By Eric Goldman Real View LLC v. 20-20 Technologies, Inc., 1:07-cv-12157-PBS(D. Mass. Sept. 21, 2011). The jury verdict form. A June 2011 ruling with more background. Copyright damages may not seem like the sexiest topic, but the reality is that…

By Eric Goldman I’m mired in grading heck, slogging my way through 146 exams. As a result, blogging has taken a back seat. I have several key items to blog, including the UMG v. Shelter Capital and Ascentive v. Opinion…

[Post by Venkat Balasubramani] Gordon v. BMG Columbia House, 10-35180 (9th Cir. Nov. 28, 2011) Gordon v. Inviva, 10-35283 (9th Cir. Nov. 28, 2011) Gordon v. Commonwealth Mktg. Group, 10-35030 (9th Cir. Nov. 28, 2011) James Gordon has generated more…

[Post by Venkat Balasubramani with updated comments from Eric] In re Hyundai Motor America, FTC File No. 112-3110 (Nov. 16, 2011) [.pdf] We’ve posted on the FTC endorsement guidelines, which broadly require disclosure of relationships, and incentives provided to those…

By Eric Goldman With all of the focus on SOPA/PIPA/OPEN, it’s easy to lose sight that a Copyright Office proposal seriously jeopardizes the 17 USC 512 online safe harbors for many service providers. Specifically, the Copyright Office proposes to expire…

By Eric Goldman Fraley v. Facebook, Inc., 2011 WL 6303898 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 16, 2012) Because Facebook does so many things that aren’t in users’ interests, their “Sponsored Stories” program barely registers. Nevertheless, Sponsored Stories demonstrates why many people are…

By Eric Goldman I got the following email regarding our prior three posts on ex parte cutoffs of foreign “rogue” websites in the Chanel, True Religion and Philip Morris cases (I’m republishing the email with permission): __________ All of the…

[Post by Venkat Balasubramani, with comments from Eric] Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Jiang, 11-cv-24049 (S.D. Fla.) (TRO entered on Nov. 16, 2011) (Prelim. Injunction Entered on Dec. 12, 2011) This is yet another case where a court orders broad…

[Post by Venkat Balasubramani, with comments from Eric] True Religion v. Xiaokang Lei (S.D.N.Y.) (TRO; Nov. 18, 2011) (Prelim. Injunction; Dec. 2, 2011). The initial complaint. We recently blogged about a case where Chanel obtained surprisingly broad remedies against domain…

[Post by Venkat Balasubramani] Ryabyshchuk v. Citibank, 11-cv-1236 – IEG (S.D. Cal.; Nov. 28, 2011) Plaintiff alleged that he contacted Citibank and inquired about a credit card. Later that day, he alleged he received the following unsolicited text from Citibank:…