“Stop the Steal” Rally Attendee’s Defamation Claim Fails–Chad Burmeister v. Saldich
Chad Burmeister (no Chad jokes, please…no Karen jokes, either) attended the DC “Stop the Steal” rally on January 6, 2021. One of his LinkedIn contacts noisily dropped him as a…
Yet More Evidence That Keyword Advertising Lawsuits Are Stupid–Porta-Fab v. Allied Modular
…1-800 Contacts Charges Higher Prices Than Its Online Competitors, But They Are OK With That–FTC v. 1-800 Contacts * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were…
Another Tough People Search Ruling–Spindler v. Seamless
…citation: Spindler v. Seamless Contacts, Inc., 2022 WL 16985678 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 24, 2022). The complaint. UPDATE: For more of the same, see Hoffower v. Seamless Contacts, Inc., 2022 WL…
Griper’s Keyword Ads May Constitute False Advertising (Huh?)–LoanStreet v. Troia
…v. 1-800 Contacts * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. 1-800 Contacts * Amazon Defeats Lawsuit Over Its Keyword Ad Purchases–Lasoff v. Amazon…
Using a CDN May Contribute to Finding Personal Jurisdiction–R18 v. ThisAV
…other words, it’s not just that ThisAV has US contacts; the jurisdiction analysis should link those ties to the infringements, which isn’t so easy to do given that the infringements…
Who Owns a Disputed Social Media Account? – JLM v. Gutman
…Account Case Another Set of Parties Duel Over Social Media Contacts — Eagle v. Sawabeh Employee’s Claims Against Employer for Unauthorized Use of Social Media Accounts Move Forward–Maremont v. SF…
Trademark Owner Fucks Around With Keyword Ad Case & Finds Out–Las Vegas Skydiving v. Groupon
…Competitors, But They Are OK With That–FTC v. 1-800 Contacts * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. 1-800 Contacts * Amazon Defeats Lawsuit…
1-800 Contacts Loses YET ANOTHER Trademark Lawsuit Over Competitive Keyword Ads–1-800 Contacts v. Warby Parker
…1-800 Contacts’ trademark jurisprudence over the years: 1-800 Contacts v. WhenU (2d Cir. 2005). A major plaintiff loss against an adware vendor, and who likes adware??? 1-800 Contacts v. Lens.com…
When Are Sexually-Themed Memes “Harmful to Minors”?–State v. Chapman
…of an incident involving Judge Kozinski from a dozen years ago. He stored sexually-themed memes on a private server and shared them with his contacts. This ultimately proved to be…
Court Dismisses Trademark Claims Over Internal Search Results–Las Vegas Skydiving v. Groupon
…They Are OK With That–FTC v. 1-800 Contacts * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. 1-800 Contacts * Amazon Defeats Lawsuit Over Its…