Apple May Be Liable For Privacy Violations by Third Party Developed Apps
…facilitating interactions with contacts. As a result, although these claims get past the motion to dismiss stage, I can’t imagine they will withstand a motion for summary judgment. Not to…
IP Battle Between Jumpy House Manufacturers Isn’t Bounced – WhatRU Holding v. Bouncing Angels
…was not as EZ. Unlike Bouncing Angels, EZI had no direct sales to Minnesota residents. Thus, WhatRU Holding had to argue that EZI’s website constituted minimum contacts with the forum…
How Well Do You Know IP Trivia? Let’s Find Out
…applications, how many were plant patent applications (within 2.5%)? None of the teams got either part correct. For part A, answers ranged from 330,000 to 800,000; for part B, answers…
Is It Software? Is It a Service? It Matters for Trademark Registration Purposes
…on the software, and cancelled the registration. The decision is consistent with, and cites, the 2012 Federal Circuit decision in the long-running saga of Lens.com v. 1-800 Contacts. In Lens.com,…
Should We Cheer The California Attorney General’s Revenge Porn Arrest–Or Find It Alarming? (Forbes Cross-Post)
…repeated contacts with victims using an electronic communication device, or that Bollaert himself disclosed anyone’s private facts. Instead, the complaint alleges that Bollaert ran a UGC website where users performed…
It’s Illegal For Offline Retailers To Collect Email Addresses–Capp v. Nordstrom
…Beats Lawsuit Alleging Violation of California’s “Shine the Light” Privacy Statute — Boorstein v. Men’s Journal * “Electronically Printed” Does not Include Automated Merchant Email — Shlahtichman v. 1-800 Contacts…
AFP v. Morel – Lawsuit Over Haiti Photos Taken From Twitter/Twitpic Goes to Trial
…for the trial https://www.facebook.com/events/649954168369985/ (221 people have indicated that they plan to attend). [Eric’s note: I hope we get some good photos from the trial from those 221 attendees, but…
eBay Not Liable for Technical Glitch When Seller Doesn’t Set Reserve Price — D’Agostino v. eBay
By Jake McGowan D’Agostino v. eBay, Inc., NO. A–5954–11T4 (N.J. Super. Ct. Sept. 13, 2013) To what extent is eBay liable for “lost profits” when a technical glitch makes a…
Sending a “DTF?” Text Message Supports Restraining Order — Finigan v. Weinberg
…that “these types of contacts between men and women are not at all uncommon.” [Eric’s comment: a quick survey of blog readers: how many of you have sent a DTF…
2013 Internet Law Syllabus and Casebook Now Online
…General Steel v. Chumley and notes about 1-800 Contacts v. Lens.com, the financial futility of keyword litigation, and Tre Milano. Privacy. I added some definitions from the new COPPA regulations….