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Should Copyright Preemption Moot Anti-Scraping TOS Terms? (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

It’s that every new case related to the law of copyright preemption of contracts leaves lawyers with a potential new set of arguments to defend or argue against with the law of copyright preemption. 2009) (holding that a contract was not preempted by copyright). Solicitor General to file a brief on Genius’s petition. 634 F.Supp.2d

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Trademark Extraterritoriality: Abitron v. Hetronic Doesn’t Go the Distance (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

Bulova (1952) , in which it had found that the defendant Steele’s “operations and their effects were not confined within the territorial limits of a foreign nation” and therefore he could be liable for infringement under the Lanham Act. First, the Court had to address its longstanding precedent in Steele v.

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A New Era of FTC Privacy and Cybersecurity Oversight: Top Ten Things Companies Should Know When Assessing FTC Compliance and Exposure

Debevoise Data Blog

16] As a general rule, CIDs are confidential and not publicly disclosed by the FTC during the investigation period unless the recipient voluntarily discloses the existence of the investigation or files a petition to quash. If disagreements remain, companies have the option of filing a petition to quash within 20 days after receipt of the CID.