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Netflix prevails over claims by lawyers that they were misportrayed in money laundering film

Posted on September 22, 2021 by rtushnet

Mossack Fonseca & Co., S.A. v. Netflix Inc., 2020 WL 8509658, No. CV 19-9330-CBM-AS(x) (C.D. Cal. Dec. 23, 2020) MFSA brought trademark dilution and false advertising claims against Netflix for its portrayal in the film “The Laundromat.” (It’s about money … Continue reading →

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data breaches can lead to a potpourri of claims

Posted on August 17, 2021 by rtushnet

In re Blackbaud, Inc., Customer Data Breach Litig., No. 3:20-mn-02972-JMC, MDL No. 2972, 2021 WL 3568394 (D.S.C. Aug. 12, 2021) Query whether this kind of case will come out differently as TransUnion v. Ramirez gets further assimilated into the law. … Continue reading →

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IPSC Panel 12 – Identity, Data, and Privacy

Posted on August 5, 2021 by rtushnet

Dustin Marlan, The Dystopian Right of Publicity Privacy problems (surveillance) are often analogized to the dystopia of 1984; ROP problems stemming from infinite transferablility can be analogized to Brave New World (1932). A state of unfreedom that is apparently chosen … Continue reading →

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA) Webinar – “Hot Topics in Advertising Law in North America”

Posted on February 24, 2021 by rtushnet

I always enjoy these and recommend the free GALA webinars to those interested in advertising law; I joined in progress due to some technical difficulties on my end. Joseph Lewczak: FTC v. Teami ($15 million settlement, all but $1 million … Continue reading →

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IP writing competition for law students

Posted on February 17, 2021 by rtushnet
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social media posts using models’ images could be false advertising etc.

Posted on September 9, 2020 by rtushnet

Two cases in this burgeoning genre, with different results on conversion claims but otherwise similarly highly favorable for the plaintiffs, including on statute of limitations/single publication rulings. Moreland v. Beso Lounge & Restaurant LLC, 2020 WL 5302312, No. 19-cv-00958 (VLB) … Continue reading →

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Domain name initial interest confusion isn’t dead

Posted on May 31, 2019 by rtushnet

Platinum Properties Investor Network, Inc. v. Sells, 2019 WL 2247544, No. 18-61907-CIV-GAYLES/SELTZER (S.D. Fla. Apr. 11, 2019) (magistrate R&R) Rival real estate investors Hartman and Sells apparently developed a “personal feud,” and Sells allegedly initiated a campaign to harm Hartman’s … Continue reading →

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Legal Applications of Marketing Theory, part 3

Posted on May 3, 2019 by rtushnet

Lorin Hitt, Vildan Altuglu, Samid Hussain, & Matteo Li Bergolis, Wharton & Cornerstone Research, Cornerstone Research, Cornerstone Research, Valuation of Privacy: Assessing Potential Harm from Unauthorized Access and Misuse of Private Information in Consumer Class Actions: Disputes over use of … Continue reading →

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Call for Authors – Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Property Opinions

Posted on April 4, 2019 by rtushnet

Deadline for Applying: Friday, April 26, 2019 The U.S. Feminist Judgments Project seeks contributors of rewritten judicial opinions and commentary on the rewritten opinions for an edited collection tentatively titled Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Property Opinions. This edited volume is part … Continue reading →

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WIPIP 2019, Plenary (designs)

Posted on February 12, 2019 by rtushnet

Whole Designs, Sarah Burstein What is a “design for a useful article”?  TLDR: it’s a whole article.  Egyptian Goddess said the infringement test has to be sameness of appearance. Must appear substantially the same to the ordinary observer. Worst design … Continue reading →

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