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Fairly Competing, Episode 10: The Supreme Court’s Decision in Van Buren v. U.S. (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act)

LexBlog IP

narrowly interpreting the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act , 18 U.S.C. § Computer Fraud and Abuse Act). And, because this show is for you , please email Ben , Russell or me with any topics you’d like to hear us discuss. Episode 10 of Fairly Competing is out! So, come join us on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

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The SAD Scheme as an Institutional Failure

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Other examples of error-prone IP topics: design patents, where a simple visual comparison of the two works isn’t sufficient to determine infringement; or trade secret litigation, where the item’s trade secret status and ownership is often highly contested. Mistakes are common in the SAD Scheme, and appeals are almost nonexistent.

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Upcoming Webinar! 2021 Trade Secrets & Non-Competes Year in Review

Trading Secrets

What You Need to Know about the Recent Cases and Developments in Trade Secrets, Restrictive Covenants, and Computer Fraud. The viability of computer fraud claims after the Supreme Court’s decision in Van Buren v. United States limiting claims that can be brought under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. to 3:00 p.m.

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The Not-Quite-So Legal Future for Web Scraping

Plagiarism Today

Namely, it says that scraping content from a publicly accessible website is not a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), even if such activity is barred by the site’s terms of service. Web scraping has been a divisive topic both ethically and legally in large part because of variety of activities it covers.

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Watch Tower’s DMCA Warfare Collapses After Big Guns Defend Apostate

TorrentFreak

After reading one of our articles on the topic, attorney Paul Levy at the Public Citizen Litigation Group concluded that it was. After researching thousands of DMCA notices and reporting on hundreds of copyright lawsuits, more often than not it takes just a few seconds or minutes to broadly establish the purpose of any action.

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Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Not that he meant to do this, mind you. He was trying to do the opposite. This creates powerful new precedent that will make it easier for web scrapers to prevail in litigation and will make it much harder for websites to prevent scraping. — Bright Data has long sold the data of all the major social media companies. In November 2023, X corp.

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A Return to Substance: The 8th Public Commission Meeting Kicks Off Yet Another Mag-Moss Rulemaking

LexBlog IP

On the consumer protection side, the topic was initiating a Mag-Moss rulemaking concerning earnings claims – the statements that businesses may make when trying to encourage consumers to work for them or sell their product or service. But be careful what you ask for. So how did things roll out at the meeting?