Socially Aware

September 24, 2024 - Artificial Intelligence, European Union, First Amendment, Fraud, Social Media Policy, Trademark
Social Links: TikTok Trademarks, Social Signposts, and Robot Rock
By: Lawrence W. Gallick, Anthony M. Ramirez and Aaron P. Rubin
Sick of the “ very demure, very mindful ” social media trend yet? The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office probably is too. Our national nightmare began on August 5 when TikToker Jools LeBron uploaded a video of herself pontificating about the way she dresses
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August 23, 2024 - Copyright, Defamation, E-Commerce, Fraud, FTC, Online Reviews, Privacy, Social Media Policy, Trademark, Web Scraping
Social Links: Recent Developments in the Law and Business of Social Media
By: Lawrence W. Gallick, Anthony M. Ramirez and Aaron P. Rubin
The Federal Trade Commission has finalized a new rule aimed at curtailing false, misleading, and otherwise fraudulent reviews on online retail sites. Fake reviews are a significant problem for the big e-commerce platforms, given that a robust customer review system is crucial to modern
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March 14, 2024 - Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Patent, Trademark
Social Links: March 2024
By: Aaron P. Rubin, Anthony M. Ramirez and Lawrence W. Gallick
Conversations around AI continue to dominate the headlines in early 2024 and show no signs of abating anytime soon. Here are few of the stories and trends we’ve been tracking at Socially Aware. A deepfake technology scam cost a multinational company’s Hong Kong office
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February 02, 2024 - Trademark, Digital Content, Social Media Policy, Influencer Marketing, Online Promotions
Owned: Second Circuit Holds That Traditional Principles of Property Law Apply to Social Media Accounts
By: Lawrence W. Gallick and Aaron P. Rubin
Here at Socially Aware, we have been discussing issues around ownership of social media accounts since the beginning of social media. Just last July, we reported on how a bankruptcy court in Florida forced the founder and former CEO of Bang Energy to delete
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July 31, 2023 - Section 230 Safe Harbor, Trademark
WallStreetBets Founder Loses Trademark Suit Against Reddit
By: Aaron P. Rubin, Anthony M. Ramirez and Julie O'Neill
In Jaime Rogozinski v. Reddit Inc , U.S. District Judge Maxine M. Chesney for the Northern District of California dismissed WALLSTREETBETS Reddit community founder Jamie Rogozinski’s claims against Reddit for trademark infringement and dilution as well as various state law claims. Rogozinski established WALLSTREETBETS
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July 07, 2020 - Trademark, Cyberbullying, Marketing, Defamation, Section 230 Safe Harbor, Free Speech, Litigation
Debate over §230 of the CDA rages on; Twitter defeats defamation suit; Booking.com held valid trademark
By: Anthony M. Ramirez
In a purported attempt to safeguard free speech, President Trump has issued an order “Preventing Online Censorship,” that would eliminate the protections afforded by one of our favorite topics here at Socially Aware , Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which generally protects
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June 04, 2020 - Trademark, Web Scraping, Copyright, IP
Webscraping a Publicly Available Database May Constitute Trade Secret Misappropriation
By: J. Alexander Lawrence
Is scraping data from a publicly available website trade secret misappropriation? Based on a new opinion from the Eleventh Circuit, It might be. In Compulife Software, Inc. v. Newman , Compulife Software , a life insurance quote database service alleged that one of its
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May 20, 2019 - Advertising, Trademark, Artificial Intelligence, Data Security, Hacking, Defamation, Fair Use, Litigation, Right of Publicity
Trademarks as hashtags; influencer sues company allegedly depicting him in an ad; new uses for AI technology
By: Aaron P. Rubin
A federal district court in California has added to the small body of case law addressing whether it’s permissible for one party to use another party’s trademark as a hashtag. The court held that, for several reasons, the 9th Circuit’s nominative fair use analysis
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March 28, 2017 - Trademark, Copyright, IP, Litigation
Supreme Court Rules Cheerleading Uniform Designs Are Copyrightable
On March 22, 2017, the Supreme Court held in Star Athletica, LLC v. Varsity Brands that design elements of cheerleading uniforms may be protected under the Copyright Act. The 6-2 decision, written by Justice Thomas, clarified the scope of protection afforded to clothing designs
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July 18, 2016 - Trademark
#Trademarks?: Hashtags as Trademarks Revisited
By: Aaron P. Rubin
Since our previous article on the emerging issue of trademark rights in hashtags , the use of hashtags in social media marketing has continued to grow. Described as the “ignition keys to a social media keyword search,” hashtags can be powerful tools for creating
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Topic Archives: Trademark

Social Links: TikTok Trademarks, Social Signposts, and Robot Rock

By: Lawrence W. Gallick, Anthony M. Ramirez and Aaron P. Rubin

Social Links: Recent Developments in the Law and Business of Social Media

By: Lawrence W. Gallick, Anthony M. Ramirez and Aaron P. Rubin

Social Links: March 2024

By: Aaron P. Rubin, Anthony M. Ramirez and Lawrence W. Gallick

Owned: Second Circuit Holds That Traditional Principles of Property Law Apply to Social Media Accounts

By: Lawrence W. Gallick and Aaron P. Rubin

WallStreetBets Founder Loses Trademark Suit Against Reddit

By: Aaron P. Rubin, Anthony M. Ramirez and Julie O'Neill

Debate over §230 of the CDA rages on; Twitter defeats defamation suit; Booking.com held valid trademark

By: Anthony M. Ramirez

Webscraping a Publicly Available Database May Constitute Trade Secret Misappropriation

By: J. Alexander Lawrence

Trademarks as hashtags; influencer sues company allegedly depicting him in an ad; new uses for AI technology

By: Aaron P. Rubin

Supreme Court Rules Cheerleading Uniform Designs Are Copyrightable

#Trademarks?: Hashtags as Trademarks Revisited

By: Aaron P. Rubin