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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 (1,006,974 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… [“Generic.com” Can be Eligible for Federal Trademark Registration]( Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP In a significant ruling for trademark owners, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) urging of a… [Online user reviews in the spotlight - Preliminary results of sector inquiry published in Germany]( Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer The German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) is not only Germany’s competition law watch dog, it also has an eye on consumer protection issues. Since… [Online Environmental Compliance Tools]( Holland & Knight LLP With issuance of the June 29, 2020, memorandum by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicating that the temporary policy regarding EPA's… [Booking.com, not a generic term for trademark registration]( RK Dewan & Co Can a compound term like “BOOKING.com” be registered as a trade mark? BOOKING.com, a company which provides for a travel registration website and web… [COVID-19 pandemic boosts e-commerce use in Central America]( Consortium Legal Confinement and strict measures of social distancing are now part of the reality of millions of people around the world. In the face of the world's… [Intellectual Property in the Cloud: The Patent Troll Threat]( Kemp IT Law Business migrates ever more quickly to the Cloud, but businesses may be unaware of IP dangers lurking there. Richard Kemp, partner at Kemp IT Law… [Social Media Platform Fined 100,000 USD by Washington State AG for COPPA Violations]( Washington Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP On June 24, 2020, the Washington State Attorney General (“Washington AG”) announced that it had settled an enforcement action against the owners of… [Debate over §230 of the CDA rages on; Twitter defeats defamation suit; Booking.com held valid trademark]( Morrison & Foerster LLP In a purported attempt to safeguard free speech, President Trump has issued an order “Preventing Online Censorship,” that would eliminate the… [Do most pharmaceutical companies use third party behavioral advertising cookies?]( Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP As the following chart indicates there is a wide disparity between the quantity of third party behavioral advertising cookies used by pharmaceutical… [California Appeals Court Relies on Nexus Theory to Reverse Dismissal of ADA Website Violation Complaint]( California Troutman Pepper The California Court of Appeals, Fourth Appellate District, recently reversed a lower court ruling against a visually impaired plaintiff who alleged… [Episode 13: Data Security]( Baker McKenzie The accelerated rate with which people have embraced a more digital society and more tech-dependent ways of working has also given rise to challenges… [Florida’s New Mandatory E-Verify Law]( Florida Jackson Lewis PC Florida has enacted a new law that makes the use of E-Verify mandatory for all government employers and certain private employers. This will require… [Amazon’s settlement with OFAC puts e-commerce companies on notice]( Kelley Drye & Warren LLP Today the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a settlement agreement with Amazon for apparent violations of U.S. sanctions regulations… [TINA Fires First Salvo at Virtual Influencers]( Baker & Hostetler LLP FTC is reviewing endorsement rules; watchdog group seeks CGI inclusion… [SCOTUS Eliminates Bright Line Rule Against Generic Term and Top Level Domain Name Trademarks]( Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP On June 30, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) sided with the respondent, Booking.com, in a sea-changing decision holding… [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… [Some tips for a domain name portfolio management strategy in pandemic times]( IP Twins Analysis of the UDRP decisions made following procedures started during the COVID-19 pandemic reminds us of the impossibility of predicting all… [New Development in ".tr" Domain Names: Nic.TR Era Ends and TRABIS Era Begins]( Esin Attorney Partnership Since 1991, the Middle East Technical University ("METU") has operated the ".tr" domain names (country code top-level domain… [Driving your digital sales]( Taylor Wessing The coronavirus outbreak has changed the world as we know it. However, it gives us the chance to understand and adapt. 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