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2023 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Eric Goldman

Thousands of SAD Scheme lawsuits have been filed because the TROs take the online merchant off the marketplace entirely and usually extract some cash. 4) Social media “defective design” lawsuits go forward. If so, as I predicted in 2019 , the UK Online Safety Act will accelerate the end of Web 2.0

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Patents over Patients: How Pharmaceutical Companies use the Patent System to Keep Drug Costs High

Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

16] Companies accomplish this by first suing generic-manufacturing companies for patent infringement, and then settling the lawsuit by paying them to stay out of the market in what is known as a reverse-payment settlement. [17] 19] The lawsuit ended in a settlement with Gilead agreeing to pay Teva, the supposed infringer, $1.5

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Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the “Server Test” for Direct Infringement of the Public Display Right — Hunley v. Instagram, LLC (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

Instead, Hunley and Brauer filed a class-action lawsuit against Instagram, alleging that Instagram was vicariously liable for, or was liable for encouraging or contributing to, the alleged direct infringement by others, by providing an “embedding” tool that easily could be used to facilitate public display of their photos. 431 (2014).

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The Future of Fashion and the Law (TGIR Ep. 194)

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

Social media’s role in marketing and intellectual property concerns relating to the fashion industry round out the discussion. I’ve been a blogger for a while since 2014. People are stealing people’s intellectual property, there’s just a lot of things that are going on because this area is so new.

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5 Compelling Attorney Bios That Win Clients (and How to Emulate Them)

Lawmatics

For example, an Intellectual Property attorney can showcase: Computer science degree from MIT 15 years handling patent litigation Admitted to practice in New York and California AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell Secured over $20M in infringement verdicts This quickly conveys niche expertise and an accomplished background.

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The Future of Fashion and the Law (TGIR Ep. 194)

Legal Tech Monitor

Social media’s role in marketing and intellectual property concerns relating to the fashion industry round out the discussion. I’ve been a blogger for a while since 2014. People are stealing people’s intellectual property, there’s just a lot of things that are going on because this area is so new. But on line.

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U.S. Supreme Court Vindicates Photographer But Destabilizes Fair Use — Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

The Road Not Taken At this point, no lawsuit had been filed; and the dispute probably could have been, and certainly should have been, easily resolved. In April 2017, it filed a lawsuit against Goldsmith and her agency (now known as Lynn Goldsmith, Ltd., She contacted AWF and advised it that the illustration infringed her copyright.

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