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Facebook Faces Contributory Trademark Liability for Marketplace Listings–Car-Freshner v. Meta

Eric Goldman

The court summarizes: “Meta claims that it raised issues with Plaintiffs, including “nominative fair use,” “commentary,” and “the un-likelihood of confusion based on the appearance of the marks in the actual marketplace, as they will be encountered by consumers.””

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Lawyer Tech Tips: Things That Go Bump in Legal Tech!

Attorney at Work

All your interactions with these virtual home assistant devices are recorded, and the recordings are likely being reviewed by a company employee and fed back into their system to improve the AI central to the device’s functioning. But danger lurks behind certain tech when working from home. SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES.

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European Data Protection Roundup – September

Debevoise Data Blog

The DPA investigated the transfers following press reports, and found that the company had breached the GDPR by: Not having an appropriate data processing agreement in place; Failing to perform a risk assessment for the engagement; and Not having a lawful basis for transferring personal data outside the EEA to China ( e.

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U.S. Supreme Court Vindicates Photographer But Destabilizes Fair Use — Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

Ochoa’s definitive analysis of the Supreme Court’s Warhol opinion. Supreme Court affirmed the Second Circuit’s ruling that the reproduction of Andy Warhol’s Orange Prince on the cover of a magazine tribute was not a fair use of Lynn Goldsmith’s photo of the singer-songwriter Prince, on which the Warhol portrait was based.

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More Chaos in the Law of Online Contract Formation

Eric Goldman

Two top-line takeaways you might get from this post: A two-click formation process avoids the risk of judges moving the goalposts about formation, and If you are amending your TOS, have an airtight plan for building a credible evidentiary record. In re: StubHub Refund Litigation , No. 22-15879 (9th Cir. Citing Sellers v.

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Understanding the CCB’s First Two Final Determinations (Guest Blog Post–Part 3 of 3)

Eric Goldman

By guest blogger Elizabeth Townsend Gard , John E. Consistent with the CCB’s small claims court ethos, the case involved both a pro se claimant and respondent. Koerner Endowed Professor of Law, Tulane University Law School [See part 1 about defendant opt-outs and part 2 about defendant defaults.] This is done by a staff attorney.

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European Data Protection Roundup – October 2023

Debevoise Data Blog

Key takeaways from October include: Employee monitoring: Following new guidance issued by the UK ICO, employers may want to review their existing employee monitoring to ensure it meets the regulator’s latest expectations, including ensuring that any monitoring is necessary, proportionate, and conducted transparently.