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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Beige Battle: Social Media Influencers Settle Dispute Over Minimalist Brand Identity - The Katten Kattwalk | Issue 29

On May 28, two "frenemy" social media influencers informed a federal court in Texas that they had settled a lawsuit in which one of them accused the other of infringing on her copyrighted social media posts on Instagram and...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Copycats or Common Trends? Legal Battle Between Influencers Over "Clean Girl" Aesthetic

A recent lawsuit in Texas highlights the challenges social media influencers face in protecting their intellectual property. Sydney Nicole Gifford, a well-known influencer, claims that Alyssa Sheil copied her “vibe,” –...more

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Influencer marketing, Germany: labelling as advertising in social media posts

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Social media platforms have gained considerable importance in the field of online marketing in recent years and caused controversial legal questions. The German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) recently dealt with these in a...more

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OLG Frankfurt a. M. zum Influencer-Marketing: Werbekennzeichnung in Social-Media-Posts

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Social-Media-Plattformen haben in den vergangenen Jahren auf dem Gebiet des Online-Marketings erheblich an Bedeutung gewonnen und für umstrittene Rechtsfragen gesorgt. Der BGH griff diese zuletzt in einer Reihe von...more

BakerHostetler

AD-ttorneys@law - June 2022 #2

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No More Social Fix for Cali Kids? New state bill targets social media addiction - Vertigo 2.0 - There’s a tidal wave of anger against social media. And every time it seems to crest, another swell comes up from...more

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German Federal Court of Justice on Social Media Advertising for Products provided free of Charge

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Influencers who received goods or services free of charge from companies and then link to them on their social media channels, for example, by placing what is known in Germany as a "tap tag," generally have to label such...more

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German Federal Court of Justice decision: Finally more legal certainty regarding influencer marketing

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Due to diverging case law by the courts of instance, there has been considerable legal uncertainty with regard to influencer-marketing in Germany. The obligation of influencers to label certain posts as advertising has not...more

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Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe: Links hidden as "tap tags" are to be labelled as advertising

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A well-known German influencer has to mark her posts on Instagram as advertising if she uses so-called “tap tags” to link her posts with the Instagram profiles of other brands. This was recently decided by the Higher District...more

Proskauer - Advertising Law

Lanham Act Injunction Floored Where Social Media Criticisms Were Not “Commercial Advertising”

A judge in the Western District of Wisconsin recently denied a motion for a preliminary injunction that sought to prevent a customer from criticizing the plaintiff’s products over social media. Buckeye Int’l v. Schmidt Custom...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Social networking service, MeetMe, Inc., settles minors’ privacy violations for $200,000

On August 19, 2015, MeetMe, Inc. (MeetMe), a social networking website and mobile app, agreed to pay $200,000 and to change its privacy policies to settle a lawsuit alleging that MeetMe distributed teenagers’ geolocation and...more

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