Power.com Up For Auction — Facebook v. Power Ventures
…judgment, but Facebook successfully resisted the motion on the basis that it had not had an opportunity to conduct sufficient discovery. Now I see a report from Domain Name News…
Court Denies Injunction in Webcam Case Against Aarons — Byrd v. Aarons, Inc.
[Post by Venkat Balasubramani] Byrd, et al. v. Aaron’s, Inc., et al., 11-cv-00101-SJM-SPB (W.D. Pa. July 8, 2011). Magistrate report. Judge’s approval. Plaintiffs leased (and then purchased) their computer from…
Comments on the Second Circuit Hot News Decision–Barclays v. theflyonthewall [Catch up post]
…brokerage recommendations were the news (not a reporting of someone else’s news), and the website was just reporting the news created by the brokerage firms. The majority says: “the Firms…
June 2011 Quick Links, Part 2
…*Back in September 2010, Xcentric v. Bird settled in a no money deal. The settlement agreement. Ripoff Report’s appended response to the original blog post. Prior blog post. * Scott…
“Hot Topics in UGC Liability” Talk Slides
…the farcical DOC report on trademark bullying), it seems useful to catalog some of the bad dispositions we’re seeing without the dispute getting into court so that policy-makers can understand…
Another Ripoff Report Win–A-1 Technology v. Magedson
…A-1 Technology, Inc. v. Magedson, 150033/10 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. June 22, 2011) After a while, the Ripoff Report cases all start blurring together. The plaintiffs try the same tired arguments,…
George Mason “Law and Economics of Search Engines and Online Advertising” Conference Recap
…click => forward data to data quality analyst, who prepares an independent report => forward the report to the launch committee, who approves the change or denies it. Launch considerations:…
April-May 2011 Quick Links, Part 4
…manner. News report. A highlight from the opinion: “Taken as a whole, the statements in this case appear to be nothing more or less than one man’s description of shock…
Site Moderators Weren’t Agents of the Site–Cornelius v. BodyBuilding.com
…posts. Also, similar to Ripoff Report, BodyBuilding.com restricted its authors’ ability to delete their old posts. [In our exchange about this post in draft mode, Venkat wondered about the legal…
Ripoff Report Gets Another Big 47 USC 230 Win–Asia Economic Institute v. Xcentric
…and corrected the description of the Corporate Advocacy Program. Ripoff Report launched an arbitration program which is upfront about disclosing that Ripoff Report will redact names from Ripoff Reports for…