Mobile App

FTC and Amazon Withdraw Appeals in In-App Purchasing Lawsuit

April 7, 2017 Last year, we reported that a federal judge had found Amazon liable for charging customers for unauthorized in-app purchases made by the customer’s respective children in an action filed by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or the “Commission”).  This week, the FTC announced that both Amazon and the Commission will withdraw their […]

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Why Retaining a Mobile App Lawyer Is So Important

October 11, 2016 Mobile App Lawyers Help Secure Your Mobile App Assets Mobile applications, or “apps,” have become an extremely popular vehicle for providing entertainment to end-users, developing brand loyalty and enhancing the consumer experience.  In a relatively short period of time, mobile apps have also become a booming industry, earning an estimated $46 billion

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Mobile App Geolocation Tracking and Location-Based Services

February 11, 2016 Mobile App Operators Need to Obtain Consent and Ensure Proper Protections Are In Place One of the most useful features of mobile applications (or “mobile apps”), from both a consumer and mobile app operator standpoint, is the fact that mobile apps are, as the name implies, mobile. That is, the mobile apps

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Mobile App Operators Settle COPPA Charges

December 21, 2015 Mobile App Operators Must Be Mindful of Children’s Privacy Issues As part of an increase in regulatory focus on data collection, usage and disclosure practices in the mobile app industry, especially with respect to minors, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) brought charges against two mobile app operators, LAI Systems, LLC and Retro Dreamer,

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Mobile App Provider Slapped with $2 Million Trademark Infringement Lawsuit

November 9, 2015 Last month, financial startup Ripple Labs, Inc. (“Ripple Labs”) sued social networking app provider Kefi Labs, LLC (“Kefi Labs”) and several of its employees in California federal court for over $2 million dollars in damages, including claims for alleged trademark infringement, unfair competition and cybersquatting. How can other app providers minimize their

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