Washington State’s Proposed Employer Social Media Law: The Legislature Should Take a Cautious Approach — SB 5211
…Largely Gutted–Eagle v. Morgan Another Set of Parties Duel Over Social Media Contacts — Eagle v. Sawabeh Employee’s Claims Against Employer for Unauthorized Use of Social Media Accounts Move Forward–Maremont…
California Supreme Court: Retail Privacy Statute Doesn’t Apply to Download Transactions – Apple v Superior Court (Krescent)
…Journal Beats Lawsuit Alleging Violation of California’s “Shine the Light” Privacy Statute — Boorstein v. Men’s Journal “Electronically Printed” Does not Include Automated Merchant Email — Shlahtichman v. 1-800 Contacts…
Virginia Supreme Court: Litigant Who “Cleans up” His Facebook Page May Be Sanctioned
…was not totally forthcoming about her contacts with Lester’s counsel, but the court concluded that the contact which occurred prior to the case was incidental and did not undermine the…
Employee/Ex-Employer Lawsuit Over Twitter Account Settles – Phonedog v. Kravitz
…PhoneDog’s Amended Claims — PhoneDog v. Kravitz * An Update on PhoneDog v. Kravitz, the Employee Twitter Account Case * Another Set of Parties Duel Over Social Media Contacts —…
Another Google AdWords Advertiser Defeats Trademark Infringement Lawsuit–CollegeSource v. AcademyOne (Forbes Cross-Post)
…impressions and 61 clicks. * 800-JR Cigar v. GoTo.com: the search engine defendant generated $345 in revenue (not profit, just revenue) from the litigated terms. * 1-800 Contacts v. Lens.com:…
Social Media Producer’s Counterclaims Based on Website Ownership Rejected – Ardis Health v. Nankivell
…Amended Claims — PhoneDog v. Kravitz An Update on PhoneDog v. Kravitz, the Employee Twitter Account Case Another Set of Parties Duel Over Social Media Contacts — Eagle v. Sawabeh…
Q3 2012 Quick Links, Part 1 (Trademarks/Domain Names, Patents, Trade Secrets)
…1-800 Contacts (Fed. Cir. Aug. 3, 2012): “LENS mark is used only in connection with the sale and transportation of contact lenses via the Internet. Although the ordering service is…
Battle Over LinkedIn Account Between Employer and Employee Largely Gutted–Eagle v. Morgan
…some claims but allowed others to proceed: Another Set of Parties Duel Over Social Media Contacts — Eagle v. Sawabeh. As relevant to the resolution of the latest round of…
Newly Released Consumer Survey Indicates that Legal Concerns About Competitive Keyword Advertising Are Overblown (Forbes Cross-Post)
…just revenue) from the litigated terms. In 1-800 Contacts v. Lens.com, Lens.com made $20 of profit from competitive keyword ads. 1-800 Contacts unsuccessfully tried to hold Lens.com responsible for affiliate…
Courts Allows Text Spam Class Action Against Voxer, a Cell Phone Walkie-Talkie App — Hickey v. Voxernet
…texts to all of their contacts as a default, or merely sent these messages when they tried to contact specific individuals on their contacts lists. Plaintiff asserted claims under the…