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Federal Jury Hands Down First Conviction Under the DMCA in DirecTV Case
In U.S.A. v. Thomas Michael Whitehead, Case No. 2:03CR53 (C.D.C.A. Sept. 19, 2003), the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California alleged that Whiteh…
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Federal Court Dismisses Hyperphrase Patent Infringement Case Against Microsoft
Hyperphrase Technologies sued Microsoft for patent infringement of three of Hyperphrase’s patents relating to storage and retreival of information in computer s…
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Refusal to Establish Hyperlink May Violate First Amendment Rights
Geoffrey Davidian publishes The Putnam Pit, a tabloid and website that monitors corruption in Cookeville, Tennessee. Davidian lives in California but developed…
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Class Certification Denied in Infringement Action against Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.
The District Court of Massachusetts denied plaintiff's motion for class certification in a copyright infringement suit by three freelance photographers agai…
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FTC Proposes Settlement of Unfair Practice Charges with AOL, CompuServe
On September 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a proposed consent order settling complaints with AOL and its subsidiary, CompuServe. The FTC had…
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Although Product Distributor’s Web Activity Did not Create Minimum Contacts with Forum State, Personal Jurisdiction Held Proper
The plaintiff, a New York resident, brought claims under the Lanham Act, Clean Air Act, Kansas state unfair trade law, and common law negligence against several…
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Register.com Settles Class Action Suit
Michael Zurakov filed a lawsuit based on Register.com’s practice of initially pointing newly registered domain names to a “Coming Soon” Page, which informs Inte…
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Federal Court Strikes Down FTC’s National Do-not-call List, Allows Other Telemarketer Regulations
Several groups representing telemarketing firms sued the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. The suit cha…
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Attachmnent of GPS Devices to Private Vehicles Requires a Warrant
William Bradley Jackson reported his daughter Valiree missing on October 18, 1999. Police soon suspected that Jackson was involved in the disappearance and obt…
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Headline: Advertisers in the UK Must Get Explicit Permission Before Marketing By E-mail
The UK’s ASA is an independent self-regulatory body responsible for supervising the CAP Code as applied to the advertising industry. The CAP Code is written by…
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Verisign Settles FTC Complaint for False Advertising to Take Competitors’ Domain Name Registrants
Verisign and the Federal Trade Commission have reached a settlement stemming from charges that Verisign’s Network Solutions unit, the largest domain name regist…