Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

I’ve posted a new 5,000 word article, The United States’ Approach to “Platform” Regulation. 230 (“Section 230”), and the limits on state regulation of the Internet. 230 (“Section 230”), and the limits on state regulation of the Internet. It highlights three key features of U.S. It highlights three key features of U.S.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

One of these measures is the proposal to amend the Design Directive by including a specific repair clause for design protection. To fully understand the significance of this amendment, it is necessary to have a clear understanding of the policy landscape in this area of law.

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The IPKat

APRIL 10, 2024

Background: A Clash of Rights The Incorporated Trustees of Laws and Rights Awareness Initiative filed a suit against the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) challenging the legality of Regulation 8(2)(a) and (c) of the Nigerian Communications (Enforcement Process etc) Regulations 2019 (the Regulations).

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 5, 2021

To this end, since 2006, the Government has conducted rounds of major consultations and introduced two amendment bills in 2011 and 2014 into the Legislative Council. Consequently, both amendment bills were unable to proceed and lapsed upon expiry of the respective terms of the Legislative Council. The Public Consultation A.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 26, 2023

Coimisiún na Meán (the Media Commission), is currently in the process of being established in accordance with the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act ( OSMR ). However, there is no indication as of yet on when this amending legislation will be put forward before the Oireachtas. What is the TCO?

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LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2023

On 28 June 2023, Coimisiún na Meán ( CnaM ) launched a consultation on the designation of video-sharing platform services ( VSPSs ) under the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 (the OSMR ), amending the Broadcasting Act 2009. Submissions must be made in writing via email or by post to VSPSdesignation@cnam.ie

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 23, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) (Amendment) Regulations, 2010 was passed by SEBI in July 2010 as one of the measures to avert similar incidents. This regulation required increased openness in voting and disclosure of the procedures used to establish a shareholder’s voting rights.

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The IPKat

APRIL 20, 2022

A Kat in desperate need of a coffee GuestKat Gabriele Girardello shared with us the trends and topics covered at the “Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation” conference in Amsterdam, which he attended on 14-16 March 2022. GuestKat Rose Hughes provided here insights with several KatFriends also offering their views on the matter.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 24, 2024

Last year saw the introduction of Law 4996/2022, which brought significant changes to IP legislation in Greece, amending several provisions of the existing Copyright Law 2121/1993 as well as Law 4481/2017 on Collective Management. To regulate public lending. Audiovisual works are excluded.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Who qualifies as a “social media platform” is crucial because no one is sure which entities are regulated by the law, but it goes way beyond social media archetypes like Facebook and Twitter. How is that not regulation of content moderation? If there are dozens of regulated entities, could they all have market power???

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 11, 2022

If regulated services can determine who is under-18 (spoiler: they cannot), the bill would likely result in Minnesota minors being excluded entirely from UGC websites–depriving them of the opportunity to build communities and access content they need to grow, learn, and flourish. What The Bill Says. generated content.”

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IP Tech Blog

JUNE 6, 2022

As reported in our previous article published in 2019, the Committees of Advertising Practice ( CAP ) have been focussing for some time on protecting children and young persons through their regulation of gambling advertising. We discuss these amended rules below. These new rules will be introduced by amendment to CAP rules 16.3.12

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 15, 2024

The act, which was passed to protect the rights of female employees and to ensure their physical and financial security during maternity, has been amended to take modern societal standards and economic factors into account. It built on the 1957 amendment.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 6, 2022

As reported in our previous article published in 2019, the Committees of Advertising Practice ( CAP ) have been focussing for some time on protecting children and young persons through their regulation of gambling advertising. We discuss these amended rules below. These new rules will be introduced by amendment to CAP rules 16.3.12

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 21, 2023

The issue of employment status for college athletes has become a highly debated topic, with California being at the forefront of the discussion. While the NCAA and college leaders continue to push Congress for a federal NIL bill, states are taking matters into their own hands by amending their own NIL laws to gain a competitive edge.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Work that started back in 2016 with a public consultation exercise appears to have reached its close with the news that the Parliament approved amendments on September 13 th that are expected to be enacted into law this November. The report made a series of recommendations for change to the country’s IP laws and regulations.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Hence to regulate the same legislature has formulated the following law with regards to it. The legislature has not taken a stand on this topic. ” A sizable portion of the relevant group is the criterion for determining if a mark offends a religious group, not the group’s majority view. 1] Acharya, M. 2022, February 28).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 26, 2023

The legislative debate The House of Representatives, in an effort to regulate AI, discussed and approved Bill 21/2020 on September 29, 2021. The Commission was open to contributions and held public hearings (see the Brazilian Copyright Institution presentation and Annex ), some of which were specifically on the topic of TDM.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 29, 2022

The surprise portion of the meeting was brought to you by the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR), which is a broad rule that regulates what telemarketers can and cannot do with respect to contacting consumers and also sets payment restrictions for the sale of goods and services made through telemarketing calls.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 3, 2021

What is the UK advertising regulator’s position on the costs of mystery items, bonus time, and levelling up? It is this crossover with the real world that has caught the regulator’s attention. It is worth noting that this Guidance has not amended the Codes. Practical Advice.

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IP Tech Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2021

It is worth noting that this Guidance has not amended the Codes. They amended the draft guidance, in response to the comments on loot boxes, to remove any unintentional implication that random-item purchasing amounted to gambling. It is clear that in-game purchases are currently a hot topic of discussion. Practical Advice.

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Velocity of Content

JULY 8, 2021

As I dug down further on the topic, I ended up tumbling down a bit of a rabbit hole concerning certain nooks & crannies of copyright that I hadn’t known much about; at that point, I thought it might be useful (to some) and interesting (to others) to share them here.

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43(B)log

MARCH 25, 2024

It further instructed the Secretary of Health and Human Services to “issue regulations that require color graphics depicting the negative health consequences of smoking to accompany the label statements.” Undue burden” means that “the regulation cannot impose a burden excessive or disproportionate to the benefits gained.”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Image by Rudy and Peter Skitterians from Pixabay In recent years, a so called ‘Secondary Publication Right’ (SPR) has been adopted in a number of European countries and become a policy hot topic at the EU level. Finally, the amendment includes, in para 4 of art.60, It is thus very much in line with the spirit of Title IV, arts.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

That decision could have significant implications for this case as well as all other First Amendment challenges of states’ efforts to censor social media.] This is a topic where anything could happen.] Having concluded that the law isn’t just a commercial regulation, the court determines the appropriate level of scrutiny.

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43(B)log

JULY 20, 2023

First, Nepute didn’t offer a First Amendment defense in the answer and couldn’t do so now. But even if he had, his speech was not entitled to First Amendment protection: The publications were commercial speech, and there were fact issues on falsity/misleadingness, for which he could be held liable.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

We invited experts to offer a synthesis of empirical evidence catalogued on the Evidence Portal in response to 21 topical copyright questions of importance for the 21 st century. Finally, Thomas queries whether copyright or contract is the more apt regulator of online platforms. Directions for future research are only likely to grow.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

For some time now, dark patterns have been quite the trending topic for both marketers and privacy professionals. Regulators have frequently railed against dark patterns that purport to manipulate user choices, usually through manipulative user interfaces.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

The Reasonable Robot by Ryan Abbott: Legally regulating AI–is it obvious? The Act established the College of Patent Agents and Trademark Agents (‘ College ’), an independent public interest regulator of patent and trademark agents in Canada. Giuseppina D’Agostino. IP Innovation Clinic ChatBot Launch Event by Bonnie Hassanzadeh.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Law 4481/2017 also regulates the cost of rights management by CMOs, which must be reasonable. Article 4(7) of Law 4481/2017, as recently amended by article 51(2) of Law 4761/2020 ( Government Gazette A 248/13 December 2020), states as follows: (1). Cost of rights management by CMOs. or e.nikolarea@metaxopouloslaw.gr ).

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 19, 2023

The recent case of Revlon is related to bankruptcy but focusing on the other side, the case has brought the attention to the topic that could be of useful to intellectual property rights that is the relation of IPR and the bankruptcy. ” Almost every company could be seen using intellectual property for their success.

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 21, 2021

It recently held a workshop where academics and regulators addressed the issue. We expect the FTC to continue to attempt to regulate non-competes in the employment context. It is important to understand what anti-SLAPP law applies in your jurisdiction and what jurisdictions your courts look to for interpretation of those laws.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 27, 2022

European laws are often aspirational and standards-based (instead of rule-based), because European regulators and regulated businesses engage in dialogues, and the regulators reward good tries, even if they aren’t successful. Third, this bill reaches topics well beyond children’s privacy.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Regulated expressive conduct The AADC frames itself a “privacy” law, but that’s always been a gross lie. The AADC requires all regulated content publishers to check their readers’ ages before allowing users to read the publisher’s content (i.e., It is and always has been about content censorship. their website).

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 29, 2023

However, the question of who owns the rights to these creations has been a topic of debate for some time. 407 (2013) Ragavi Ramesh, Balancing Protection and Access in Digital Locks : Analysing Recent Amendments in Indian Copyright Law, 3 NSLJ (2014) 84 [1] Childress v. & Tech.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

It recently held a workshop where academics and regulators addressed the issue. We expect the FTC to continue to attempt to regulate non-competes in the employment context. It is important to understand what anti-SLAPP law applies in your jurisdiction and what jurisdictions your courts look to for interpretation of those laws.

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IP Tech Blog

AUGUST 22, 2022

We have specifically covered this topic in a previous blog. Due to the complex administrative system regulating patent protection in China, we cannot expect a quick change to the whole system of design protection. Early in 2017, Singapore introduced “non-physical product” in the amended “ Registered Designs Act 2000 ” (RDA).

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