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City Government Can’t Remove Off-Topic Comments to Its Social Media Account–Kimsey v. Sammamish

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This lawsuit involves the first rule, which restricts off-topic comments. The plaintiffs claim the city is overusing this rule to squelch their criticism. The plaintiffs seek a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the rule. The off-topic rule is, by definition, a content-based restriction on speech.

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Catching Up on Government Officials’ Censorship of Constituents on Social Media

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

If this rule stands, members of Congress can lie with impunity on Twitter and then selectively prevent anyone who criticizes them from being seen by readers of the thread. Also, the court rulings on politician-operated social media accounts are quite messy. Wow, this ruling sucked. This cannot be the right outcome. Haulmark v.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 26 – August 1)

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Topical Highlight. Parliamentary Committee on IP Suggests Against Scrapping of IPAB. India’s Accession to the Locarno Agreement: Amendments to the Design Rules, 2001 & Other Impacts. India formally acceded to the Locarno Agreement on June 7, 2019, and subsequently, the Design Rules, 2001 were amended in January 2021.

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ChatUSG: What Companies Doing Business with the Government Need to Know About Artificial Intelligence

Intellectual Property Law Blog

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a joint statement on “Enforcement Efforts Against Discrimination and Bias in Automated Systems.” This Guidance covers some important topics. One issue that companies need to consider is that the terms of service for many of these tools try to shift liability to users.

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Ten things to know about NFTs

The IPKat

The case was brought by Lavinia Deborah Osbourne (founder of Women in Blockchain Talks) against Ozone Networks (trading as OpenSea) in January 2022, after two NFT artworks that she had purchased from the Boss Beauties collection were taken from her digital wallet without her consent.

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Will California Clone-and-Revise Some Terrible Ideas from Florida/Texas’ Social Media Censorship Laws? (Analysis of CA AB587)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This may include, but is not limited to, a terms of service document or agreement, rules or content moderation guidelines, community guidelines, acceptable uses, and other policies and established practices that outline these policies. ” What does “broader action” mean? ” Number of items “actioned.”

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

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

For background, check out my post on the district court’s ruling here: “ Social Media Ownership Disputes Part II: Bridal Wear Company Takes Back Control of Instagram Account from Ex-Employee ”. Name Rights : The court also ruled for JLM on the name rights issue. Gutman signed an employment agreement with JLM.