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…
Third Circuit Rejects a Meta Pixels Case–Cole v. Quest Diagnostics
This is a Meta Pixels case. In a short nonprecedential opinion, the Third Circuit rejects the plaintiffs’ claims. CIPA. The court says that Facebook isn’t impermissibly “eavesdropping” when a user’s…
Emoji Evidence Errors Don’t Undo a Murder Conviction–People v. Harmon
Delarosa was convicted of murder. (Some background on the case). On appeal, he argues the court should have excluded a Facebook message that indicated he owned a gun a few…
Terminated User Loses Lawsuit Against Facebook–Hunt v. Meta
“Plaintiff alleges that Meta deleted and blocked his Instagram and Facebook posts causing him ‘lost [sic] of earning, loss of earning capacity, damage to reputation in the past and future…
The Initial Interest Confusion Doctrine Refuses to Die
Continuing my recent critical coverage of the initial interest confusion doctrine, here are a few more rulings on the subject. Hoffmann Brothers Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc. v. Hoffmann Air…
‘Initial Interest Confusion’ Is More of a Vibe Than a Credible Legal Doctrine–Penn State v. Vintage Brand
(click for the animation) This is a merchandise “counterfeiting” case. In a prior ruling in this case, a “jury determined that Defendants had willfully violated Penn State’s trademark and awarded…
Colorado’s Mandatory Social Media “Warning Labels” Are Unconstitutional–NetChoice v. Weiser
[I’m so far behind in blogging the challenges to state Internet censorship laws. We’ll see if I can catch some of the ones I missed.] State censorship laws come in…
Addiction Lawsuit Against TikTok Can Proceed in Nevada–TikTok v. Nevada District Court
All eyes are on the social media addiction class action lawsuits in California federal and state courts, where the plaintiffs are getting close to conducting trials that pose existential implications…