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Immunity under CDA even if site solicits potentially negative comments

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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January 8 2010

A website where consumers can post (typically negative) comments about businesses and their goods and services recently won an appeal in a case brought against it by a New York city car dealership, Nemet Chevrolet

References to john dillinger in a video game do not violate Indiana right of publicity statute

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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July 1 2011

A District Court in Indiana recently granted a summary judgment motion in a case against Electronic Arts, a popular video game manufacturer

Photographer sues UNICEF for copyright infringement

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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July 19 2011

Photographer William Anthony sued UNICEF in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington alleging that UNICEF infringed the copyright of a number of photos of celebrities that Anthony took for a UNICEF advertising campaign

CDA found inapplicable to use of names and likenesses in Facebook's sponsored ads

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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February 10 2012

A putative class action was filed against Facebook alleging that Facebook unlawfully misappropriated the plaintiffs' names, photographs, and likenesses for use in paid "Sponsored Stories" without first obtaining the plaintiffs' consent

Company sues Justin Bieber over company's "joustin' beaver" app

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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February 29 2012

RC3, Inc., a mobile application development company, created "Joustin' Beaver," a mobile application available for download on smartphones and tablets

Court dismisses right of publicity class action against Facebook over "friend finder"

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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November 7 2011

On October 27, 2011, Judge Seeborg of the Northern District of California dismissed a putative class action complaint filed by a Facebook user against Facebook based on its use of his image in an online advertisement for Facebook’s “friend finder” feature

Pom Wonderful wins summary judgment motion against Ocean Spray regarding juice claims

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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December 9 2011

A federal court recently granted Pom Wonderful's motion for summary judgment with respect to claims asserted against Pom by Ocean Spray Cranberries regarding health benefit claims that Pom is purportedly making for its pomegranate juice

General Mills faces false advertising class action for fruit snack advertising claims

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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October 26 2011

The Center for Science in the Public Interest recently filed a class action lawsuit against General Mills for claims made by General Mills in connection with its Fruit Roll-Ups and Fruit by the Foot fruit snacks

Band sues Andy Warhol Foundation over use of banana design

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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January 31 2012

The Velvet Underground (“VU”), a 60s rock group, recently sued The Andy Warhol Foundation for trademark infringement

Supreme Court upholds extension of copyright protection to works by foreign artists previously in public domain

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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February 9 2012

In Golan v. Holder, the Supreme Court recently held that the removal of certain works from the public domain by Congress does not infringe free speech rights under the First Amendment

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