Collaborators Using the ‘Instagram Collabs’ Feature May Forego a Section 230 Defense–Winer v. Mohammed
[I have so many Section 230 cases backlogged in my blogging queue, but this one is jumping the queue because of its comparative novelty.] This is a defamation case between…
Lawyer’s Fee Agreement Gagging Client Reviews Is Illegal–LS Carlson Law v. Sedgwick
Katie Sedgwick is a former client of LS Carlson Law. It sounds like she didn’t love working with them. She negatively reviewed the firm on Yelp. I had difficulty finding…
A 512(f) Case Survived a Motion to Dismiss. Guess What Happened Next–Channel 781 v. WCAC
The court describes the case: Plaintiff Channel 781 News (“Channel 781”) is a YouTube-based news outlet focusing on local affairs in Waltham, Massachusetts. Channel 781 posted clips from Waltham municipal…
Grok’s TOS Formation Failed–Skaggs v. X.ai
This case naturally raises some questions that Musk might choose to pose to Grok, like: “Grok, is it bad when TOS formation fails?” “Grok, what are best practices for TOS…
Every SAD Scheme Opinion Is Weird In Its Own Way–Cai v. Chaozhoushi Yitong Dianzi Shangwu Youxiangongsi
…numerous defendants listed on a “Schedule A”—are being filed at pace throughout the federal courts. See Eric Goldman, A Sad Scheme of Abusive Intellectual Property Litigation, 123 COLUM. L. REV….
LinkedIn’s Insight Tag Creates Legal Entanglements–Doe v. LinkedIn
This opinion is an offshoot of the multitudinous Meta Pixel cases. LinkedIn offered its own tracking technology called the Insight Tag. Prior blog post. In this case, two healthcare entities,…
It’s Hard for Parodic Products to Tarnish Famous Trademarks–Bad Spaniels v. Jack Daniel’s
The jurisprudence of parody dog toys and trademark dilution continues to grow. 📈 In this case, “JDPI argues that the Bad Spaniels toy dilutes its marks ‘by associating the famed…
11th Circuit Rejects Keyword Advertising Liability–Deltona v. NOCO
…to keyword ads and comparative advertising. Is “Battery Tender” Generic? The court says that the term “battery tender” isn’t inherently generic because (1) the USPTO registered the term, and “registration…
Ninth Circuit Lifts Restrictions on Agentic AI Accessing Amazon
…precedent and replaced it with a better one. And for that we can be thankful. * * * Eric’s Comments In the copyright module of my Internet Law course, I…
CJEU Judgment on Geoblocking & Standards for Knowledge of Foreign Copyright Laws and Geoblocking Measures (Guest Blog Post)
by Prof. Marketa Trimble UNLV Boyd Law School Last month, while sitting at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, a passenger typed www.annefrankmanuscripten.org on her laptop to look up the website at issue…