Want To Scrub Google Search Results In The US? Tough–O’Kroley v. Fastcase
…Google Fails–Shah v. MyLife * Bev Stayart Racks Up Two More Losses–Stayart v. Yahoo and Stayart v. Google * Google Not Liable for Suggested Vanity Searches–Stayart v. Google * Yahoo’s…
It’s Legally Okay if Google Thinks Your Name and Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Have Something to Do With Each Other (Forbes Cross-Post)
…but they may influence the search engine’s suggestion algorithms anyway). As it turns out, this scenario isn’t hypothetical. Google suggested that searchers on “Bev Stayart” (a/k/a Beverly Stayart) search for…
Buying Keyword Ads on People’s Names Doesn’t Violate Their Publicity Rights–Habush v. Cannon (Forbes Cross-Post)
…advertising (most obviously, the repeat litigant Bev Stayart), but this case provides the cleanest opinion to squarely address a publicity rights challenge to keyword advertising. Three implications of this ruling:…
Breastfeeding Mom Can Sue Video Producer Despite Signing a Blanket Release–Sahoury v. Meredith
…vulnerable to the porn splicing no matter what. Finally, as we saw in the Bev Stayart cases, a person’s name can be splogged into web pages with adult content even…
Reputation Management Lawsuit Is Shot Down–Bernard v. Donat
…SEOed vanity search results are often linked to a litigious hypersensitivity about reputation (see, e.g., the litigation fusillade from Bev Stayart). Unfortunately, like far too many lawyer-plaintiffs/law professor-plaintiffs, the judge…
Q3 2011 Quick Links, Part 3
…of Google’s many failed UGC/social efforts), but do you remember just how much angst was spilled when Sidewiki first launched? * I’m sure you’re shocked to learn that Bev Stayart…
Marijuana Activist Can’t Change His Name to “NJWeedman.com” — In re Forchion
…as unique, but a quick Google search will often reveal at least one other person who shares our first name/last name combination. [Eric’s note: recall our mockery of Bev Stayart…
Bev Stayart Racks Up Two More Losses–Stayart v. Yahoo and Stayart v. Google
…sometimes, enough is enough. You probably remember Bev Stayart as the woman who was upset that sploggers had built pages associating her name with the drug Levitra. In a litigation…
Google Not Liable for Suggested Vanity Searches–Stayart v. Google
By Eric Goldman Stayart v. Google, Inc., 2011 WL 855316 (E.D. Wis. March 8, 2011) Beverly Stayart (a/k/a Bev Stayart) has graced these pages so many times, I feel a…
Beverly Stayart Strikes Again! This Time, Stayart Sues Google
…searchers on “bev stayart” to search for “bev stayart levitra.” (para. 13). Anticipating a 47 USC 230 defense, she argues (para. 15) that Google Suggest represents first party editorial content…