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Why Moral Rights are Dead Serious: Preserving the Posthumous Moral Right of Integrity – Part II

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Additionally, as previously argued, reputational damage can be ascertained through objective evidence. Pursuing such litigation would be time-consuming, costly and not financially lucrative, as remedies granted in such cases are usually injunctive relief or nominal damages.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (August 23 – 29)

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Topical Highlight. Domex Advertisement: Product Disparagement or Nominative Fair Use? In this guest post , Pragya Jain offers an independent analysis of the law in relation to comparative advertising and nominative fair use and applies it to analyse a recent YouTube commercial by Domex, a Hindustan Unilever Ltd. Sun Pharma v.

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Think Keyword Metatags Are Dead? They Are (Except in Court)–Reflex v. Luxy

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This is a topic I used as a sample exam idea in the 1990s). Plus, does this mean that rival apps can’t advertise themselves as rivals or engage in comparative advertising because the app stores aren’t properly labeling the ads, even if the advertisers are engaging in nominative use? HEY APP STORES–FIX THIS.

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University-Operated Twitter Account is a Limited Public Forum–Gilley v. Stabin

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The court implies stabin might have characterized Gilley’s response as off-topic, though that wouldn’t be a viewpoint-neutral position. in nominal damages. De Young City Government Can’t Remove Off-Topic Comments From Its Social Media Page–Kimsey v. ” Gilley’s lawsuit demanded $17.91

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Constituent Blocking on Twitter Is Censorship–Felts v. Vollmer

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Instead, Felts gets a court declaration that her rights were violated, $1 in nominal damages, and possibly attorneys’ fees. City Government Can’t Remove Off-Topic Comments From Its Social Media Page–Kimsey v. The need for an injunction dissolved when Reed unblocked Felts and resigned from the board. If I were a St.