topics manufacturer-liability 
Intellectual Property Law Blog
JUNE 9, 2021
If a consumer is injured by a counterfeit product, anyone who manufactures or distributes the product may be liable under tort law. Retailers may also face liability for selling fraudulent, poor quality and potentially unsafe goods.
The IPKat
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
Topics ranged from the trends being seen in online fashion commerce post-pandemic, to counterfeiting issues and how to deal with them, through to the legal changes and updates coming up that will impact both marketplaces and the brands that use them. Privacy concerns might, it was said, be a barrier to market for such traders and suppliers.
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Technology & Marketing Law Blog
AUGUST 2, 2022
This bill assumes that social media platforms are intentionally addicting kids, so it creates business-ending liability to thwart those alleged addictions. I explain all of this in my post on AB 2273 (the AADC) , which redundantly also would require platforms to authenticate all users’ ages to avoid business-ending liability.
LexBlog IP
JANUARY 3, 2022
District Court for the District of Florida, a healthcare product manufacturer’s claim of trade secret misappropriation against a competitor and a customer was thrown out on summary judgement. Healthcare Res. Econatura All Healthy World, LLC , No. 9:20-cv-81501-Matthewman, 2021 U.S. LEXIS 206871 (S.D. at *4-6, 15.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
MAY 17, 2022
Users can manufacture virtual items in-game, and other users can buy those items using Robux, with Roblox taking a cut of the transactions. Liability would instead attach for Roblox’s own failure to disclose that it can delete previously purchased items with no warning. This case involves Roblox, a virtual world. Section 230.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
JULY 3, 2021
The Fifth Circuit certified the following question to the Texas Supreme Court: Under Texas products-liability law, is Amazon a “seller” of third-party products sold on Amazon’s website when Amazon does not hold title to the product but controls the process of the transaction and delivery through Amazon’s Fulfillment by Amazon program?
Copyright Lately
JANUARY 23, 2023
If you’re interested in doing a deeper dive into how all of this works, I recommend following Andres Guadamuz’s blog on the topic.) Grokster (which rejected a vicarious liability claim). The manufacturer would need to take additional action that contributed to or induced infringement by users. of America v.
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