Q4 2014 & Q1 2015 Quick Links Part 6 (Google, Search Engines, Antitrust)
…few months, many of them related to this development. Google * Mistakenly released FTC Staff Report on its Google antitrust investigation. Marketing Land: Highlights Of The FTC Staff Report On…
Q4 2014 & Q1 2015 Quick Links Part 5 (Trademarks, Domain Names, Marketing)
…report or deposition, however, did he provide the actual method for distinguishing between valid and invalid clicks. Further, in his deposition he acknowledged that he knows of no sources, including…
Law Professor Blogger Wins Anti-SLAPP Ruling, But It’s Hard To Celebrate The Win–Welch v. USD
…San Diego. He runs the California Appellate Report blog, which has been going strong since 2005 with at least 300 posts each year (impressive!). In what I imagined seemed like…
Q4 2014 & Q1 2015 Quick Links Part 1 (Privacy/Security)
…EFF. * WSJ: Europe’s Web-Cookie Warnings Are a Waste, Report Says. Ronald E. Leenes & Eleni Kosta, Taming the Cookie Monster with Dutch Law – A Tale of Regulatory Failure…
GA Supreme Court Fixes Overbroad Injunction Against Message Board Operator–Chan v. Ellis
…had others visit the website and report back to her about the commentary published there. Generally speaking, our stalking law forbids speech only to the extent that it is directed…
Court Rejects Bizarre Attempt To Scrub Consumer Review–Goren v. Ripoff Report
…didn’t mention exclusivity, so the court says that this checkbox gave Ripoff Report only a non-exclusive license to the review. Goren also tried the Blockbuster/Zappos argument that Ripoff Report’s terms…
Theater Employee’s Post-Termination Blogging Isn’t a Matter of “Public Concern”
…Talk Slides on Section 230, Anti-SLAPP Laws and Housing Anti-Discrimination Two More Cases Hold That Anti-SLAPP Laws Protect Consumer Reviews Ripoff Report and Topix Postings Protected by California’s Anti-SLAPP Law–Chaker…
It Takes a Default Judgment to Win a 17 USC 512(f) Case–Automattic v. Steiner
…only because the defendant defaulted. I’ll discuss the magistrate’s October 2014 report as approved by the court this month. The case involves a British blogger/journalist, Hotham, and a British organization…
Trial Court Doesn’t Unmask Parodist Twitterers
…Another Questionable IP Lawsuit Over a Derogatory Twitter Account Ripoff Report and Topix Postings Protected by California’s Anti-SLAPP Law–Chaker v. Mateo Which Was Dumber–Trash-Talking Tweeting, Or The Decision To Prosecute…
Top 10 Fair Use Cases of 2014 (Guest Blog Post)
…law school exam question: If a tree falls in a forest and the logger chopping it down records the sound, while a nearby reporter simultaneously makes her own, independent recording,…