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Courts Still Have No Clue How to Determine Who Owns Social Media Accounts–JLM v. Gutman

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The court explains that, despite the license, Gutman could use “her name for noncommercial purposes, including personal social-media accounts.” Johnson The Spectacular Failure of Employee Social Media Privacy Laws Do Employers Own LinkedIn Groups Created By Employees?–CDM Kravitz An Update on PhoneDog v.

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Another Confused Entry in the Social Media Account Ownership Jurisprudence–JLM v. Gutman

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The agreement also granted a license to JLM in Gutman’s name (“Hayley, Paige, Hayley Paige Gutman, Hayley Gutman, Hayley Page, or any derivative thereof”). Instead, this relief can be premised on JLM’s license to use Gutman’s name, and the fact that the account was a work-related account. Social Media and Trademark Law” Talk Notes.

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Departing Employees Rename Their Former Employers’ Facebook Account. That May Be a Problem–La Baguette v. Tito & Tita

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

What about employee social media laws? Maryland enacted a social media privacy law in 2021. As with other such laws, this law struggles with definitions. Ex-Employee’s Continued Use of Twitter Account May Be Conversion–Farm Journal v. The Spectacular Failure of Employee Social Media Privacy Laws.

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2021 IP Year in Review

IPilogue

Pina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, the IP Intensive Program, and the IP Innovation Clinic, the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the IPilogue, the Deputy Editor of the Intellectual Property Journal, and an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. Trademark Law. Parody in Trademarks is No Joke.

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