Some Upcoming Internet Law and Privacy Events at Santa Clara Law
…don’t have an official announcement yet. However, for now, mark these dates for events with the UN Special Rapporteur for Privacy in his first (?) open-to-the-public event in the Silicon…
Problems With SESTA’s Retroactivity Provision (Guest Blog Post)
…the ex post facto clause.” Louis Vuitton S.A. v. Spencer Handbags Corp., 765 F.3d 966, 972 (2nd Cir. 1985). The Supreme Court asserted that “the mark of an ex post…
Doubling (& Tripling) Down on Trademark Protection For Secret Menu Items–In-N-Out v. Smashburger (Guest Blog Post)
…“triple burger”) might lead factfinders to conclude the marks are capable of serving as source indicators. The USPTO treated Smashburger’s allegedly infringing marks, including TRIPLE DOUBLE, as inherently distinctive for…
Catching Up on Ninth Circuit CFAA Jurisprudence (Internet Law Casebook Excerpt)
…precaution upon the departure of his accomplices, Becky Christian and Mark Jacobson. Nonetheless, they continued to access the database using the credentials of Nosal’s former executive assistant, Jacqueline Froehlich-L’Heureaux (“FH”),…
Backpage Executives Must Face Money Laundering Charges Despite Section 230–People v. Ferrer
…v. MySpace and Doe v. Backpage). The court also discussed the Backpage v. McKenna ruling’s discussion on scienter: the court recognized the difficulty in assigning knowledge of a third-party’s intent…
White-on-White Trademark Usage Might Constitute Initial Interest Confusion–Agdia v. Xia
…of a venerable online trademark koan: if a trademark tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it constitute trademark infringement? This is the…
Trademark Injunction Issued Against Print-on-Demand Website–Harley Davidson v. SunFrog
…finds that Harley qualifies for a preliminary injunction: “Because SunFrog sells numerous products bearing marks identical to or materially indistinguishable from Harley-Davidson’s registered (and largely incontestable) marks, Harley-Davidson has established…
1H 2017 Quick Links Part 7 (Fake News, RTBF, Censorship, Extremist Content)
…Mark Verstraete, Derek E. Bambauer, & Jane R. Bambauer, Identifying and Countering Fake News: * Combating Fake News: An Agenda for Research and Action, May 2017 * David O. Klein…
1H 2017 Quick Links, Part 6 (Defamation, Section 230, Consumer Reviews)
…to proceed. * Snow Systems, Inc. v. Tanner, 2017 WL 716047 (Ill. Ct. App. Feb. 22, 2017): “an internet posting on a publicly accessible website like the Ripoff Report is,…
1H 2017 Quick Links, Part 3 (Google, Facebook, Uber, Airbnb)
…against Google * Search Engine Land: Google thaws (a little) on defamation cases * Marketing Land: Locksmiths try again to sue Google over fake local listings * Search Engine Land:…