By Eric Goldman Craigslist, Inc. v. 3Taps, Inc., 2013 WL 1819999 (N.D. Cal. April 30, 2013) Craigslist is one of the best examples of the Internet’s sharing economy. Craigslist improves markets by helping buyers and sellers find each other. Remarkably, it…
By Eric Goldman Efforts to crack down on patent trolling are escalating. Just a couple of years ago, Congress passed a major amendment of the Patent Act (the America Invents Act) with the hope that it would curb some abusive…
By Eric Goldman Obodai v. Cracked Entertainment Inc., 2013 WL 2321420 (2d Cir. May 29, 2013). I blogged this case last year. My understanding is that a user allegedly posted copyright infringing material to Cracked.com, and the purported copyright owner…
By Eric Goldman Today I’m speaking in Westminster, Colorado at the Rocky Mountain IP and Technology Institute. My topic is “Online Marketing/E-Commerce Updates” and was designed to be a “year-in-review” type talk. However, as I thought about the most important…
By Eric Goldman Nasser v. WhitePages, Inc., 2013 WL 2295678 (W.D. Va. May 24, 2013). Prior blog post. Rulings like this drive me batty. This is an easy and unambigous Section 230 case, but the judge decided to drag it…
[Post by Venkat Balasubramani] E.C. v. C.B.T., SR., A-1185-12T2 (N.J. Ct. App. May 6, 2013) Plaintiff and defendant lived together between May and August 2011, and after that had a relationship that plaintiff characterized as dysfunctional. Plaintiff sought and obtained…
By Eric Goldman Recently, I posted a Forbes article entitled “Designing Optimal Safe Harbors and immunities.” Based on the feedback I got to the article, I plan to convert it into a full-blown law review article eventually (i.e., it could…
By Eric Goldman Home Decor Center, Inc. v. Google, Inc., 2:12-cv-05706-GW-SH (C.D. Cal. May 9, 2013) Home Decor Center sued Google in the wake of the Fourth Circuit’s Rosetta Stone ruling. The lawsuit did not go well for it. Recently,…
By Eric Goldman General Steel Domestic Sales, LLC v. Chumley, 2013 WL 1900562 (D. Colo. May 7, 2013) Trademark owners rarely win keyword advertising lawsuits in court. Reinforcing this conclusion, another trademark owner lost a trial over competitive keyword advertising…
[Post by Venkat Balasubramani] Youkers v . Texas, No. 05-11-01407-CR (Tx. Ct. App. May 15, 2013) [pdf] Youkers was convicted for tampering with evidence after he was indicted for assaulting his girlfriend who was pregnant with his child. He entered…