Google Defeats Class Certification in Keyword Ad Lawsuit–FPX v. Google
…a venal adversary. However, so far the case is working out fine for Google. Judge Ward (adopting Magistrate Judge Everingham’s report verbatim) refused to certify the class, meaning that each…
Q3 2011 Quick Links, Part 1 (Copyright Edition)
…Michael Geist’s coverage. * Turnitin’s “WriteCheck” service lets students preview the plagiarism detection report before submitting their papers to their instructors. Good business to be dealing arms to both sides….
Stock Trading Message Board Protected by 47 USC 230–Deer Consumer Products v. Little
…to dismiss. This case involves several third party-authored reports on SeekingAlpha discussing the business practices of Deer Consumer Products, a Chinese manufacturer of small home appliances. Deer sued both an…
Overreactive Guidance for Social Networking Du Jour — NLRB Edition
…company on Facebook or Twitter. The NLRB recently issued a report regarding the cases it was involved in. I took a look at the report and was surprised at the…
Consumer Reviews at “Local” Review Sites Don’t Support Jurisdiction–Wilkerson v. RSL
…Get Disadvantageous Jurisdictional Appellate Rulings in Defamation Cases * Ripoff Report Sues Blogger, Loses on Jurisdictional Grounds–Xcentric Ventures v. Bird * Defamation Lawsuit Against Blogger Dismissed on Jurisdictional Grounds–Fahmy v….
Power.com Up For Auction — Facebook v. Power Ventures
…judgment, but Facebook successfully resisted the motion on the basis that it had not had an opportunity to conduct sufficient discovery. Now I see a report from Domain Name News…
Court Denies Injunction in Webcam Case Against Aarons — Byrd v. Aarons, Inc.
[Post by Venkat Balasubramani] Byrd, et al. v. Aaron’s, Inc., et al., 11-cv-00101-SJM-SPB (W.D. Pa. July 8, 2011). Magistrate report. Judge’s approval. Plaintiffs leased (and then purchased) their computer from…
Comments on the Second Circuit Hot News Decision–Barclays v. theflyonthewall [Catch up post]
…brokerage recommendations were the news (not a reporting of someone else’s news), and the website was just reporting the news created by the brokerage firms. The majority says: “the Firms…
June 2011 Quick Links, Part 2
…*Back in September 2010, Xcentric v. Bird settled in a no money deal. The settlement agreement. Ripoff Report’s appended response to the original blog post. Prior blog post. * Scott…
“Hot Topics in UGC Liability” Talk Slides
…the farcical DOC report on trademark bullying), it seems useful to catalog some of the bad dispositions we’re seeing without the dispute getting into court so that policy-makers can understand…