JURIST

OCTOBER 25, 2023

33 US states filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company for social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram, on Tuesday over claims that the tech giant consciously tailored and marketed its services to exploit young users for the sake of profit.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

federal court judge on Tuesday denied a request from Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc. for Federal Trade Commission documents related to reviews of the social media giant's acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp, saying the materials are protected by the deliberative-process privilege.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

The Ninth Circuit reaffirmed the test they articulated in Perfect 10, Inc. Amazon.com, Inc., They post their photos on their personal Instagram accounts that are open to the public. After the filed complaint, Instagram filed a motion to dismiss, which the district court granted. now known as the so-called “Server Test.”

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 27, 2022

TikTok and other social media companies, including Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms Inc. and YouTube parent Alphabet Inc., In his decision, Diamond cited part of the federal Communications Decency Act that shields publishers of others’ work.

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The Fashion Law

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

With the general rise in social media usage and the decline in conventional advertising formats has come a surge in Instagram-centric ad efforts. million per sponsored social media post, according to Instagram analytics company Hopper HQ, in connection with her regularly updated account. Blakel, Inc. , copyright laws.”.

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The Fashion Law

MAY 24, 2021

Instagram is facing a new lawsuit, one that a couple of photographers says centers on the widely-used photo and video-sharing app’s “scheme to generate substantial revenue for its parent, Facebook, Inc., by encouraging, inducing, and facilitating third parties to commit widespread copyright infringement.”

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Along with Facebook, access to associated products by Facebook, Inc. such as Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger are also being restricted. On Friday, network monitoring group NetBlocks affirmed that Twitter was also being blocked and the same was confirmed by multiple users on Reddit.

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The Fashion Law

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Volvo has settled a copyright-centric lawsuit after being sued in a California federal court last year for using another party’s photos for an alleged Instagram ad campaign. Issues Over Instagram Imagery. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. , In one noteworthy case, Nicklen v.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Rohingya refugees in the US and UK on Monday filed a coordinated lawsuit against Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Facebook”) alleging the social media giant’s “inaction and support of hate speech, misinformation, and incitement of violence fostered the 10-year genocide of the Rohingya Muslims.”

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The Fashion Law

MAY 11, 2021

While the company’s offerings, its team – many of whom the label’s founder Jane Lewis says that she has worked with for more than 15 years – and the font of its stylized word mark will remain the same, Lewis revealed in a number of Instagram posts this month that her London-based label is preparing to take a new name; it will become known as Jane.

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The Fashion Law

JANUARY 3, 2022

And aside from the Great Social Media Resignation , which saw burnt-out Gen Z workers announce that they had quit their jobs via TikTok and Instagram, the rise of non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”), and the introduction of the metaverse , the world’s space-going billionaires were as wealthy and productive in business and technology as ever.

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The Fashion Law

JUNE 17, 2021

Coming soon for Fall, although available now in summer colors” – amounts to fair use or at least de minimis use because of the “negligible amount time” for which it appeared on the brand’s Instagram story. A photo of Bella Hadid was at the center of a fashion brand’s recent bid to escape copyright infringement liability.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Apparently, the club obtained photos of the models; and then edited them into advertisements for pubilcation on Facebook, Instagram and other online media. 59 Murray Enterprises, Inc. , None of the models have any history with the club. LASplash Cosmetics , No. 12-cv-1417, 2012 WL 6150859, at *7 (S.D.N.Y. 11, 2012) quoted in Electra v.

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The Fashion Law

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Last month, Meta, Inc. When Facebook, Inc. This brings us back to the question of whether Meta is the right company to set the ground rules for this emerging space. that aims to restrain the company’s monopoly by potentially compelling it to sell key acquisitions including Instagram and WhatsApp.

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The Fashion Law

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

District Court for the Southern District of New York determined that Gutman had acted in contempt of the court’s March 2021 preliminary injunction order (“PI Order”) by promoting the impending launch of a new bridal brand on Instagram and in an Business Insider interview. . And I hope you are as ready as I am.” . Gutman’s Arguments.

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The Fashion Law

JULY 21, 2021

In the complaint that it filed in a federal court in California on Monday, Nike claims that Customs By Ilene, Inc., million Instagram followers as handmade “customizations” of Nike’s most iconic products. The case is Nike, Inc. Customs By Ilene, Inc., Drip Creationz. 5:21-cv-01201 (C.D.Cal.).

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The Fashion Law

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Supermodel Linda Evangelista has filed a new $50 million-plus lawsuit against ZELTIQ Aesthetics, Inc., Evangelista addressed the newly-filed suit in a statement on Instagram on Thursday, stating that “with this lawsuit, I am moving forward to rid myself of my shame, and going public with my story.”. Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc. ,

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The Fashion Law

JULY 28, 2021

24-year old Elizabeth Grace asserts that Revlon’s unauthorized use of her image and likeness is problematic for a number of reasons, including because she has previously turned down an offer from the company, which had “sought the use of [her] image in connection with its 2018 ‘Live Boldly’ campaign.” 1:21-cv-06300 (SDNY).

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The Fashion Law

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The company asserts that it has a copyright registration for the specific depiction of the jumbled BAIES design inside of the oval (although it is not entirely clear to me how an infringement claim is particularly relevant here), and maintains common law trademark rights for it, as well. .” to file suit against it?

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Joe has released a second edition of his bestseller “ Content, Inc.,” In “Content Inc.” Then people started to create regular videos that were really interesting and fun, doing Instagrams, podcasts and TikToks. ” which is full of practical tactics that any entrepreneur can apply to their business.

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The Fashion Law

AUGUST 17, 2021

At the same time, Wang’s “massive, ongoing publication of the infringing characters has preempted and destroyed the market for [Jangle Vision] to sell the original Jangle Vision Twins works as well as limited edition prints, posters, and other reproductions of those previously unpublished works,” the company asserts. Alexander Wang Inc. ,

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The Estrin Report

MAY 30, 2021

The company was seeking a Director/Corporate Secretary. Today I was told I had misrepresented my position at [Acme Company] and was asked to explain the discrepancy, and was then asked for copies of my two degrees from undergrad and law school and verification that I am an active member of the Bar in good standing.

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The Fashion Law

APRIL 26, 2021

District Court for the Northern District of California, Facebook, Inc. Against that background, Gucci alerted Facebook to Kokhtenko’s activity, which prompted the Menlo Park, California-based company to make its latest attempts to disable her accounts.

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The Fashion Law

DECEMBER 22, 2021

In yet another major step into the metaverse, NIKE, Inc. Prada revealed in June that it had partnered with fellow Italian fashion company Zegna Group to acquire a controlling stake in Italian cashmere producer Filati Biagioli Modesto in furtherance of a quest to “secure a domestic supply chain and luxury-goods manufacturing expertise.”

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The Estrin Report

MAY 30, 2021

The company was seeking a Director/Corporate Secretary. Today I was told I had misrepresented my position at [Acme Company] and was asked to explain the discrepancy, and was then asked for copies of my two degrees from undergrad and law school and verification that I am an active member of the Bar in good standing.

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Law 360

MARCH 21, 2023

Meta Platforms Inc. executives were hit with a shareholder derivative suit in Delaware's Court of the Chancery on Monday, with investors claiming the company's top brass allowed "rampant and systemic" sex trafficking, human trafficking and child exploitation to flourish on Facebook and Instagram.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 3, 2022

A federal judge in Maryland on Monday told lawyers for Instagram's parent company that they couldn't quite escape a lawsuit from a dealer of "fine adult paraphernalia" going by the username "lickmykakez" who wants to use trademark law to hold Meta Platforms Inc.

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The Fashion Law

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In the newly-filed complaint, Alo alleges that on January 16, 2017, it “authored several photographs of model Isabella Khair Hadid, known professionally as ‘Bella Hadid,’” in New York wearing Good American jeans, which Kardashian subsequently posted on her heavily-followed Instagram to promote the Good American brand.

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 30, 2021

Populate your law firm/company page. Also read: “Instagram Benefits and Quick Tips for Lawyers” Juda Strawczynski: Try Online Intake Tools to Convert Passive Visitors . Simek (@SenseiEnt) are President and Vice President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc. , Edit your “About” summary.

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The Fashion Law

JANUARY 26, 2022

The court also held that “Gutman impermissibly competed with JLM” by agreeing to appear at a bridal expo in her capacity as a designer ( and used her name to promote the impending launch of a new bridal brand on Instagram and in a Business Insider interview last fall), and “may have continued doing so absent an injunction.” .

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The Fashion Law

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The Federal Trade Commission put more than 700 companies on notice this week by way of letters in which it addressed “unlawful practices relating to the use of endorsements and testimonials.” Also on the list of recipients: Apple, Facebook, Inc. luxury brands, such as Rolex, Chanel, and Tiffany & Co.;

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Law enforcement and other experts say that buying illicit pills has never been easier, thanks to dealers moving from the dark web onto younger and more-accessible platforms like Snapchat, Instagram and Craigslist. Jennifer Park Stout, vice-president of global public policy at Snap Inc.,

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The Fashion Law

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Not the first company to make website design-specific trade dress claims, the 1-800 Contacts case comes as a growing number of companies have made similar claims, including Daily Harvest, which filed against Revive , alleging that its fellow frozen foods company copied not only its product packaging but the design of its website.

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Fordham Law News

APRIL 11, 2022

2] DMA will only apply to some of the largest global companies – such as Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft – that have market capitalization of 75 billion euro or annual revenue of 7.5 technology companies as ‘gatekeepers’ based on deliberately discriminatory and subjective thresholds.” [8] Tech Companies , CNBC (Feb.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Recently, the fashion company Balenciaga actively sought public recognition for its severing of ties with Twitter. As part of its effort to deflect claims of sexualizing children, the company is filing a $25 million lawsuit against the producers of the ad campaign. The lawsuit is directed against the production company North Six, Inc.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Notably, it also comes at a time when the Administration and many Democratic leaders, like President Joe Biden, have called on private companies to engage in massive censorship programs on social media. The following keywords are blocked from the NIH’s Instagram and/or Facebook accounts: #stopanimaltesting. Collins , No. stoptesting.

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