Employee’s Privacy Claim Based on Allegedly Improper Access to Facebook Post Fails — Ehling v. Monmouth-Ocean Hosp.
…supremacist opened fire in the Wash D.C. Holocaust Museum this morning and killed an innocent guard (leaving children). Other guards opened fire. The 88 yr old was shot. He survived….
“Heisman Pose” Photographer’s Lawsuit Whittled Down–Masck v. Sports Illustrated
…since the suit’s inception was that Masck had most likely missed his shot at statutory damages by dragging his feet registering the photograph. Under Section 412(2) of the Copyright Act,…
Perfect 10 Gets a Surprising Partial Sumary Judgment in 512 Case–Perfect 10 v. Yandex
…taken down. The notice letter was followed by several pages of screen shots from Yandex’s own image search web sites. The screen shots showed the allegedly-copyrighted images in Yandex’s search…
It’s Legally Okay if Google Thinks Your Name and Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Have Something to Do With Each Other (Forbes Cross-Post)
…“bev stayart levitra” (Levitra is an erectile dysfunction drug). See the recent screen shot on the right. Many of us would shrug this off; in contrast, this situation has launched…
Amazon’s Merchandising of Its Search Results Doesn’t Violate Trademark Law (Forbes Cross-Post)
…watches due to MTM’s distribution control (see screen shot). Instead, the court says, “all of the watches retrieved by Amazon belong to MTM’s competitors, in particular Luminox and Chase-Durer.” In…
“Heisman Pose” Photographer Sues for Copyright Infringement – Masck v. Sports Illustrated, et al.
…famous pose being struck. Brian had by far the best shot – really the only shot[.] With several other photographers capturing the same moment, there is also the practical issue…
Another Blow to Banks in ACH Fraud Cases: Funds Transfers Act Preempts Indemnity Agreements — Choice Escrow v. BancorpSouth
…provisions) as adopted by Missouri. BancorpSouth shot back with four counterclaims relating to indemnity agreements signed by Choice Escrow, agreeing to indemnify BSB for any losses, costs, liabilities or expenses….
Judge Seeborg Rejects Sponsored Stories Settlement For Now — Fraley v. Facebook
…warning shot from the court; maybe another way of saying that the parties should come back and dress up their settlement a little more nicely. While courts have scrutinized settlements…
Breastfeeding Mom Can Sue Video Producer Despite Signing a Blanket Release–Sahoury v. Meredith
…out the case on a motion to dismiss. She basically gets around the release by arguing procedural defects (presented after the video was shot, as she had to leave quickly…
Judge Alsup Tries to Out the Shills in Oracle v. Google
…maybe Judge Alsup got wind of the shilling, and issued this order as a shot across the bow, to shills in this case, and in future cases as well. ______…