California Supreme Court: Retail Privacy Statute Doesn’t Apply to Download Transactions – Apple v Superior Court (Krescent)
…the court in Pineda, where the court found that collection of a zip-code by a bricks and mortar retailer violated the statute. While the statute provides for several exceptions allowing…
Google’s Privacy Policy Integration Initially Defeats Legal Challenge — In re Google Privacy Policy Litigation
…seq., California’s Right of Publicity Statute, Cal. Civ. Code 3344, California’s Unfair Competition Law, Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 17200 et seq., California’s Consumer Legal Remedies Act, Cal. Civ. Code…
Facebook Isn’t–and Shouldn’t Be–A Democracy (Forbes Cross-Post)
…it’s costly for UGC websites to give more configuration options to users, especially if requires the website to maintain old or duplicative code. And from users’ standpoint, too many configuration…
Minors’ Suit Over Facebook Credits Survives in Part – I.B. v. Facebook
…and were not successful. They brought putative class claims. Disaffirmance: The big question was whether the minors’ contract to purchase the Facebook credits were void or voidable. California Family Code…
The Problems With Software Patents (Forbes Cross-Post)
…Copyrights and Trade Secrets Provide Adequate Production Incentives. Multiple aspects of software can qualify for copyright protection: the source code, the compiled code, the visual layout, the documentation, possibly even…
Preview of Our “Solutions to the Software Patent Problem” Conference
By Eric Goldman On Friday, we’re having our big academic conference of the semester, “Solutions to the Software Patent Problem.” At the conference, experts will propose their ideas of how…
Class Action Against Path Over Cellphone Address Book Access Keeps Going — Hernandez v. Path
…applies.” Both of these claims are dismissed with leave to amend. CA Anti-Hacking Law: The court denies the claims with respect to Section 502 (the statute implicated in Facebook v….
Employee’s Twitter Rant Means He Doesn’t Get Unemployment Benefits–Burns v. UCBR
…a code of conduct that required employees to “treat each other with respect” and prohibited harassment of any kind. A human resource partner testified that another employee complained about Burns’…
The Proposed “Cloud Computing Act of 2012,” and How Internet Regulation Can Go Awry (Forbes Cross-Post)
…“cloud computing service,” exemplifies this. 3) Code proliferation. For every problem, real or perceived, legislators think they can fix the problem with more regulatory code. But the manufacturing of new…
Marilyn Monroe’s Image is Cast Into the Public Domain — Sort Of (Guest Blog Post)
…to allow for testamentary disposition of the right for celebrities who died before January 1, 1985. SB 771 also added subsection (p) to California Civil Code section 3344.1, stating: “The…