Posts in Social Media
Apple’s Consumer Data Collection Patents Prove that Data Privacy Risks Are Not Just a Facebook Problem
Even Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has added to the growing choir of critical voices, announcing in early April that he had deleted his Facebook profile over concerns …
A Look At Facebook Patents Covering ‘Big Brother’ Data Collection Technologies
Facebook users continue to be shocked at the amount and kind of data being collected by the social media platform, including recent reports about call and SMS …
Are Today’s Social Media Tech Giants the Big Brother that Orwell Warned Us About?
Dystopian novels and science fiction often return to the subject of the loss of personal privacy which is often encouraged by the use of technology enabling constant, …
Olympics and Intellectual Property: What Brands Need to Know
“The purpose of Rule 40 is to prevent over-commercialization of the games and to protect the exclusivity of the official sponsors, who spend many millions of dollars to …
Zuckerberg Announces Facebook Users will Determine Trustworthiness of News
On January 19th, Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg announced that his company would increase its efforts against “fake news” by asking its users to rate the …
Effective data management and governance for social media and cloud collaboration platforms
While there are a lot of irreplaceable benefits to leveraging social media and cloud collaboration platforms for business, there are also risks that, if not managed properly, …
The Legal Reality of Social Media IP: Who Owns What?
Today, as social media becomes more essential for businesses, there will almost certainly be an increase in intellectual property disputes about social media account ownership. Lawsuits relating …
Facebook ordered by Israeli Court to restore page shut down for selling camouflaged advertising
Facebook shut down the page 3 years ago after the owners of the page admitted that they sold camouflaged advertising. Facebook shut down the page without any prior …
Photo Sharing on Social Media & Copyright Infringement: What You Need to Know
With new social media platforms and photo sharing apps becoming more and more popular, the risk of copyright infringement through the sharing of photos is more present …
Facebook’s Efficient Infringement of Social Media Platforms Continues to Impact Snap Shareholders
Snap has attempted to remain competitive with new features, such as increasing the allotted time for video capture and introducing new drawing tools this May. But it …
Like It or Love It: How Not to Get Pinned (Legally) When Using Social Media to Promote Your Brand
Twitter®, Instagram®, Facebook®, Pinterest® and other social media websites and apps are great avenues for advertising and promotion of one’s business and brand. However, in using …
Ensuring a robust defensive portfolio: A Prepared Counter-Assertion Strategy
The required number of patents in a given playbook varies based on both the size of company of concern and our exposure to it. The general goal …
Assertion Risk Mitigation Opportunity Through Patent Acquisition
In this post, we’ll analyze LinkedIn’s patent acquisition process and the results of its targeted buying program. While the increase in LinkedIn’s filings helped …
LinkedIn’s Patent Strategy
LinkedIn was a rapidly growing company with only 22 patents in its portfolio in 2012, putting itself at high risk for patent assertion. With a revenue reaching nearly $1 billion …
Who Owns the Rights to the Word ‘Covfefe’?
“Filing a trademark application with the goal of claiming a right to a particular term – with nothing more – is a fundamental misunderstanding of our trademark laws,” Alston & …
