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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 (1,005,379 articles)]( [North America](#northamerica) | [Global](#global) [USA] [North America] Internet & Social Media #top [Shop Safe Act 2020: new tool for brand owners in fight against online counterfeits?]( Venable LLP A bipartisan group of representatives in the US House of Representatives recently introduced the Stopping Harmful Offers on Platforms by Screening… [Court Analogizes Coinbase To ‘Traditional Bank’ For Purposes of Fourth Amendment Privacy Protection]( Baker McKenzie In the context of a search warrant in a criminal case, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in the United States held that the virtual currency… [Financial Daily Dose 6.24.2020 | Top Story: Top German Court Upholds Antitrust Ruling Against Facebook Over Illegal Data Harvesting]( Robins Kaplan LLP Germany’s Federal Court of Justice upheld a decision by the country’s antitrust watchdog on Tuesday that “Facebook had abused its dominance in social… [Does the CCPA require a cookie banner when a business uses third-party persistent cookies?]( California Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP It is not clear whether persistent third party cookies do, or do not, constitute “personal information” under the CCPA. Among other things, whether… [U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Booking.com in Trademark Case]( Banner Witcoff On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court decided by a vote of 8-1, that generic words coupled with “.com” may be eligible for federal trademark registration… [S.D.N.Y Reconsiders Instagram Embedding By Mashable]( Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP In an attempt to provide some clarity, or at least consistency, in the Southern District of New York over the use of embedded social media content… [U.S. Supreme Court Cancels USPTO’s Reservations About Registering Booking.com Brand Name]( Greenberg Traurig LLP For the third time in four years, the Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. Trademark Office, both at the examination and Trademark Trial and Appeal… [COVID-19: Key updates for compliance teams]( PRO Compliance Lexology Pro Compliance takes a look at some of the most informative articles published on Lexology this fortnight for compliance teams to stay up-to-date, including key guidance from regulators around the world and practical tips to help businesses adapt to a new normal. [US FTC Imposes $4 Million Fine on Children’s App That Violated COPPA]( Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) announced that it reached a settlement agreement with HyperBeard Inc., a company developing apps that… [What’s Our Name Again? - Cyber Imposters Pose A Business Threat]( Dykema Gossett PLLC The perils of personal identity theft are well-known, but criminals target more than individuals and their credit card numbers. In recent years… [Facebook campaign highlights the power of brands, but activism is not risk-free]( IAM Coca-Cola. Diageo. Honda. The Hershey Company. The North Face. Unilever. Verizon. Just seven of more than 160 brands that have signed up to the… [FTC proposal codifying “Made in USA” standard extends enforcement to online advertising, and enhances enforcement capabilities]( Hogan Lovells The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on 22 June 2020 voted to adopt regulations codifying its long-standing Enforcement Policy Statement on U.S. Origin… [Three’s a crowd: IAB Europe publishes guidance on alternative to third-party cookies]( Reed Smith LLP Titled ‘A Guide to the Post Third-Party Cookie Era’, the guidance provides readers with a background to the current use of both first and third-party… [Online payday lender settles usury suit for $141 million]( Buckley LLP On June 26, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia approved a preliminary settlement to resolve putative class allegations… [Global] Internet & Social Media #top [Global patent strategies in the world of tech & engineering]( Video Gowling WLG Patenting an invention is a complex undertaking across all sectors - but there are particular issues that organizations operating in the tech and… [Supreme Court Trademark Ruling Shows You Can’t Judge a Book(ing) by Its .Com]( McGuireWoods LLP The U.S. Supreme Court on June 30, 2020, decided U.S. Patent & Trademark Office v. BOOKING.com B.V., handing a win to BOOKING.com and holding that… Event notice [Cyber insurance: what you need to know (and were afraid to ask)]( Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Online, 29 July 2020 [‘DeFi’ – how will decentralisation change the financial sector?]( DLx Law Online, 15 July 2020 Other top stories [Do Emails Create Legally Binding Contracts?]( [UK-US CLOUD Act agreement jeopardises UK GDPR adequacy]( [If a business receives a right to be forgotten request from an employee, or a former employee, does it have to delete the requestor’s information?]( [Facebook Launches New Business Tool Feature To Support CCPA Compliance]( [FERC Requests Comments on Grid Cybersecurity Initiatives]( [Privacy & Cybersecurity Update June 2020]( [COVID-19 Pandemic Shines a Spotlight on Digital Health in Q2 2020]( [GDPR vs. U.S. discovery: The conflict continues]( [Every HIPAA Waiver Has Its Thorn]( [CCPA Enforcement Begins July 1, 2020]( International developments [French State Council Upholds CNIL’s €50M Fine for GDPR Violations]( [Woolworths spam receives unwelcome attention]( [DPA fines social media platform for data processing during referral programme]( [The CMA sets out new proposals on competition in digital platform markets]( [“New Infrastructures”: China’s Massive Stimulus Measures after COVID-19 Outbreak - Part 4: Industrial Internet]( [Revisions to the Swiss Copyright Act]( [Online education and digital services tax: A Mexico case study]( [South Africa: Cybercrime post COVID-19 - Authorized push payment fraud in the world of investments]( [Esports: Hat der Wettlauf um die Marken schon begonnen?]( DE [How Useful are Smart Contracts?]( Event notice [Procurement seminar series | Innovative procurement - ECI, MLPs and the rest]( Holding Redlich Online, 4 August 2020 [Ensuring long term business survival and how to respond to the legacy of 2020 | Paul Venus, Holding Redlich & Chris Cook, Worrells]( Holding Redlich Online, 28 July 2020 [Unsubscribe]( | [Disclaimer]( | [Privacy policy]( | [Contact]( [Law Business Research]( [© 2006-2020 Law Business Research](