Fashion designer Hayley Paige Gutman asked the Second Circuit to reverse its order to transfer a disputed Instagram account to her ex-employer JLM Couture Inc. amid a trademark and contract dispute.
During Tuesday’s oral arguments, a three-judge panel grappled with “novel” questions about what it means to own a social media account, and whether the post-employment restrictions in Gutman’s contract with JLM were too severe to enforce.
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 2022 rejected part of a preliminary injunction because it relied on JLM’s likely win of its breach of contract claims while ownership of ...
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