Lifestyle Lift v. RealSelf Settles
By Eric Goldman In early March, I blogged on Lifestyle Lift’s trademark infringement lawsuit against RealSelf based on user criticisms of Lifestyle Lift. This lawsuit was noteworthy on at least two fronts. First, it was a prime example of a…
Ripoff Report Responds re. Xcentric Ventures v. Village Voice
By Eric Goldman Last week I blogged about a lawsuit that some of the Ripoff Report folks brought against the Phoenix New Times and its reporter, Sarah Fenske, for defamation based on quotes attributed to attorney Christopher Sharp in an…
Third Party Liability Presentation
By Eric Goldman Last week I spoke at the “Center for Creativity and Commerce Symposium: New Media, New Markets, New Rights” at Georgia State University in Atlanta. This event was sponsored by four different departments within GSU (law, business, communications,…
April 2008 Quick Links
By Eric Goldman Anti-Gaming * Even though Ticketmaster won its lawsuit, Minnesota overreacted to the Hannah Montana ticket crush by banning software to circumvent an online ticket allocation process. See Sec. 609.806. Check out the hyperbole in this press release!…
CDT Files Amicus Brief in Zango v. Kaspersky
By Eric Goldman The Center for Democracy and Technology has authored a brief, for itself, anti-spyware vendors and other advocacy groups, in favor of Kaspersky in the Zango v. Kaspersky case. I thought this brief was a useful contribution to…
Adware is Dead. Long Live Adware!
By Eric Goldman In late January, I attended the Anti-Spyware Coalition’s Public Workshop entitled Spyware: What’s Worked, What’s Left, and What’s Coming. I was on a panel entitled “Is Adware Dead?” with Alissa Cooper from CDT and Colin O’Malley from…
Ripoff Report Folks Sue Newspaper and Reporter for Defamation–Xcentric Ventures v. Village Voice
By Eric Goldman Xcentric Ventures v. Village Voice Media, CV 2008-02416 (Ariz. Superior Ct. complaint filed Jan. 31, 2008). The case history. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve blogged on lawsuits involving Ed Magedson and related entities…
Kaspersky Files Answering Brief in Zango v. Kaspersky
By Eric Goldman Continuing my coverage of the Zango v. Kaspersky litigation over 230(c)(2), Kaspersky has filed its answering brief (warning: 5MB file). If you want to save time, the actual argument starts on page 32 of the PDF. The…
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 World that Wikipedia Made: The Ethics and Values of Public…
47 USC 230 Trifecta of Cases–Friendfinder, e360insight, iBrattleboro
By Eric Goldman 47 USC 230 cases have been coming at such a rapid clip that I’ve fallen behind. In this blog post, I’ll catch up on three recent cases: Friendfinder Doe v. Friendfinder Network, Inc., 2008 WL 803947 (D.N.H….