2024 Internet Law Year-in-Review
…In Murthy, the court addressed when government contacts with social media constitute censorial “jawboning.” The court resolved the matter on standing grounds, but in a way that made it harder…
Ninth Circuit Tells Trademark Owners to Stop Suing Over Competitive Keyword Ads–Lerner & Rowe v. Brown Engstrand
…FTC’s Antitrust Win Against 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Restrictions * 1-800 Contacts Charges Higher Prices Than Its Online Competitors, But They Are OK With That–FTC v. 1-800 Contacts * FTC…
Court Revives Indiana AG’s False Advertising Case Against TikTok–State v. TikTok
…blast from the past. And not really necessary at all. TikTok’s contacts within Indiana are well beyond the “minimum” needed to satisfy due process. TikTok has millions of end-users of…
Second Circuit Tells Trademark Owners to Stop Suing Over Competitive Keyword Advertising–1-800 Contacts v. Warby Parker
…Are OK With That–FTC v. 1-800 Contacts * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. 1-800 Contacts * Amazon Defeats Lawsuit Over Its Keyword…
Catching Up on Two Keyword Ad Cases
…Tidbits From FTC’s Antitrust Win Against 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Restrictions * 1-800 Contacts Charges Higher Prices Than Its Online Competitors, But They Are OK With That–FTC v. 1-800 Contacts…
Court Blows Up Gmail’s Section 230 Protection, But Allegations of Biased Spam Filtering Still Fail–Republican National Committee v. Google
Prior blog post. If I say so myself, it was a really good post–you should read it first and then read this post. In my prior post, I wrote: “I…
Competitor Isn’t Responsible for Google Knowledge Panel’s Contents–International Star Registry v. RGIFTS
…Its Online Competitors, But They Are OK With That–FTC v. 1-800 Contacts * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. 1-800 Contacts * Amazon…
TIL: “Texas Tamale” Is an Enforceable Trademark–Texas Tamale v. CPUSA2
…1-800 Contacts Charges Higher Prices Than Its Online Competitors, But They Are OK With That–FTC v. 1-800 Contacts * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were…
Trump’s Retweets Are Criminal Contempt of a Gag Order–People v. Trump
…these protected individuals necessarily causes some harm or intimidation–whether those contacts are done directly or by third parties spurred to act by the restrained individual. Thus, it’s typically a violation…
Section 230 Doesn’t Apply to Sending Non-Consensual Pornography by Postal Mail–Doe v. Spencer
…the Internet enabled the distribution of images or videos), and several cases were very similar to this case (postal mail to relatives, friends, and business contacts). Second, Doe made a…