By Eric Goldman Rosetta Stone Ltd. v. Google, Inc., 1:09-cv-00736-GBL-JFA (E.D. Va. complaint filed July 10, 2009) [Note: some of you may wonder how my litigation count reached #9 when my last blog post in this series was at #7….
By Eric Goldman I recently spoke on the state of keyword advertising law, which prompted me to rewrite my PowerPoint slides from scratch in light of the many recent developments. So, now available for your enjoyment: * my talk slides…
By Eric Goldman The Football Association Premier League Ltd. v. YouTube, Inc., 07 Civ. 3592 (S.D.N.Y. July 3, 2009) This is a ruling about potential damages in one of the copyright infringement lawsuits against YouTube. It’s a pretty technical ruling…
By Eric Goldman State Regulation of the Internet * iAWFUL, the Internet Advocates Watchlist for Ugly Laws * Texas HB 2003. Part of the anti-cyber-harassment mania. Very broad statute with lots of room for prosecutorial mischief. * BNA (BNA subscription…
By Eric Goldman Last month I attended the ABA Antitrust Section’s Consumer Protection Conference. This post recaps some highlights from the event. A few overarching themes: * in light of the country’s economic malaise, the FTC is focusing its enforcement…
By Eric Goldman Just a reminder that I post some items to Twitter that don’t make it into these monthly recaps. If you want even more, you can track a superset of my online activities at Friendfeed. Search Engines *…
By Eric Goldman Jurin v. Google, Inc., CV 09-03934 (C.D. Cal. complaint filed June 2, 2009) Frankly, I don’t know exactly how many lawsuits are pending against Google over its AdWords service. I know of seven, including this one, but…
By Eric Goldman Satterfield v. Simon & Schuster, Inc., No. 07-16356 (9th Circuit June 19, 2009) Satterfield sued Simon & Schuster (and its mobile ad agency) for sending text messages to her cellphone without the requisite permission. The district court…
By Eric Goldman Doe II v. MySpace, Inc., 2009 WL 1862779 (Cal. App. Ct. June 30, 2009) Capping off a busy month for 47 USC 230 jurisprudence, MySpace has won another case over its role in facilitating sexual assaults of…
By Eric Goldman Brodsky v. Yahoo, Inc., 2009 WL 1766002 (N.D. Cal. June 18, 2009). The legal battles over click fraud are pretty much played out, but some legacy cases are still working through the system. This lawsuit was a…