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Some Requirements for Pleading Copyright Misuse Counterclaims
Author: Stuart Loh Defendant Psystar Corporation (“Psystar”) makes and sells a line of computers which support the plaintiff Apple Inc.’s (“Apple”) operating s…
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Internet Service Provider Potentially Liable for Copyright Infringement of Hosted Websites
Author: Allison Pedrazzi Helfrich Following an investigation and notification attempts, clothing distributor Louis Vuitton Malletier filed a complaint against…
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FCC Can Ban Customer Retention Practices
Author: Alex Harris The DC Circuit upheld a decision of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) prohibiting Verizon from continuing some of the company’s…
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Court Allows Invasion of Privacy Claim Against Tax Service Provider for Throwing Away Tax Returns in Public Dumpster
Author: José Mauro Vicki J. Pinero sued Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. (“Jackson Hewitt”) for not complying with its own privacy policy and dumping her tax re…
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Google Immune from Liability Under § 230 of the CDA for AdWords Content Created by Third Parties
Author: Matt Kellogg In the Northern District of California, the District Court granted Google’s motion to dismiss in a suit claiming that Google had been comp…
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DMCA Safe Harbor for Service Providers Also Protects Non-Storage Activities Designed to Facilitate Access to User-Stored Content
Author: Stuart Loh Universal Music Group (“UMG”) sued Veoh Networks, Inc. (“Veoh”), an Internet-based service that allows users to share videos online, for c…
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English Court Allows Defamation Action to Proceed Despite Evidence of Low Readership
Author: Ranjini Acharya John Alexis Mardas, a former associate of the Beatles, has won the right to bring defamation proceedings against the New York Times an…
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Arizona District Court Rules Website Targeting Plaintiff Does Not Create Jurisdiction in Plaintiff’s Home State
Author: Allison Pedrazzi Helfrich In January 2008, Jan Kruska filed defamation, cyberstalking, and other claims against Perverted Justice Foundation, Inc. (an…
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First Amendment Protects Modified Use of Strip Club’s Trademark in Controversial Video Game
Author: Morgan Galland In E.S.S. Entertainment 2000, Inc. v. Rock Star Videos, Inc., the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the m…
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Court Upholds Forum Selection Clause in Web Hosting Agreement
Author: Jenny Kim The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed Bennett v. Hosting.com for improper venue last November. The plain…
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Congress Can Ban Receipt of Obscene Pornographic Text, Drawings Online
Author: Alex Harris The Fourth Circuit upheld the conviction of a man who downloaded, among other content, graphic illustrations of fictional minors engaged i…
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Barbara van Schewick on Network Neutrality Nuances
CIS Co-Director, Barbara van Schewick, and David Farber of Carnegie Mellon University, recently debated the Nuances of Net Neutrality in the Association for Com…