Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

The last time we blogged this case , the district court had sided with JLM, initially restricting Gutman’s use of the social media accounts and then awarding control over the accounts to JLM. What does a 200+ year old fox have to say about who owns social media accounts?). This includes determining the original owner.”

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Frequent filers included Advanced Transactions, Buffalo Patents, Cedar Lane Technologies, Locket IP, Lexos Media, M4siz, RFCyber, and Savannah Licensing. Advanced Transactions, LLC v. Fiesta Mart, LLC et al. Fiesta Mart, LLC. Smart & Final Stores LLC. Plaintiff: Advanced Transactions, LLC. Mazzant, III.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 26, 2024

This is a thorn in the side of Sling TV and parent company Dish Network , which sued one of these operations in a U.S. The complaint, filed at the federal court in Atlanta, targets “Channel Wala”, “Doordarshan,” and several related individuals and companies, all from Georgia. court this week.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 2, 2022

As a result, companies including Tokyo-based publisher Shueisha and US-based publisher VIZ Media now have a big piracy problem. and VIZ Media, LLC, opened a case at a California district court in preparation for legal action elsewhere. Applicants Seek Information From Tech & Payment Companies.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Seyfarth Synopsis : Collaborations with athletes, actors, and singers have always been a great way for companies to grow their brand recognition and create profitable products. Similar to celebrity-filled ads, collaborative relationships between influencers and companies on social media continue to be prevalent.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Interesting Patents | Thursday, February 23, 2023 @media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-63f9b94f2f49b3212{display: important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-63f9b94f2f49b3212{display: important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-63f9b94f2f49b3212{position:

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 7, 2024

CODA represents the interests of around 30 corporate entities doing business in the publishing, media, movie, music, and wider entertainment industries. While these names represent just a sample of the individual companies represented by CODA, the anti-piracy group also has around ten ‘organizational’ members. KODANSHA LTD.

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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

The “Informed Consent Action Network,” and its founder Del Bigtree , ran afoul of the social media services’ COVID misinformation policies. ICAN claimed that the social media services took these actions due to government pressure and jawboning, especially pointing the finger at Rep. YouTube LLC , 2022 WL 278386 (N.D.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 4, 2022

Instagram, LLC, could mean the end to the server test, a once widely-followed copyright doctrine established by the 9th Circuit in Perfect 10, Inc. Breyer dismissed the case, holding that the media companies are not liable for direct copyright infringement and that Instagram is not liable for secondary copyright infringement.

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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.” . Chief Judge Connolly in Delaware says they do, and in In re Nimitz, the Federal Circuit denied a request to stop the judge’s inquiry.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 1, 2022

NPEs started their summer vacation early with a relatively light May. Frequent filers included Bassfield IP, Cedar Lane Technologies, Consolidated Transaction Processing, DataQuill, Digital Verification Systems, eCeipt, Lexos Media, Noblewood IP, NorthStar Systems, and Route Guidance Systems. Bassfield IP LLC v. Johnny Was, LLC.

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 3, 2021

We recently wrote about a case in the Southern District of New York against Mashable relating to the embedding of content from social media platforms like Instagram. Instagram LLC , Case No. For example, Mashable published an article that displayed a photo embedded directly from Instagram. The case is Hunley et al. 3:21-cv-03778, U.S.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 15, 2022

Last month the companies won a $100m judgment against the former operators of pirate IPTV service Nitro TV. The companies’ latest anti-piracy lawsuit was filed in a Nevada court. The companies’ latest anti-piracy lawsuit was filed in a Nevada court. Lawsuit Targets VNest TV.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

Moreover, reproductions of a social media post are clearly used for the purposes of reporting on the post where, as here, the reproductions include the accompanying elements of the social media application, such as the frame of the Instagram application and standard Instagram hyperlinks. Evox Productions, LLC v. 1:17CV2635 (N.D.

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 24, 2024

Morgan Securities, LLC (“JPMS”) for allegedly including overbroad release provisions in settlement agreements. Takeaway Companies should take care to ensure that any confidentiality restriction does not prevent an individual from affirmatively contacting the SEC to report potential wrongdoing.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 14, 2023

After a two-year feud, Mars Wrigley (“Wrigley”), the maker of the popular rainbow-colored Skittles candies, recently settled its lawsuit with Terphogz LLC (“Terphogz”) regarding its use of the ZKITTLEZ and similar marks in connection with the cannabis genetics Terphogz licenses to cultivators. [1] Wrigley Jr.

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Patently-O

APRIL 25, 2024

As amended in 2010, the public disclosure bar requires courts to dismiss a qui tam action “if substantially the same allegations or transactions as alleged in the action or claim were [already] publicly disclosed” in certain federal proceedings or the news media, unless the relator is an “original source” of the information.

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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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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 24, 2024

Morgan Securities, LLC (“JPMS”) for allegedly including overbroad release provisions in settlement agreements. ” Takeaway Companies should take care to ensure that any confidentiality restriction does not prevent an individual from affirmatively contacting the SEC to report potential wrongdoing.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In re Genebook LLC , Serial No. The evidence showed that DNA testing companies provide their customers with "reports" of their DNA test results, but there was no evidence that these companies offer the databases identified in the subject application.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 5, 2022

This is a case focusing on ownership of social media accounts. The dispute is between bridalwear designer Hayley Paige Gutman and JLM Couture, a bridalwear company. The court discusses two social media accounts: Instagram.com/misshayleypaige and pinterest.com/misshayleypaige/_saved/. We blogged this case twice before.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Its founding director was Patrick Achache, who later rose to fame as the boss of Germany-based BitTorrent tracking company, MaverickEye. According to UK Companies House data, Patrick Achache stopped being a director and the significant controller of CMS on November 19, 2019. Copyright Management Services Wants Out.

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The TTABlog

APRIL 22, 2024

Hostess Brands, LLC v. T]he record is devoid of any evidence suggesting that wallets, handbags and backpacks may emanate from these large commercial bakery companies under a house mark or product mark and that consumers are accustomed to seeing backpacks, wallets and purses branded with a commercial bakery house mark or product mark.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 8, 2024

In other words, the danger is that a company would choose to simply ban children rather than risk being forced to offer a poor-quality service. Internal Policy Enforcement: The policies required by the Act mentioned above must, of course, be enforced by the companies.

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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The parties’ goods are both relatively inexpensive products that may be purchased on impulse rather than selected with careful consideration. Opposer began using the mark in 1992 and has over 400 locations, "making it the largest, privately held, drive-through coffee company in the country at the time of trial." Dutch Bros.,

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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. What about employee social media laws?

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IPilogue

MARCH 1, 2022

On the one hand, social media has enabled global sharing of news and creative media. This observation, coupled with seeing multiple artists be exploited by Instagram users and large companies, motivated me to reach out to several creatives online and bring their voices to the IPilogue. Of those, 32% were able to access help.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 2, 2022

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. Specifically, 130 decisions dealt with relative grounds and half of them dealt with absolute grounds for refusal. Daktronics, Inc.,

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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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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

On Tuesday, October 26, 2021, Cleveland Roller Derby filed suit against the Cleveland Guardians Baseball Company, LLC, which is the entity formerly known as the Cleveland Indians Baseball Company, over its intent to rebrand the baseball team as the Cleveland Guardians.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

October 5, 2022 - 1 PM: In re Lizzo LLC , Serial Nos. v Little Legacy Library LLC , Opposition No. October 18, 2022 - 1 PM: In re The New York Times Company , Serial Nos. Shepherd Company, LLC , Serial No. Briefs and other papers for each case may be found at TTABVUE via the links provided. Francis Paper, Inc.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Wendy’s Int’l, LLC, No. Defendants’ efforts to present appetizing images of their products are no different than other companies’ use of visually appealing images to foster positive associations with their products, which courts within the Second Circuit have held to be immaterial puffery as a matter of law. Chimienti v.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

There are other standing-related cases pending in the trademark context: Naked TM, LLC v. Neapco Holdings LLC by Calling for the Views of the Solicitor General (CVSG). PersonalWeb Technologies, LLC v. A second case, Bobcar Media, LLC v. CaptionCall, LLC (retroactive application of IPR to already issued patents).

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IPilogue

AUGUST 16, 2022

On April 5 th 2022, the Federal Court released its decision for August Image LLC v AirG Inc , a copyright infringement action concerning images of singer-actress, Jennifer Lopez. The Plaintiff, August Image LLC (“August”) is a photographic syndication agency based in New York, USA. August Image LLC v AirG Inc. v AirG Inc.

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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.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 14, 2022

On the flip side, today’s interconnected world has the ability to transform leaks into powerful advertising and hype, keeping message boards and social media alive with discussion of exciting new products, at zero cost to official marketing teams. Hard to say on the evidence thus far but Riot was clearly concerned about something.

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