Newly Released Consumer Survey Indicates that Legal Concerns About Competitive Keyword Advertising Are Overblown (Forbes Cross-Post)
…just revenue) from the litigated terms. In 1-800 Contacts v. Lens.com, Lens.com made $20 of profit from competitive keyword ads. 1-800 Contacts unsuccessfully tried to hold Lens.com responsible for affiliate…
Courts Allows Text Spam Class Action Against Voxer, a Cell Phone Walkie-Talkie App — Hickey v. Voxernet
…texts to all of their contacts as a default, or merely sent these messages when they tried to contact specific individuals on their contacts lists. Plaintiff asserted claims under the…
Fight Over Access to Log-in Credentials for Blog Does not Trigger Copyright Preemption – Insynq v. Mann
…PhoneDog v. Kravitz, the Employee Twitter Account Case * Another Set of Parties Duel Over Social Media Contacts — Eagle v. Sawabeh * Employee’s Claims Against Employer for Unauthorized Use…
Google Sued Again for AdWords Trademark Infringement–Home Decor Center v. Google
…ridiculous trademark lawsuits, 1-800 Contacts). Are more lawsuits like this in the works for Google? Almost certainly. Will lawsuits like this pose a problem for Google? No. I think both…
H1 2012 Quick Links, Part 1 (Trademarks/Domain Names, Patents, Trade Secrets, IP)
…JC Penney for buying keyword ads triggered by brand name of goods it didn’t sell. * Update on the Lens.com v. 1-800 Contacts antitrust lawsuit. Prior blog post. * Spanish…
CYBERsitter Sues Google for AdWords Trademark Infringement
…for ad buys by its affiliates. See 1-800 Contacts v. Lens.com. Either way, I suspect CYBERsitter and ContentWatch can work out their differences. As I’ve documented many, many times, the…
Is SOPA’s “Follow the Money” Meme Infecting Anti-Spam Litigation? – Project Honey Pot v. Does
[Post by Gucci v. Frontline;…
MySpace Profile and Friends List May Be Trade Secrets (?)–Christou v. Beatport
…Contacts — Eagle v. Sawabeh * Employee’s Claims Against Employer for Unauthorized Use of Social Media Accounts Move Forward–Maremont v. SF Design Group * Courts Says Employer’s Lawsuit Against Ex-Employee…
What Do Soymilk and Nutella Have to Do With an Online Harassment Case?–Taylor v. Texas
By Eric Goldman Taylor v. State, 2012 WL 955383 (Tex. App. Ct. March 22, 2012) In service of you, the reader, I read a lot of cases to find the…
Trademark Lawsuit Over Website Text Comparing Products Baffles the Judge–AR Pillow v. Cottrell
…dismiss as a nominative use. See, e.g., 1 800 GET THIN v. Hiltzik. There is absolutely no question that the defendant’s reference qualifies as a nominative use under Ninth Circuit…