PLI Presentation on Social Networking Sites and Blogs

By Eric Goldman Last week I gave a brief overview talk about social networking sites and blogs at a PLI conference. My slides. For each screen shot, you’ll have to imagine some of the faux-witty remarks I might have made….

Zango’s Brief in Zango v. Kaspersky Ninth Circuit Appeal

By Eric Goldman Zango has filed its initial appellate brief in Zango v. Kaspersky [warning: 2.1MB file], the case addressing the liability of anti-spyware vendors for their classification decisions. Characteristically, Zango goes on the offensive, declaring that Kaspersky’s software is…

Rescuecom v. Google Pre-Oral Argument Details

By Eric Goldman We’re anxiously awaiting oral arguments in the Rescuecom v. Google case next week. In advance of that, the court cleaned up a couple of matters: 1) The court denied the amicus brief from Yahoo, AOL and eBay….

Google Site-Specific Search-Within-Search Tool–Why is Everyone So Worked Up About This?

By Eric Goldman On Monday, Bob Tedeschi at the NYT published an article entitled “A New Tool From Google Alarms Sites” about Google’s recently launched site-specific search-within-search box. When I first saw the feature, I really didn’t think about it…

Griper Selling Anti-Walmart Items Through CafePress Doesn’t Infringe or Dilute–Smith v. Wal-Mart

By Eric Goldman Smith v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2008 WL 760196 (N.D. Ga. March 20, 2008) Charles Smith doesn’t like Walmart. Like many gripers, he has taken his cause to the web. Among other things, he set up two CafePress…

Clickthrough Agreement Binding Against Minors–A.V. v. iParadigms

By Eric Goldman A.V. v. iParadigms, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19715 (E.D. Va., March 11, 2008), I previously blogged that the judge was going to dismiss this case. The judge finally issued an opinion explaining his reasoning, and it’s quite…

Adwords Ad Creates Initial Interest Confusion–Storus v. Aroa

By Eric Goldman Storus Corp. v. Aroa Marketing Inc., 2008 WL 449835 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 15, 2008). (Sorry for my delay blogging this one). A federal district court has held that displaying a competitor’s trademark in Adwords ad copy constitutes…

Craigslist Gets Seventh Circuit 230 Win in Fair Housing Act Case–Chicago Lawyers’ Committee v. Craigslist

By Eric Goldman Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law v. Craigslist, Inc., 2008 WL 681168 (7th Cir. March 14, 2008) Yesterday, I declared this week “47 USC 230 Week” at the Technology & Marketing Law Blog. The Seventh…

eBay Denied 230 Defense for Its Marketing Representations–Mazur v. eBay

By Eric Goldman Mazur v. eBay Inc., 2008 WL 618988 (N.D. Cal. March 4, 2008) I declared Monday “47 USC 230 Day” here at the Technology & Marketing Law Blog, but with this new case, I’m declaring it 47 USC…

The Law & Business of Online Advertising Conference Announcement

By Eric Goldman I’m pleased to announce that the High Tech Law Institute at Santa Clara Law School has teamed up with the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology to organize a one-day symposium on the Law and Business of…