1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. Uncategorized

    When can you serve a lawsuit by email?

    February 13, 2024 - One of the biggest challenges brand owners face in enforcing their intellectual property rights online is in tracking down the infringer - often located in . . .

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  7. CopyrightDMCA

    DMCA subpoena to “mere conduit” ISP was improper

    February 12, 2024 - Because ISP acted as a conduit for the transmission of material that allegedly infringed copyright, it fell under the DMCA safe harbor in 17 U.S.C. . . .

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  8. Copyright

    Not fair use after all – Fourth Circuit reverses lower court’s decision in online copyright infringement case

    February 7, 2024 - Plaintiff photographer sued defendant news website for copyright infringement over a photo of Ted Nugent that defendant used in an online article. The lower court . . .

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