Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

This is the latest entry in a long-running legal battle between Hayley Paige Gutman, a bridalwear designer, and JLM Couture, her one-time employer. The court explains: They describe steps in the process of fashion design and capture much (if not all) of the creative output that Gutman might produce in her role as a designer.

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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 district court initially punted on the ownership question. We blogged this case twice before. While it was true that the accounts were imbued with aspects of Ms.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

In a footnote, the court acknowledges the law is “evolving” with respect to employer ownership of social media accounts: The law on the ownership of a social media pages created by employees for employers is evolving rapidly and varies between jurisdictions. Maryland enacted a social media privacy law in 2021. SF Design Group.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The following is a preview of a paper to be published in the Intellectual Property Journal. . Something has recently gone awry with the law of copyright ownership in a movie or other film — a “cinematographic work”, as s. Part I of the Act deals with the ownership of copyright in works. 2 of the Copyright Act RSC 1985, c.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2023

Accordingly, the court preliminarily enjoins the Owocs from posting to the accounts until ownership is definitively adjudicated. You can see how social media account ownership issues are intractable when companies embrace “cults of personality” around a charismatic entrepreneur. So the accounts remain in limbo for now.

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SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

NFTs (Non-fungible tokens), which act as a certificate of ownership for whatever the creator puts up for sale, allow artists to set their preferred terms of contract while making sales. She criticises the judgment because the Court based its reasoning solely on privacy without any justifications rooted in property rights.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

A short-form trademark security agreement which avoids the disclosure of terms of the loan is also recommended while filing documents in the USPTO to protect the privacy of the debtor. The agreement lays down conditions for patent ownership in the event of default. Patent as Collateral in the US. Case Studies. 11, March 2006.

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