Copyright Lawsuits Over Embedding Are Still a Thing
After the Ninth Circuit’s Hunley v. Instagram ruling in 2023, I naively assumed that the case established essential precedent that would quickly end other legal challenges to embedding. WRONG! The anti-embedding cases seem to be going strong, especially in SDNY….
Extortion Claims Against Ripoff Report Can Proceed–Selker v. Xcentric
My prior blog post on this case summarized: I’ve blogged many Ripoff Report cases over the years, but it’s been a while since my last one (looks like 2018?). In this case, the plaintiff alleges that someone posted a false attack…
11th Circuit Sidesteps the SAD Scheme’s Problems–Ain Jeem v. Schedule A
The plaintiff enforces Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s IP rights. It is indeed “sad” to see a living legend like Kareem degrade his legacy by participating in a bottom-feeding operation like the SAD Scheme. The plaintiff filed a SAD Scheme case in 2021…
Another Shill Article Tries to Normalize the SAD Scheme
I note the posting of a draft article, which (unfortunately) has been accepted for publication by the Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal, entitled “Beyond the Brick-and-Mortar Paradigm: The Legal and Procedural Foundations of Schedule A Litigation in…
YouTuber Loses Account Suspension Case Again–Hall v. YouTube
This is a futile account termination/content removal case, like dozens before it. Prior blog post. So I’m blogging this ruling for completion, not significance. After the prior dismissal, the YouTuber filed an amended complaint: The FAC complains that YouTube engaged…
Challenge to Maryland’s “Kid Code” Survives Motion to Dismiss–NetChoice v. Brown
[As I mentioned, I am backlogged on blogging decisions involving state Internet regulations from 2025. This decision gets fast-tracked due to its significance.] In 2022, California enacted its Age Appropriate Design Code, a segregate-and-suppress law. That triggered a possible California…
Court Sanctions Plaintiff’s Lawyer for Unverified Claims That the Defendant Was Hiding–Guangzhou Youlan Technology Co. Ltd. v. Onbrill World
This is a SAD Scheme-adjacent design patent case against an Amazon merchant. I say “adjacent” because the plaintiff’s lawyer apparently cloned-and-revised SAD Scheme templates but made two major variations: (1) the complaint only names one defendant, not hundreds, and (2)…
Twitter’s TOS Formation Upheld–Taddeo-Waite v. X
TL;DR: a court upheld X’s TOS formation. This is not a new or surprising result, especially against a pro se plaintiff. * * * The plaintiff claims that Twitter failed to remove a post about his young daughter. He sued…
Third Circuit Rejects a Meta Pixels Case–Cole v. Quest Diagnostics
This is a Meta Pixels case. In a short nonprecedential opinion, the Third Circuit rejects the plaintiffs’ claims. CIPA. The court says that Facebook isn’t impermissibly “eavesdropping” when a user’s computer simultaneously and concurrently transmits information to the website they’re…
Emoji Evidence Errors Don’t Undo a Murder Conviction–People v. Harmon
Delarosa was convicted of murder. (Some background on the case). On appeal, he argues the court should have excluded a Facebook message that indicated he owned a gun a few weeks before the shooting. The Facebook message included some emojis:…