Court Authorizes Unmasking Subpoena in Copyright Case–In re DMCA Subpoena to GoDaddy
The copyright owner Tamaris claims that 100+ websites, including “casinoestelar.com” and “powerbet.win,” infringe their copyrights. The copyright owner obtained a 512(h) unmasking subpoena and served it on GoDaddy. GoDaddy notified…
Visa Isn’t Liable for Underenforcing Its No-Surcharge Rule–Williams v. Visa
Visa has a rule that merchants can’t impose surcharges on consumers for using their debit cards. However, merchants widely disregard this rule. The plaintiff: alleges that “Visa does not enforce…
Copyright Lawsuits Over Embedding Are Still a Thing
Embed/in bed After the Ninth Circuit’s Hunley v. Instagram ruling in 2023, I naively assumed that the case established essential precedent that would quickly end other legal challenges to embedding….
Extortion Claims Against Ripoff Report Can Proceed–Selker v. Xcentric
My prior blog post on this case summarized: I’ve blogged many Ripoff Report cases over the years, but it’s been a while since my last one (looks like 2018?). In…
11th Circuit Sidesteps the SAD Scheme’s Problems–Ain Jeem v. Schedule A
The plaintiff enforces Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s IP rights. It is indeed “sad” to see a living legend like Kareem degrade his legacy by participating in a bottom-feeding operation like the SAD…
Another Shill Article Tries to Normalize the SAD Scheme
…Scheme targeting intellectual property (IP) infringements, has come to the attention of Internet Law Professor Eric Goldman. Professor Goldman is Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Research, Co-Director of the…
YouTuber Loses Account Suspension Case Again–Hall v. YouTube
This is a futile account termination/content removal case, like dozens before it. Prior blog post. So I’m blogging this ruling for completion, not significance. After the prior dismissal, the YouTuber…
Challenge to Maryland’s “Kid Code” Survives Motion to Dismiss–NetChoice v. Brown
…Prof. Goldman’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Demolition of the Internet in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton Court Permanently Enjoins Ohio’s Segregate-and-Suppress/Parental Consent Law–NetChoice v. Yost Arkansas’ Social Media Safety…
Court Sanctions Plaintiff’s Lawyer for Unverified Claims That the Defendant Was Hiding–Guangzhou Youlan Technology Co. Ltd. v. Onbrill World
This is a SAD Scheme-adjacent design patent case against an Amazon merchant. I say “adjacent” because the plaintiff’s lawyer apparently cloned-and-revised SAD Scheme templates but made two major variations: (1)…
Twitter’s TOS Formation Upheld–Taddeo-Waite v. X
TL;DR: a court upheld X’s TOS formation. This is not a new or surprising result, especially against a pro se plaintiff. * * * The plaintiff claims that Twitter failed…