February 2024

  1. ContractsLitigation

    Nvidia forces consumer lawsuit into arbitration  

    February 29, 2024 - 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

    February 23, 2024 - 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

    February 22, 2024 - 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

    February 21, 2024 - 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

    February 20, 2024 - 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

    February 18, 2024 - 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

    February 16, 2024 - 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?

    February 15, 2024 - 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

    February 14, 2024 - 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

    February 13, 2024 - 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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