in the form of collectible digital assets that can be transported on multiple media such as images, videos, or music. In response, the production company Miramax sued Tarantino for copyright and trademark infringement.

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IP Ownership Non-Fungible Tokens Copyright Law 109

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The court summarizes the allegations: Plaintiffs John Doe #1 and John Doe #2 allege that when they were thirteen years old they were solicited and recruited for sex trafficking and manipulated into providing to a third-party sex trafficker pornographic videos (“the Videos”) of themselves through the social media platform Snapchat.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Personalized Media Communications, LLC v. 2021), the Personalized Media court held that the asserted patent U.S. Another document intended for investors showed that “the Company had deliberately chosen not to publicize widely its technologies or plans.” Apple, Inc. , 2:15-cv-01366-JRG-RSP (E.D.

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Litigation Patent Patent Application Technology 52

TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2023

Some VPN companies even own review sites. Vulnerabilities are always lurking around the corner and even with the most secure VPN, you still have to trust the VPN company with your data. Many of these questions relate to privacy and security, and the various companies answer them here in their own words.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Branding has become more important than ever, particularly in developing an online presence through search engines, various online platforms, and social media. Nearly every mainstream marketplace and social media platform has Acceptable Use Policies, which provide procedures for reporting intellectual property infringements.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

Through the secure blockchain technology, NFTs allow the creation and sale of exclusive and limited content in the form of collectible digital assets that can be transported on multiple media such as images, videos, or music. In response, the production company Miramax sued Tarantino for copyright and trademark infringement.

IP 52

IP Ownership Non-Fungible Tokens Copyright Law 52

43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Proactive Environmental Products Int’l, LLC v. Vortic LLC, No. Simplify Compliance, LLC, 2021 WL 1197732, No. In addition, consumers considering the source of the webpage can look to the term FORTNITE which appears at the top left portion of the specimen.” Pine Environmental Servs., 8:21-cv-250-CEH-CPT, 2021 WL 3025481 (M.D.

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IP Trademark Advertising Advertising 94

LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

VIP Products LLC , Docket No. VIP Products, Jack Daniel’s, the maker of the popular whiskey brand, filed a lawsuit against VIP Products, a company that sells a dog toy shaped like a whiskey barrel. a consumer packaged goods company, in support of the petition.

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Trademark Intellectual Property Branding Brands 52

The IPKat

JUNE 23, 2022

No time to rebrand as 21 week delay to injunction refused Combe International LLC v Dr August Wolff GmbH [2022] EWHC 125 (Ch) (January 2022) We covered the hoo-ha between VAGISIL and VAGISAN in the last volume. A bumper crop of candidates presented themselves for inclusion in this volume, these are the 10 that made the cut. IPKat here.

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Branding Brands Branding Litigation 73

LexBlog IP

AUGUST 31, 2022

VIP Products LLC on the trademark side (on which the plaintiff is now seeking certiorari from the Supreme Court), and Sketchworks Industrial Strength Comedy, Inc., The Moore case sort of forces one to do that, just as Hustler v. Falwell did years ago. And recent matters, like Jack Daniel Inc. Jacobs on the copyright side. ’ Robert D.

Fair Use 52

Fair Use Trademark Moral Rights Law 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

VIP Products LLC, a dispute involving a “Bad Spaniels” dog toy parody of Jack Daniel’s brand of whisky. 1125(c)(3)(C) by claiming its humorous use of the Jack Daniel’s marks was not pure commercial speech because it poked fun at the company in the Bad Spaniels design. Redbubble, Inc. ,

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Trademark Blogging Trademark Law Fair Use 99

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In 1996, Congress passed the Communications Decency Act (CDA) to restrict minors’ access to indecent and patently offensive content online. In Arkansas, a law requiring parental consent before minors sign up for social media accounts didn’t survive intermediate scrutiny. Griffin , 2023 WL 5660155 (W.D. Void for Vagueness.

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Social Media Privacy Law Government 124

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 19, 2023

Omegle.com, LLC , 2023 WL 1470269 (D. Ancestry.com, LLC , 2023 WL 1112265 (S.D. This is one of the many lawsuits alleging that politicians banned constituents on social media. Patterns in that legislation align with media coverage of Section 230. This post cleans the queue. * * * A.M. Reinbold , 2022 Alas. The complaint.

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