February 2024

  1. ContractsLitigation

    Nvidia forces consumer lawsuit into arbitration  

    Plaintiffs filed a class action suit against Nvidia alleging that Nvidia falsely advertised a game streaming feature for its Shield line of devices which was . . .

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  2. Artificial IntelligenceLitigation

    ChatGPT was “utterly and unusually unpersuasive” in case involving recovery of attorney’s fees

    In a recent federal case in New York under the Individuals with Disabilities Act, plaintiff prevailed on her claims and sought an award of attorney's . . .

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  3. Section 230

    Section 230 protects Snapchat against lawsuit brought by assault victim

    A young girl named C.O. found much misfortune using Snapchat. Her parents (the plaintiffs in this lawsuit) alleged that the app's features caused her to . . .

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  4. Copyright

    Fourth Circuit overturns massive jury verdict in copyright case against internet service provider

    Plaintiff copyright holders sued defendant internet service provider alleging both vicarious and contributory copyright infringement liability arising from defendant’s customers downloading or distributing songs using . . .

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  5. Trademarks

    Peloton did not infringe trademark rights of fitness app maker

    Plaintiff used the mark BIKE+ in connection with a fitness tracking app and obtained a federal registration for the mark. It sued defendant Peloton for . . .

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  6. ContractsLicensing

    Software reseller not entitled to preliminary injunction to protect customer relationships

    Plaintiff CD appointed defendant SST to be the exclusive reseller to certain customers of CD’s software development platform. CD sued SST for breach, and SST . . .

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  7. Social Media

    Kids Online Safety Act: Quick Facts

    What is KOSA? Senators Blackburn and Blumenthal have introduced a new version of KOSA - the Kids Online Safety Act, which seeks to protect minors . . .

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  8. First AmendmentSocial Media

    How did Ohio’s efforts to regulate children’s access to social media violate the constitution?

    Ohio passed a law called the Parental Notification by Social Media Operators Act which sought to require certain categories of online services to obtain parental . . .

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  9. Artificial IntelligenceEthics

    Using AI generated fake cases in court brief gets pro se litigant fined $10K

    Plaintiff sued defendant and won on summary judgment. Defendant sought review with the Missouri Court of Appeals. On appeal, the court dismissed the appeal and . . .

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  10. Artificial IntelligenceCopyright

    GenAI and copyright: Court dismisses almost all claims against OpenAI in authors’ suit

    Plaintiff authors sued large language model provider OpenAI and related entities for copyright infringement, alleging that plaintiffs’ books were used to train ChatGPT. Plaintiffs asserted . . .

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