Rip-off Report Lawsuit Updates: Certain Approval Programs and Ecommerce Innovations
…attention to this case. In this case, a defamation plaintiff is seeking identifying information for an anonymous Rip-off Report contributor. The Rip-off Report initially fought the request, but the district…
Republishing Solicited Email May Not Qualify for 47 USC 230 Immunization–Woodhull v. Meinel
…Rosenthal, Batzel v. Smith, D’Alonzo, the multitudinous Ripoff Report cases, and many others. Somehow the court misinterprets the precedent, saying that Meinel’s solicitation of the email and incorporation of the…
Domaining Registrar Defeats Cybersquatting Lawsuit–Philbrick v. eNom
By Eric Goldman Philbrick v. eNom, Inc., 2009 WL 152127 (D.N.H. Jan. 22, 2009). The Justia page. Philbrick’s Sports is a New Hampshire retailer of sporting goods. eNom’s customer registered…
Affiliate Liability Talk Notes from SMX West
…is economic beneficiary of spam, and (3) doesn’t take reasonable steps to prevent or report. Numerous advertisers have settled with the FTC based on the FTC’s theories of how to…
Rip-off Report Rolls to Another Win–GW Equity v. Xcentric Ventures
…that plaintiffs use against the Rip-off Report: 1) Rip-off Report offers users pulldown menus to tag their reports 2) Rip-off Report writes titles and other parts of user reports 3)…
October 2008 Quick Links, Part 1 (Copyright Edition)
…report on the Cablevision case. Is this a leading indicator of potential Congressional action? * Due to a copyright dispute with the artist, California will be getting a new “whale…
Rip-off Report Wins Dismissal–GW Equity v. Xcentric
…more Rip-off Report litigation. I promise not to turn this into the Rip-off Report Blog, but the recent court dismissal of a case warranted an update. GW Equity, LLC v….
Rip-off Report Back in Court
…Report’s trademarks by creating and using the URL “http://rip-off-report.pissedconsumer.com” and putting “Rip-off Report” in the site metatags. Hmm…does Rip-off Report really want to establish the precedent that these activities infringe???…