Utah Bans Keyword Advertising [Updated]
By Eric Goldman Utah SB 236 (the “Trademark Protection Act”), enacted March 19, 2007 Legislators enact stupid laws all of the time, but some laws transcend mere stupidity and produce a single 3 letter response: WTF? And no legislature has…
Rescuecom Files Reply Brief in Rescuecom v. Google
By Eric Goldman In the Second Circuit appeal of Rescuecom v. Google, Rescuecom has filed its reply brief to Google’s first brief and the various amicus briefs filed in support of Google’s position. Rescuecom’s brief relies heavily on McCarthy’s recent…
February 2007 Quick Links
By Eric Goldman * The California Highway Patrol (which, for reasons unclear to me, has investigatory power here) has concluded that the Angelides campaign did not break any laws when they reverse-guessed URLs on Schwarzenegger’s website and found an unrestricted…
Lycos Not Liable for Objectionable Message Board Posting–Universal Communication Systems v. Lycos
By Eric Goldman Universal Communication Systems, Inc. v. Lycos, Inc., 2007 WL 549111 (1st Cir. Feb. 23, 2007) 47 USC 230 Just last week, I said that we no longer see lawsuits where plaintiffs sue a message board provider for…
Rescuecom v. Google Amicus Briefs
By Eric Goldman I previously blogged about the law professor amicus brief in Rescuecom v. Google. In total, 4 amicus briefs were filed in the case. Here’s the whole list: * Law professors’ brief by Stacey Dogan and me *…
Domain Name Regulation Talk and McGeorge ICANN Conference Recap
By Eric Goldman Yesterday, I went to the McGeorge conference on ICANN and domain names. My slides from my talk entitled Keyword Regulation and Domain Name Exceptionalism. I made the point (first outlined in my Deregulating Relevancy article) that domain…
Rescuecom v. Google Law Professors’ Amicus Brief
By Eric Goldman Rescuecom v. Google, 06-4881-CV (2nd Cir., law professors’ amicus brief filed February 22, 2007) Eighteen law professors submitted an amicus brief in the Rescuecom v. Google case, urging the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to affirm the…
Buying for the Home v. Humble Abode Settles
By Eric Goldman Buying for the Home, LLC v. Humble Abode, LLC, No. 03-CV-2783 (JAP) (D. N.J. Stipulation and Order of Settlement filed Feb. 16, 2006) You may recall the Buying for the Home v. Humble Abode decision from last…
Rescuecom v. Google Appellee’s Brief
By Eric Goldman Rescuecom v. Google, 06-4881-CV (2nd Circuit appellee brief filed February 12, 2007) Google filed its brief in the Rescuecom v. Google appeal to the Second Circuit. Admittedly, my view may be biased, but I thought this was…
City Law Requiring Taxi Co to Refer Competitors Isn’t TM Infringement–MCQ’s v. Philadelphia Parking
By Eric Goldman MCQ’s Enterprises, Inc. v. Philadelphia Parking Authority, No. 07-0067 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 11, 2007) As part of making the cab system more consumer-friendly, Philadelphia created a “coordinated dispatch system” for taxicabs. Each taxicab would install GPS. Then,…