Sometimes it’s important to figure out who or what company owns a particular domain. Antigone Peyton, Chair of the Intellectual Propherty and Technology Law Group at Protorae Law, describes web domains as the “primary digital method, outside of social media, for unauthorized parties to grab and use other companies or artists intellectual property while trying […]
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Complying With the Incomplete: Does California’s Privacy Law Apply to Your Business?
Back in July 2018, we introduced you to some of the sights and smells of the new California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (the CCPA). Not long after, the California legislature issued some technical corrections to the legislation. But there are still a number of open questions and issues that require attention from the legislature […]
FTC Focuses on Ensuring Businesses Keep Their Privacy Promises
2018 has been a big year for privacy issues for companies around the world. The new European privacy law – the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – came into force, the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data breach came to light, the new but imperfect California Consumer Privacy Act (CaCPA) was created and passed at the speed of […]
A Hidden (and Legal) Method for Tech Companies to Fund Their Friends’ Shadow Campaigns Against Strong IP Protections
Until recently, I did not really pay attention to class action lawsuits or settlement requirements. After all, I’m an intellectual property and technology lawyer. Class action litigation isn’t my thing. Now I am really paying attention, and I’m following the money—closely. Here’s why… The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to investigate a class action settlement in a case filed by search engine users who accused Google of illegally sharing […]
A New Whiff of Privacy, California Style
Apparently how you smell is personal information (in California). With the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of 2016 in force for about a month, California’s legislature was looking to up its game and “get tough” on its big, home-grown tech companies’ well-documented privacy faux pas. So on June 28, 2018, California enacted the U.S.’s […]
A Sad Day for Happy-Talk
In a highly anticipated ruling, the Supreme Court of the United States recently held that the disparagement clause of federal trademark law violates the First Amendment. This disparagement clause refused federal trademark registration for trademarks that are likely to disparage people, institutions, or beliefs. All eight participating justices agreed that trademarks are private, not government, […]