1. Right of PublicityTrademarks

    Keyword advertising as trademark infringement: court declines to rule it out

    April 20, 2026 - A Washington psychiatrist sued a competing nurse practitioner and her clinic for trademark infringement and misappropriation of his name and identity. Plaintiff David Penner, owner . . .

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  2. Artificial IntelligenceDMCA

    AI model training case raising DMCA anticircumvention issues moves forward

    April 16, 2026 - Plaintiff record companies sued defendant Udio, an AI music generation platform that allows users to create songs from text prompts and audio inputs. Plaintiffs alleged . . .

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  3. Section 230Social Media

    Social media addiction claims against Meta not barred by Section 230

    April 14, 2026 - Since the mid-90s, Section 230 (47 U.S.C. §230) has functioned as a kind of legal safety net for internet platforms, shielding them from lawsuits and . . .

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  4. LitigationSocial Media

    Social media posts about divorce caused man to be found in contempt of court

    April 8, 2026 - The Court of Appeals of Wisconsin affirmed an order holding a husband in contempt for violating a family-court ban on social media posts about his . . .

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  5. CybersquattingTrademarks

    No restraining order in domain name dispute involving Robinhood founder

    April 7, 2026 - A federal court in California has denied emergency relief in a cybersquatting case involving Vlad Tenev, the co-founder of Robinhood, the popular investment platform. The . . .

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  6. Copyright

    Teacher’s X repost was fair use and not copyright infringement

    April 6, 2026 - The United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana dismissed with prejudice all claims brought by plaintiff author Keith Bell against Bartholomew Consolidated . . .

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  7. ContractsSocial Media

    New Jersey court sends OKLegal.com suit against Meta to California

    April 1, 2026 - The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey transferred OKLegal.com's lawsuit against Meta Platforms, Inc. and Mark Zuckerberg to the Northern District . . .

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  8. Social MediaUnfair Competition

    SDNY lets tortious interference claim proceed in browser extension case

    March 30, 2026 - The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York largely trimmed a content creators’ suit over alleged affiliate commission hijacking by a browser . . .

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