Keyword Ads and Other Marketing Supports Remote Jurisdiction–Market America v. Optihealth
…court of North Carolina. That ruling, on its own, isn’t all that interesting. The court found jurisdiction using the standard “minimum contacts” test, but even if it hadn’t, trademark infringement…
Competitive Pop-up Ads Aren’t Unfair Competition or Tortious Interference–Overstock v. SmartBargains
…Internet retailing peer 1-800 Contacts flipped–and go seek out a friendly and easily persuaded Utah state legislator to give it a tailor-made anti-keyword advertising statute? Stranger things have happened in…
Connecticut Blogger Not Subject to Texas Jurisdiction–Healix Infusion v. Helix Health
…contacts test. Doing so, it concludes that Murphy, even as an active blogger, isn’t subject to Texas jurisdiction for the state anti-dilution claim: HIT argues that the following facts establish…
Ripoff Report Responds re. Xcentric Ventures v. Village Voice
…you for sure is that Ed’s contacts at several government agencies, such as the IRS, and members of the Corporate Advocacy Program independently told Ed that Ms. Fenske was only…
Wikipedia Ethics Event, May 15 at SCU
By Eric Goldman The High Tech Law Institute is cosponsoring (along with the Center for Science, Technology and Society and the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics) the following event: The…
11th Circuit Freaks Out About Metatags–North American Medical v. Axiom
…and thus the trademark references have no chance of being perceived. Along the way, the 11th Circuit distinguishes (and denigrates) the Second Circuit’s 1-800 Contacts v. WhenU case on two…
Rescuecom v. Google Pre-Oral Argument Details
…staff of Google (Mr. Patry was not a participant in the Stanford conference). Judge Leval is confident that these contacts with Google, Inc. Would in no way influence his consideration…
Utah Amends Trademark Protection Act (But Only After Some Drama)
…friend 1-800 Contacts, who initially had been part of the coalition to repeal the Utah Trademark Protection Act but apparently had a last-minute change of mind. I don’t fully understand…
Rescuecom v. Google Oral Arguments Finally Calendared
…the Second Circuit ducked search engine liability in its influential 1-800 Contacts v. WhenU precedent and will now have to address it squarely, (4) an affirmance might prove persuasive enough…
Jan. 2008 Quick Links (IP Edition)
…by the RIAA dragnet can’t recover his attorneys’ fees. This turns on the fact that he didn’t respond to the pre-litigation contacts to turn over his adult daughter who did…