Does Anyone Still Care About NFTs? (Yuga Labs, LLC v. Ripps) — Guest Blog Post
…op. at 25] Trademark Law: Validity Assuming NFTs are goods, there was no credible argument that the Bored Ape Yacht Club marks were invalid. The marks are inherently distinctive (arbitrary)…
Trump Lost the Trump Tapes Ruling, But Could He Still Prevail? (Guest Blog Post)
…SSRN). The Copyright Society piece revolves around whether a formerly enslaved person named Mary Ann Cord had a New York copyright in an autobiographical story she told to Mark Twain,…
Read the Published Version of My Paper Against Mandatory Online Age Authentication
…Against Washington Law Trying to Combat Online Prostitution Ads (Forbes Cross-Post & More) Backpage Gets TRO Against Washington Law Attempting to Bypass Section 230–Backpage v. McKenna MySpace Wins Another 47…
Analyzing the Lululemon v. Costco Dupe Suit (Guest Blog Post)
…of California, the complaint alleges Costco infringes Lululemon’s trademark, trade dress, and design patent rights in its Scuba hoodies and sweatshirts, DEFINE jackets, and ABC pants. According to Lululemon, with…
A Review of the NYT v. Microsoft AI-Copyright Ruling (Guest Blog Post)
…Daily News plaintiffs brought a federal trademark dilution claim against OpenAI. According to the Court: The trademark dilution plaintiffs allege they are owners of several trademarks (the “Diluted Trademarks”), which…
Because the SAD Scheme Disregards Due Process, Errors Inevitably Ensue–Modlily v. Funlingo
…if the inclusion of the Modlily trademark in the URL had trademark significance (which it doesn’t), Modlily hasn’t shown that Funlingo, as opposed to Amazon, made the requisite trademark use…
ChatGPT Defeats Defamation Lawsuit Over Hallucination–Walters v. OpenAI
Mark Walters “is a nationally prominent radio show host who hosts two nationally syndicated radio programs and identifies himself as ”the loudest voice in America fighting for gun rights.”” Riehl…
Court Permanently Enjoins Ohio’s Segregate-and-Suppress/Parental Consent Law–NetChoice v. Yost
…Online Prostitution Ads (Forbes Cross-Post & More) Backpage Gets TRO Against Washington Law Attempting to Bypass Section 230–Backpage v. McKenna MySpace Wins Another 47 USC 230 Case Over Sexual Assaults…
Arkansas’ Social Media Safety Act Permanently Enjoined—NetChoice v. Griffin
…court notes multiple problems with age authentication requirements, and also notes how the state could do more to promote the many existing parental-control tools available in the market. Vagueness. The…
Why I Emphatically Oppose Online Age Verification Mandates
…Law Trying to Combat Online Prostitution Ads (Forbes Cross-Post & More) Backpage Gets TRO Against Washington Law Attempting to Bypass Section 230–Backpage v. McKenna MySpace Wins Another 47 USC 230…