Grokster Press Releases
…Valley, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Orange County, Pacific Northwest, London, Milan, Moscow, Paris, Rome, Tokyo, and Taipei. Orrick was named the number-two IP defense firm by American Lawyer magazine. Contacts Orrick,…
AWOL Opinions
While we are on Grokster watch, I also have been thinking of two opinions that seem to have disappeared into the void: * Second Circuit opinion in 1-800 Contacts v….
LA Times on Adware Advertisers–Including 1800 Contacts?
…claimed credit when infected users went to the 1-800 Contacts website on their own.” If a company as brand-sensitive as 1800 Contacts can’t run a clean affiliate program, who can?…
Utah Amends Spyware Control Act
…attack software. Given the legislative patrons for this act, it wouldn’t surprise me if Overstock.com and 1-800 Contacts start offering hard disk cleansing services for their customers (that conveniently look…
Ben Edelman’s Response to My Post on Utah’s Spyware Law
…not? Its principal advocates include 1-800 Contacts and Overstock.com—both companies with extremely weak “trademarks.” They do not want to rely on trademark law. They want protection for words/phrases that aren’t…
More on Utah Spyware Law Amendments
…lying. This is pure anti-competitive protectionist rent-seeking behavior by a few trademark owners in Utah (like 1-800 Contacts and Overstock.com) using legislators as their shills. Shame on all of them….