Google Goes on Offensive in AdWords Trademark Lawsuit–Google v. John Beck Amazing Profits
…a page out of Yahoo’s playbook in its litigation with American Airlines. American Airlines sued Yahoo over selling trademarked keywords in a Texas federal court; Yahoo shot back with a…
Another Lawsuit Over Google AdWords–Stratton Faxon v. Google
…account. I don’t have a complete inventory of these lawsuits, but other examples include the Field, Feldman, Person and Bradley lawsuits. Ironically, I believe all of these lawsuits were shot…
Google’s International Trademark Policy Change: “What, Me Worry?”
…do much of anything right now. I still think they have a good shot at winning the Rescuecom case in the end, and if they do, they probably won’t feel…
Republishing MySpace Post in Local Paper Might Be Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress–Moreno v. Hanford Sentinel
…editor under Moreno’s full name. The community response to the published essay was severe; according to the court, “Appellants received death threats and a shot was fired at the family…
The Third Wave of Internet Exceptionalism
…Internet exceptionalism, but instead of favoring the Internet, regulators treated the Internet more harshly than analogous offline activity. For example, in 2005, a Texas website called Live-shot.com announced that it…
Principal Loses Lawsuit Against Students and Parents Over Fake MySpace Page–Draker v. Schreiber
…dismissed. As a parting shot, however, one of the judges issued a stinging concurrence, blasting the students for “outrageous” conduct and admonishing that the “school children of this state should…
PLI Presentation on Social Networking Sites and Blogs
By Eric Goldman Last week I gave a brief overview talk about social networking sites and blogs at a PLI conference. My slides. For each screen shot, you’ll have to…
Oct.-Nov. 2007 Quick Links, Part 1
…corrected with a double shot of quick links covering October and November: Wikipedia * Slashdot: Has Wikipedia peaked? If true, I’m not surprised. * The new status symbol of the…
July 2007 Quick Links, Part I
…(S.D.Cal. April 13, 2007). Oh man, what a crazy lawsuit. Freelancer takes product shot of hotel and licenses photo to hotel. Hotel then provides photo to third party websites (such…
Top Cyberspace IP Cases of 2005
…In this decision, Judge Patel shot down the third theory. The record companies relied primarily on the Fourth Circuit’s 1997 decision in Hotaling v. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day…