Oct 30, 2023 Court offers first glimpse into whether AI machine learning is copyright infringement or fair use By Jeremy Goldman As we previously blogged, multiple generative AI platforms are facing lawsuits alleging that the unauthorized use of copyright-protected...
Oct 30, 2023 Don’t Promote if You Don’t Know: The Cryptocurrency Fairytale By Triana Uribe & Michelsen Ltda Cryptocurrency is definitely a risk as its intangible nature aids unscrupulous people to carry out scams. In 2020, a group of highly...
Oct 27, 2023 Court Revises Opinion in Kat Von D Tattoo Case in Wake of Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith By Brian Murphy Tattoos and fair use. Again. (See this post from last month.) The plaintiff Jeffrey Sedlik is a photographer who took (and owns the...
Oct 27, 2023 Influencers – Human or Not Human – Authentic Persuasive Conviction By Angus Forsyth The real and increasingly fast and loose playground inhabited by influencers is the various social media platforms popularly accessed...
Oct 27, 2023 Timetable for enforcement: The Online Safety Act is here, so what happens now? By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Now that the Act has received Royal Assent, it is largely up to Ofcom, as regulator, to help define the expectations on companies, and...
Oct 26, 2023 Ontario Proposes New Consumer Protection Law By Kelly Harris Jane Huang Ontario has announced new legislation that would replace the existing consumer protection laws, with amendments focusing on prohibiting...
Oct 26, 2023 The Online Safety Bill (finally) becomes the Online Safety Act By Fiona Vickerstaff Geraint Lloyd-Taylor Today, the Online Safety Bill received Royal Assent and became law in the form of the Online Safety Act. In the words of Technology...
Oct 26, 2023 Join GALA at the ANA Masters of Advertising Law Conference By Jeff Greenbaum The Association of National Advertisers will be hosting its annual Masters of Advertising Law Conference on November 15-17, 2023 in...
Oct 24, 2023 FTC Enters Into $3.4 Million Settlement With Sollers College Over Job Placement Claims By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it reached a settlement with Sollers College, resolving allegations that the...
Oct 23, 2023 Do Consumers Think That Laundry Sanitizer Kills Bacteria on Clothes Better Than Just Washing Them in Hot Water? By Jeff Greenbaum Reckitt Benckiser sells Lysol brand Laundry Sanitizer. The label on the front of the packaging says, “Kills 99.9% of bacteria.” Does...
Oct 20, 2023 New California Law Requires Disclosures When Making Certain Environmental Claims By Jeff Greenbaum Earlier this month, California enacted the Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosures Act, which requires advertisers to include specific...
Oct 20, 2023 Recent FTC Action on "Made in USA" Claims By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission's “Made in USA” standard is set forth in its Enforcement Policy Statement on U.S. Origin Claims and is also...
Oct 20, 2023 Advertiser That Tells Its Agency to "Recreate" a Competitor's Video (But Make it Better) Liable for Copyright Infringement By Brian Murphy Door-to-door storage services deliver packing crates to your house and pick them up once they are filled up. It is, apparently, a...
Oct 19, 2023 To Have a Beer and Drink It Too: A Craft Brewery Sues a Competitor for Misleading Slogans Referring to AI… and Makes Them Too By Violetta Kunze Anna-Maria Atanasova In the last decade, Bulgaria has joined the worldwide frenzy for craft beer. Dozens of small brewers have emerged, bringing new flavors,...
Oct 19, 2023 Diabolic Campaign – Czech Social Democrats Trying to Make Their Return (Or Not) By Ladislav Madl In the second half of September, one of the established political parties - the Social Democrats - came up with a new political campaign...
Oct 19, 2023 Watching the watchers: New inquiry into independence and accountability of UK regulators By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor According to the Department for Business and Trade, there are 90 regulators across the UK, not including local authorities. They cover a...