Chain of Title Proves Fatal to “Happy Birthday” Copyright Claim (Guest Blog Post)
…a music publisher, and (allegedly) Warner/Chappell’s predecessor-in-interest. On September 22, 2015, a federal district ruled on a motion for summary judgment that Warner/Chappell does NOT own a valid copyright in…
Two Tough Section 230 Rulings From Last Week–General Steel v. Chumley & Xcentric v. Smith
…20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 29, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, the evidence in the record shows the defendants specifically encouraged development of what is allegedly unlawful or legally…
2015 Internet Law Casebook Now Available
…VI. Trademarks and Domain Names Review: 15 U.S.C. §1114 [http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1114], 15 U.S.C. §1125 [http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1125] and 15 U.S.C. §8131 [http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/8131] Trademark FAQs Trademark Glossary A. Domain Names and Metatags Review: ICANN…
Section 230(c)(2) Gets No Luv From the Courts–Song Fi v. Google
…Code Section 28-3904.” YouTube won a venue transfer to California based on its user agreement. See our prior blog coverage of that ruling. Section 230(c)(2) Fails YouTube defended some of…
California’s Resale Royalty Statute Violates the Dormant Commerce Clause—In Part (Guest Blog Post)
By guest blogger Tyler Ochoa On Tuesday, May 5, an eleven-judge en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit held that California’s Resale Royalty Statute, Civil Code § 986, could not…
Q4 2014 & Q1 2015 Quick Links Part 6 (Google, Search Engines, Antitrust)
…sale of certain posters with the goal of coordinating changes to their respective prices and wrote computer code that instructed algorithm-based software to set prices in conformity with this agreement.”…
Q4 2014 & Q1 2015 Quick Links Part 4 (Potpourri)
…deliver that fare to the consumer. * United Airlines sues 22-year-old who found a method for buying cheaper plane tickets. The complaint. * 9th Circuit says the Americans With Disabilities…
Lawsuit Fails Over Ridesharing Service’s Disclosures To Its Analytics Service–Garcia v. Zimride
…that: Zimride’s disclosure of information such as the user’s ‘gender, age, zip code, metro region, travel plans, and link to the user’s Facebook profile’ aids Mixpanel in ‘compil[ing] comprehensive profiles…
Robert Half Can’t Stop Former Employees From Telling The World Where They Used To Work (Forbes Cross-Post)
…Professions Code 16600) voids almost all non-compete restrictions. The court easily sees how Paragraph 13 conflicts with the statute: Paragraph Thirteen of the employment agreements, by its terms, places some…
Employee Terminated For Ill-Advised Facebook Post Gets Unemployment Benefits
…and (3) that the conduct violated an applicable code “contracted for between employer and employee” and done with intent or knowledge that the employer’s interest would suffer. Surprisingly, the court…