141 results found
Bird & Bird LLP | Singapore | 13 Sep 2023
Singapore’s Code of Practice for Online Safety comes into effect
Designated social media services (“SMSs”) will have to comply with the Code. The current list of SMSs published by the IMDA includes…
Proskauer Rose LLP | USA | 11 Sep 2023
Big Tech, Biometrics and BIPA: Meta’s Recent $68.5M Class Action Settlement
In July, Instagram’s parent company Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”) agreed to a $68.5 million class-action biometric privacy settlement in connection…
Lexology PRO | Asia-Pacific, China, European Union, etc. | 18 Aug 2023
Intellectual Property: key updates and developments for in-house teams (Q3 2023)
Instagram wins a US copyright lawsuit related to embedded images, China increases fees for PCT applications, and an Indian court orders Google to remove ads that violate trademarks – plus other key updates.
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC | USA | 7 Aug 2023
The Server Test Survives in the Ninth Circuit … At Least For Now
A panel of the Ninth Circuit has affirmed that the “server test” remains the law of the land - at least in that circuit, and at least for now. Hunley…
Loeb & Loeb LLP | USA | 24 Jul 2023
(For Now) Instagram Beats Argument That Its Embedded Images Constitute Copyright Infringement
In a ruling contradicting previous 9th Circuit decisions, the 9th Circuit Federal Appeals Court recently held that Instagram did not violate the…
McKee Voorhees & Sease PLC | USA | 20 Jul 2023
Ninth Circuit Sides with Instagram in Case Involving Copyright of Photographers’ Works
In a 2-1 decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the “server rule” which holds that websites embedding a copyrighted work do not…
Lexology PRO | European Union | 11 Jul 2023
Amazon challenges DSA designation
Amazon has become the first Big Tech company to fight its position under the new Digital Services Act in the EU’s General Court.
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC | Global | 7 Jul 2023
Threads is Here!
Meta's new social media app, Threads, has launched! While over 70 million users have already signed up, and brands have joined the party, only time…
Gadens | Australia | 21 Jun 2023
ASX Wolf in sheep’s clothing: Federal Court grants injunctive relief for ASIC over unlicensed financial advice
In late 2022, ASIC filed an application with the Federal Court, claiming that the Defendant, Mr Scholz, was conducting a financial services business…
Cordato Partners | Australia | 2 May 2023
How small businesses win and lose by using social media: ACCC Interim report 6 on social media services:
The latest ACCC report on digital platform services examined competition between social media services in Australia and how consumers and businesses…
