Third Circuit Revives a Sliver of Plaintiff’s Cookie-Blocking Circumvention Claims Against Google
…user’s browser is not a “facility” through which electronic communications services are provided, and defendants did not access any such facility. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Claims: The CFAA claims…
QVC Can’t Stop Web Scraping–QVC v. Resultly (Forbes Cross-Post)
…(E.D. Pa. March 13, 2015). The complaint. Related posts: * Company That Facilitates Digital Access to Public Records Uses CFAA to Block Scraper * Craigslist Wins Routine But Troubling Online…
Congress Is Considering A New Federal Trade Secret Law. Why? (Forbes Cross-Post)
…the EEA, the federal Computer Fraud & Abuse Act (CFAA) prohibits misuse of a third party’s computers. It wasn’t designed as a trade secret protection law, but it’s frequently invoked…
Lawsuit Against Adware Vendor Fails–Halperin v. Text Enhance
…ad on the user’s computer. Halperin ended up with Text Enhance on his computer and sued Affluent Ads, alleging CFAA and ECPA claims as well as state law claims. CFAA:…
Trademark Owners Just Can’t Win Keyword Advertising Cases–EarthCam v. OxBlue
…Network Automation case, those wins have been scarce. Today’s case involves two companies in the security camera business. EarthCam initiated a wide-ranging trade secret, CFAA and copyright lawsuit against OxBlue….
Apple May Be Liable For Privacy Violations by Third Party Developed Apps
…claims. The CFAA and Section 502 claims fail because plaintiffs failed to allege lack of authorization. The ECPA claim, as well as the Texas and California wiretap claims, fail because…
Dead Sea Scrolls Impersonation Case Convictions Partially Affirmed
…premised on use of NYU computers and use of those computers in excess or authorization – while the court does not delve into the CFAA-analogous issue raised by Nosal and…
Another Attempt to Scrub Unflattering Posts Fails
…the floor” They sued for copyright infringement, violations of the CFAA, tortious interference and false light. They also sought leave to issue subpoenas to the likes of Google, Twitter, and…
Another Questionable IP Lawsuit Over a Derogatory Twitter Account
…are “within Twitter’s network” (the CFAA claims, if any, are Twitter’s—Behringer is taking a page out of the handbook of the vice principal who tried to assert CFAA claims against…
Android and Pandora Privacy Rulings Accept Low Hurdle for Standing
…they fail to satisfy the damage threshold the court dismisses the UCL claim based on the unlawful prong since it piggybacked on the CFAA claim the court declines the request…