Q2 2018 Quick Links, Part 5 (Potpourri)
…them. Even after Harley-Davidson’s July 5, 2017 reply brief reported these continuing violations, SunFrog persisted. At the scheduling conference on July 14, 2017, SunFrog again represented that the motion for…
Indianapolis Police Have Been “Blinded Lately Because They Shut Backpage Down”
…a search of IMPD records just for 2018 turned up 48 prostitution reports). The cases, according to Sgt. John Daggy, an undercover officer with IMPD’s vice unit, have just dried…
Constitutional Challenge Against FOSTA Filed–Woodhull v. US (Guest Blog Post)
…violent customers, and report violent incidents. However, she is now concerned that an application “that intends to help others work safely and avoid violence and harassment…could be construed as promoting…
The California Supreme Court Didn’t Ruin Section 230 (Today)–Hassell v. Bird
…Court Fixes Erroneous 47 USC 230 Ruling–Giordano v. Romeo * Ripoff Report Ordered to Stop Publishing User-Submitted Report–Giordano v. Romeo * Ripoff Report Isn’t Bound By Injunction Against User Post–Blockowicz…
A Privacy Bomb Is About to Be Dropped on the California Economy and the Global Internet
…not apply to the sale of personal information to or from a consumer reporting agency if that information is to be reported in, or used to generate, a consumer report….
Court Allows “Battery by GIF” Claim to Proceed–Eichenwald v. Rivello
…‘Badass Lawyer’ Loses Lawsuit Over Parody Twitter Account–Levitt v. Felton Marquette University’s Troubling Report on Faculty Blogger (Guest Blog Post) Courtney Love Defeats Twibel Claims–Holmes v. Love High Schooler’s “Murder”…
Who Needs a Copyright Small Claims Court? Evidence from the U.K.’s IP Enterprise Court (Guest Blog Post)
…in court”), others have expressed concerns (summed up nicely in the recently–released report of the BCLT–Hastings workshop on this topic) that such a tribunal could be gamed to impose disproportionate…
Bittersweet DMCA Safe Harbor Defense Win in Ninth Circuit–Ventura v. Motherless (Catch-Up Post)
…infringing because of their production values. “An ordinary person who had not studied movie-making and personally made movies would likely be oblivious to the professionalism that the expert report identifies….
A DMCA Section 512(f) Case Survives Dismissal–ISE v. Longarzo (Catch-up Post)
…Hawks * New(ish) Report on 512 Takedown Notices * Can 512(f) Support an Injunction? Novotny v. Chapman * Allegedly Wrong VeRO Notice of Claimed Infringement Not Actionable–Dudnikov v. MGA Entertainment…
Conference on IP Enforcement at Trade Shows, UNLV, October 4, 2018 (Guest Blog Post)
…A 2016 Bloomberg video report illustrates the IP action that might take place at a trade show; the video shows U.S. federal marshals enforcing a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) issued…