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[] To ensure delivery to your mailbox please add domain @lexology.com to your safe senders list [View in Browser]( [Lexology]( [My Account]( | [About]( | [Search Archive (692,340 articles)]( [North America](#northamerica) | [Global](#global) [USA] [North America] Internet & Social Media #top [Kodi calls out “trademark trolls”, UAE fakes clampdown, pressure builds in Havana Club dispute: news round-up]( World Trademark Review Every Tuesday and Friday World Trademark Review presents a round-up of news, developments and insights from across the trademark sphere. In today's… [Digital Scraping Update for the Northern District of California]( California Venable LLP On August 14, 2017, the District Court for the Northern District of California, in hiQ Labs, Inc. v. LinkedIn Corp., granted Plaintiff hiQ… [Legal Cloud Computing: Where Are We Now?]( CLIO Practice management software has come a long way in the nine years that we’ve offered Clio to law firms. And, while it might seem that the industry… [When is a Facebook Friend a "Friend" Versus an "Acquaintance"?]( Hyatt & Weber PA In Law Offices of Herssein and Herssein, P.A. v. United Services Automobile Association, No. 3D17-1421, 2017 WL 3611661 (Fla, Dist. Ct. App. Aug. 23… [Massachusetts to Move Forward With New “Cookie” Nexus Regulation Effective October 1]( Massachusetts Reed Smith LLP On September 13, Massachusetts issued a final regulation that will require many “internet vendors” without traditional “physical… [FTC Lawsuit Alleging Deceptive Marketing of “Free” Products and Continuity Plans Settles]( Klein Moynihan Turco LLP The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has announced that ten online marketers of cooking and golf-related products have agreed to settle claims… [Disclose or Else: FTC Steps Up Prosecution of Social Media Influencers]( Pillsbury Last week, the FTC brought its first action against a social media influencer for failing to make appropriate disclosures on sponsored posts. While it… [Attention Website Operators and Online Service Providers:The Deadline to Refile Your Designated Agent Information With the U.S. Copyright Office is Approaching]( Frost Brown Todd LLC Last December the Copyright Office rolled out its new online filing system for designating an agent to receive notices of copyright infringement… [Episode 179: Interview with Jeanette Manfra]( Steptoe & Johnson LLP Our interview is with Jeanette Manfra, DHS's Assistant Secretary for Cyber Security and Communications. We cover her agency's binding directive to… [Bitcoin ATMs: What They Are and How They Work]( Frost Brown Todd LLC The traditional ATM is a truly ubiquitous part of our culture. Although the first American ATM was not installed until the fall of 1969 in New York… [Model Behaviour - Copyright infringement action brought against model Gigi Hadid]( Collyer Bristow LLP Copyright infringement action has been brought against model Gigi Hadid for sharing an image with her 35 million Instagram without attributing it to… [Web Content Accessibility Under the Americans with Disabilities Act]( Hudson Cook LLP Like most readers, you probably know that the Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination based on disability. But you may not know about… [Pending IoT Legislation Would Impose Significant Obligations on Manufacturers]( Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP With the House and Senate returning to Washington in September, two recently-introduced Senate bills seek to address perceived vulnerabilities in the… [Virginia Study on Internet Lending Concludes]( Virginia LeClairRyan At the September 14th meeting, it was established that there is consensus (no opposition) among the working group members to recommending legislation… [Court Finds Invitation to Connect on LinkedIn Did Not Violate Non-Solicitation Agreement]( Illinois Hyatt & Weber PA The use of social media as a networking platform continues to be an evolving area of law as it relates to compliance with non-compete and… [Instagram Hacked: What to Do to Protect Yourself in an Age of Data Breaches]( Husch Blackwell LLP It seems like we hear about a new data breach every week. Thanks to one of the most recent breaches, you could be only ten dollars away from getting… [Self-Driving Vehicles]( District of Columbia Bryan Cave LLP Self-driving cars, or autonomous vehicles, may be the greatest disruptive innovation to travel that we have experienced in a century. A… [OFAC Announces New Sanctions on Iran and Mexico]( Husch Blackwell LLP The Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) recently announced new sanctions on entities and individuals in Iran and Mexico. These sanctions were… [#CAUTION: FTC Ramps Up Enforcement of and Education on Social Media Influencer Disclosure Requirements]( Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP In 2017, being a “social media influencer” can mean big bucks. Companies are increasingly eager to pay individuals with large social media followings… [Observations from OCIE's Cybersecurity 2 Initiative]( Venable LLP The United States Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) recently conducted its… [California Court Weighs in on the FTC’s Data Security Enforcement Authority]( Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP Yesterday, a District Court in Northern California weighed in on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) authority to protect consumers from… [White House Issues ATC Report and Seeks Comments on IT Implementation Plan]( Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP On August 30, the Trump administration unveiled an ambitious plan to upgrade the federal government’s cyberdefenses by shifting digital functions to… [Regulating Hate Speech?]( Mason Hayes & Curran Hate speech, and the role played by internet services providers, such as social media companies, in its regulation, has been the subject of much… [White Collar Roundup - September 2017]( Day Pitney LLP In United States v. Krug, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit made it a bit easier to… [Daily Tax Update - September 18, 2017: IRS Issues Proposed Regulations Allowing Use of Truncated SSNs on W-2s]( Steptoe & Johnson LLP Today, the IRS issued proposed regulations that would allow employers to voluntarily truncate employees’ Social Security numbers (SSNs) on the copie… [TTAB Enters Judgment Summarily in #TIDALTUESDAY Opposition On Ground of Nonuse]( Wolf Greenfield & Sacks PC The Board granted Opposer Tidal Music's motion for summary judgment, concluding that Applicant Rose Digital had failed to prove use of the applied-for… [Scientists Call for Moratorium on 5G Antenna Deployment]( Paul Weiss As wireless industry executives gathered this week at the Mobile World Congress Americas conference in San Francisco, more than 180 scientists and… [Recent Developments Regarding Website Accessibility Demonstrate Continued Uncertainty]( Briggs and Morgan Four recent developments illustrate continued unpredictability in litigation concerning whether e-commerce websites must comply with the Americans… [September's Notable Cases and Events in E-Discovery]( Sidley Austin LLP A District of Wyoming case addressing the boundaries of legitimate social media discovery in ruling that a personal injury plaintiff had to produce… [A Regulatory Primer for Bitcoin ATM Operators - State Law & Regulations]( Frost Brown Todd LLC Depending on the state where the Bitcoin ATM operator sets up the business, the operator may - or may not - need to comply with that state’s laws… [It’s Every Influencer for Themselves as FTC Settles Debut Case Against Individual Social Stars]( Arent Fox LLP Calling all #influencers: that promotional post may attract more attention than you bargained for with your brand if you fail to use required… [FTC Reaches Settlement with Influencers; Issues Updated Guidance]( Covington & Burling LLP The FTC recently announced that it reached a settlement with two social media influencers, Trevor Martin and Thomas Cassell, for deceptively… [A Changing Retail Streetscape: Rethinking Shopping Center Parking Lots]( Goulston & Storrs PC A recurring theme of this blog is that e-commerce, mobile devices, and evolving technology are changing the retail landscape. It seems that technology… [Settlement of Uber Privacy/Data Security Complaint - Cybersecurity Guidance]( Borden Ladner Gervais LLP On August 15, 2017, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Uber agreed to settle an FTC complaint regarding Uber's alleged deceptive… [Big data may become big antitrust concern]( DLA Piper Big data is transforming business, and increasingly, it is becoming a subject of concern for antitrust authorities. So far, much of the focus has come… Event notice [The Clio Cloud Conference 2017]( CLIO New Orleans, LA, 25 - 26 September 2017 [Global] Internet & Social Media #top [Lady Gaga sues Radio Gaga, Olympic legend to speak at IP event, UrWork hits out at WeWork: news round-up]( World Trademark Review US shared office brand WeWork has launched a trademark infringement lawsuit against UrWork, a Chinese company which it accuses of using a confusingly… [Data security and breach notification in Switzerland]( Walder Wyss A structured guide to data security and breach notification in Switzerland [Amazon calls for end to ‘.amazon’ gTLD stand-off; demands prompt action to end dispute with governments]( World Trademark Review Amazon has called on ICANN to "immediately approve" its application for the '.amazon' gTLD, noting that prompt action is necessary because "there… [New study claims Slender Man is in the commons, argues assertion of trademark rights “chills creativity”]( World Trademark Review A new academic paper studying the IP status of internet folklore argues that online community-created works are in the commons, and suggests that… [Data Security and Cybercrime in India]( Kochhar & Co A structured guide to data protection and cyber security in India [With rumoured HTC smartphone unit acquisition, Google could bring a longtime patent ally into the fold]( IAM Three weeks ago, Bloomberg reported that Taiwan smartphone maker HTC has held takeover talks with Google, as the struggling business explores… [Recent joiners Lenovo, Verizon and Conversant suggest Via’s LTE pool is picking up momentum]( IAM Patent pools in the wireless space have not enjoyed much success, but the recent news that Lenovo, Verizon and Conversant have signed up as licensors… [Blow for Squire Patton Boggs in battle over its name in China; firm voices confidence it will eventually “prevail”]( World Trademark Review Five months after we reported on the ongoing legal battle for its name in China, international law and lobbying firm Squire Patton Boggs hit another… [Electronic marketing and internet use in Malta]( GVZH Advocates A structured guide to electronic marketing and internet use in Malta [Do the distracted boyfriend memes infringe copyright?]( Adams & Adams When we refer to Internet memes we are referring to an image, video or any form of media that is copied and spread rapidly by Internet users often… Other top stories [How to Respond to the Huge Equifax Hacking]( [Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 15]( [Did Equifax Executives Commit Securities Fraud in the Wake of the Company’s Historic Data Breach?]( [Why Your Sweepstakes Promotion Needs a Privacy Policy]( [Data Breach Preparedness: A critical risk management priority for small and mid-sized businesses]( [Lenovo Data Security Settlement with FTC and 32 State Attorneys General Shows Importance of Vendor Management]( [A Little Help From HIPAA]( [The Next HR Data Protection Challenge: What U.S. Multinational Employers Must Do To Prepare For The European Union’s Impending General Data Protection Regulation]( [EU-US Privacy Shield under High Scrutiny]( [Recall Highlights Medical Device Cybersecurity Issues]( International developments [Equifax Breach Affects 143M: If GDPR Were in Effect, What Would Be the Impact?]( [The GDPR and Controlled Linkable Data]( [Corporate Crime & Investigations Update - 8 September 2017]( [SEO and IP - grabbing eyeballs using someone else’s good looks]( [ECHR confirms that employers do not have green light to monitor employee emails]( [Data Security and Cybercrime in Russia]( [Loosening The Grip On .IE]( Event notice [2017 Section of International Law Fall Conference]( American Bar Association Miami, FL, 24 - 27 October 2017 [Unsubscribe]( | [Disclaimer]( | [Privacy policy]( | [Contact]( [Globe Business Publishing]( [© 2006-2017 Globe Business Media Group](