Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2023

Tennessee and Kentucky sued it over its marketing practices, such as allegedly overclaiming buyers’ eligibility for tax credits. The court is unmoved: “This provision clearly prohibits or restricts the ability of a Solar Titan customer to engage in a covered communication in violation of the CRFA.”

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43(B)log

APRIL 19, 2021

From the site: 2020-2021 TOPIC Students are invited to submit papers addressing a legal or public policy question relating to emerging and sustained challenges to legal and political structures created by online platforms, digital services, and other emerging technologies. FINE PRINT The judges’ decisions are final.

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SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

Topical Highlight. In this guest post , Nishtha Gupta analyses the Delhi High Court’s recent decision refusing to stay the release of the film ‘Nyay: The Justice’ which is allegedly based on the life of late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput. Decisions from Indian Courts. The last date for submissions is September 19, 2021.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 15, 2021

Topical Highlight. They highlight that this failure is typified by the stark realities that have come to light in a pending public interest litigation before the Bombay High Court [BHC], regarding access to life saving drugs. Decisions from Indian Courts. The Delhi High Court in Krown Biscuit Pvt. 6 August, 2021].

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

AI is already impacting the document review and production process, legal research, and the drafting of court submissions. 4] Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, Artificial Intelligence (AI): Guidance for Judicial Office Holders (12 December 2023), [link]. [5] 2] Ibid , at para. 3] Ibid , at para. 5; see also paras. 23 and 24. [4]

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 15, 2022

The standard for art auctions, for example, covers a wide range of topics, ranging from lots collection to catalogue compilation, from industry terminology to best practices for auctioneers. Challenges: exchange control and tax. However, taxes presents an even bigger challenge. The regulation of galleries is even less strict.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Courts are making increasingly fine or tendentious precedent distinctions to reach unpredictable results. The court says yes: not every social media account operated by a public official is a government account. The court doesn’t have to address the more common Q: what if only one or two of these considerations were true?

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

This year, we have divided these developments into three categories: a) Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Topicality/Impact). Top 10 Judgments/Orders [Topicality/Impact]. Hetero Drugs Ltd [Delhi High Court]. In reading the term ‘export’ to include ‘use’, the Court expands the ambit of rights accorded to a patentee under section 48.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Marco Spolidoro gave a lecture on the very topical subject of NFTs (which this blog recently covered here ). Is it something akin to feudal law (not only you have to pay a tax if you cross the lord's bridge, but if by chance you die, the prince reabsorbs all rights granted!)? Are they a licence? Does it fall under inheritance?

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TorrentFreak

MAY 15, 2023

For musician Maria Schneider, whose class action lawsuit against YouTube will head to a jury trial next month, the status quo and its alleged facilitator have been a constant topic of discussion for well over a decade. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division, from 09:00 on June 12, 2023.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit just issued an opinion in Caudill Seed & Warehouse Co. In the culmination of a nearly-decade long dispute, the Sixth Circuit affirmed the verdict and several rulings by the district court about the viability of trade secrets arising from the collective research for those broccoli seeds.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

As you may or may not recall, §32 of the Lanham Act provides for a cause of action for infringement of registered marks; courts have read 43(a) to provide a similar cause of action for “unregistered marks”—matter that is not registered with the PTO but serves a trademark function of indicating source. Then, in Lexmark v.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 17, 2022

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Michael Geist

APRIL 6, 2022

As the Supreme Court of Canada stated in Crookes v. The court added: The Internet’s capacity to disseminate information has been described by this Court as “one of the great innovations of the information age” whose “use should be facilitated rather than discouraged”. Facebook Ad Library, [link].

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Maryland: First ever digital advertising tax, on gross receipts. NY, DC, WA are considering similar taxes so it’s a trend to watch. Costco: class action over Costco’s “environmentally responsible” claims for detergent: were claims sufficiently qualified/were other benefits communicated: court denied motion to dismiss.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2022

Litigation under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA) in the district courts also decreased. The court found a likelihood of success based on AAM’s constitutional challenge under the dormant Commerce Clause (regulating activity “wholly outside” California). The court enjoined enforcement of AB 824.

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