Jonah Knobler

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Attorney in NYC. Class actions, false advertising, appellate, copyright, trademark. Blogger at MisbrandedBlog.com. Choral singer, Labrador owner, trivia buff.
HometownCincinnati
ResidenceBrooklyn
Voice PartBass/Baritone
Web biohttps://www.pbwt.com/jonah-m-knobler/

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Luxury brand Hermes is going to trial on Monday against artist Mason Rothschild over his sale of MetaBirkin NFTs.

Lots of moving pieces in this case: Old legal doctrines, new technology, and the often blurry line between art and trademarks.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/first-nft-trademark-trial-pits-hermes-against-metabirkin-artist

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/IsaiahPoritz/status/1619092922506559503

First NFT Trademark Trial Pits Hermès Against Metabirkin Artist

French luxury design house Hermès International SA’s upcoming trademark trial against digital artist Mason Rothschild—the first of its kind—will test the boundaries of artistic expression and how nonfungible tokens are viewed in the eyes of decades-old intellectual property law.

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BREAKING: A federal judge has denied class action status to hundreds of artists in a lawsuit that claims Universal Music Group "systematically" rejected termination requests for recorded music.
https://www.billboard.com/pro/universal-music-artists-cant-sue-over-termination-right-class-action

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Bill__Donahue/status/1619044245729607681

Hundreds of UMG Artists Cannot Sue Label as Class Action: Judge Ruling

The case claims UMG has “systematically” rejected termination notices from hundreds of artists, but a judge says each musician will need bring their own case.

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Is Cy Pres Defensible?

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Snap Must Face Lawsuit Blaming Speed Filter for Crash Injuries

Snap Inc. must face a Georgia couple’s product liability claims blaming its speed filter for a high-speed crash that seriously injured the husband, a state appeals court said

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Snap must face a lawsuit in Georgia state court alleging that its Speed Filter was the proximate cause of a car crash at 107 mph
#appellatetwitter

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RobTricchinelli/status/1618644282746830850

Rob Tricchinelli on Twitter

“Snap must face a lawsuit in Georgia state court alleging that its Speed Filter was the proximate cause of a car crash at 107 mph #appellatetwitter”

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ChatGPT, the new A.I. chatbot, has captured the attention of the legal community. So we decided to test its knowledge of the Supreme Court. We asked it 50 SCOTUS-related questions and recorded its answers. The results were... uninspiring.
https://www.scotusblog.com/2023/01/no-ruth-bader-ginsburg-did-not-dissent-in-obergefell-and-other-things-chatgpt-gets-wrong-about-the-supreme-court/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/SCOTUSblog/status/1618643138322784256

No, Ruth Bader Ginsburg did not dissent in Obergefell — and other things ChatGPT gets wrong about the Supreme Court - SCOTUSblog

When ChatGPT, a cutting-edge artificial-intelligence chatbot, launched in November, it captured the attention of the legal community. Some lawyers worried that the program — which can generate eerily human-sounding text in response to complex written prompts — would make them obsolete. Law profes

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The federal judge presiding over multidistrict litigation regarding Juul products agreed to postpone a trial that would have parent company Altria facing RICO claims, allowing the Ninth Circuit to review the certification of four classes of plaintiffs. https://www.law360.com/articles/1568459

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Law360/status/1618387036628566019

Juul MDL Paused As 9th Circ. Reviews Class Certifications - Law360

The California federal judge presiding over multidistrict litigation regarding Juul vaping products has agreed to postpone a trial that would have parent company Altria Group Inc. facing RICO claims, allowing the Ninth Circuit to first review the trial court's certification of four classes of plaintiffs who brought the suit.

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"He is prepared. That's the best way to say it. He's got an edge to him... I like that in our quarterback." - Zac Taylor

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Bengals/status/1618282355587747841

Cincinnati Bengals on Twitter

“"He is prepared. That's the best way to say it. He's got an edge to him... I like that in our quarterback." - Zac Taylor”

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A proposed federal class action claims Facebook collects financial information from tax-preparation websites without user consent, in violation of federal and state laws.

http://blawgo.com/nUnIUJx

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BLaw/status/1618305735841964032

Facebook Hit With Lawsuit Over Collection of Tax-Return Data

Facebook collects financial information from tax-preparation websites without user consent in violation of federal and state laws, a proposed new federal class action said.

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The Third Circuit is uniting litigators in opposition with its proposal to change its filing deadline from midnight to 5 p.m. http://blawgo.com/DoXlPNf

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BLaw/status/1618273172108840968

Proposed Third Circuit Filing Deadline Draws Litigator Dissents

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is proposing changing its filing deadline from midnight to 5 p.m. and attorneys resoundingly hate the idea.