The Third Circuit won’t reconsider its revival of a Philadelphia anchor’s claim that Facebook is liable for the commercial use of her image in user-placed ads.
Fox 29 anchor Karen Hepp convinced a split panel to reverse a district court dismissal because the cited shield protecting platforms from liability for third-party users doesn’t apply to intellectual property.
Facebook and various tech and public interest groups filing friend-of-the-court briefs requested a panel rehearing or full circuit review, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Wednesday denied both.
The denial sent the case back to Pennsylvania federal court ...
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