Category: Internet and Society  
InternetCases.com - December 20, 2011
Ascentive, LLC v. Opinion Corp., 2001 WL 6181452 (E.D.N.Y. December 13, 2011) Plaintiffs sued gripe site pissedconsumer.com for trademark infringement and other forms of unfair competition. The court denied plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction. It found, among other
InternetCases.com - December 18, 2011
Clickwrap and browsewrap agreements are not the only enforceable online agreements. Fadal Machining Centers, LLC v. Compumachine, Inc., 2011 WL 6254979 (9th Cir. December 15, 2011) Plaintiff manufacturer sued one of its distributors over unpaid invoices. Defendant m
E-Commerce Law - December 08, 2011
At 10 a.m. on Saturday, I'll be appearing on Blueprint for Wealth on Federal News Radio (1500AM and 820AM in the D.C. Metro Area and streaming live at www.federalnewsradio.com
E-Commerce Law - December 08, 2011
Our article, entitled "Putting the Genie Back in the Bottle:  Leveraging Private Enforcement to Improve Internet Privacy," leads off the most recent issue of the William Mitchell Law Review.  In t
InternetCases.com - December 08, 2011
Fink v. Time Warner Cable, 2011 WL 3962607 (S.D.N.Y. September 7, 2011) Plaintiffs sued Time Warner (the provider of Road Runner High Speed Online internet access), alleging, among other things, that Time Warner’s alleged “
InternetCases.com - December 08, 2011
First Time Videos v. Does 1-18, 2011 WL 4079177 (S.D. Indiana, September 13, 2011) Plaintiff owns the copyright in an adult film that a swarm of anonymous “Doe” BitTorrent users allegedly traded. So plaintiff filed suit for infringement in the U.S. District Cou
InternetCases.com - December 08, 2011
State v. Turner, 2011 WL 4424754 (Conn. Super. September 6, 2011) A Connecticut state court held that prosecuting a blogger for posting content online encouraging others to use violence did not violate the blogger’s First Amendment right to free speech. Defen
InternetCases.com - December 08, 2011
Sitton v. Print Direction, Inc., — S.E.2d —, 2011 WL 4469712 (Ga.App. September 28, 2011) A Georgia court held that an employee using a personal laptop to conduct business for a competitor did not have an invasion of privacy claim when his employer busted him a
InternetCases.com - December 08, 2011
Apple Inc. v. Psystar Corp., — F.3d —, 2011 WL 4470623 (9th Cir. September 28, 2011) [PDF]
InternetCases.com - December 08, 2011
Yoder v. Equipmentfacts, 2011 WL 2433504 (N.D.Ohio June 14, 2011) [This is a post by Jackson Cooper. Jackson graduated from DePaul University College of Law in May 2011 with a certificate in intellectual property and information technology law. Jackson also recentl
InternetCases.com - December 08, 2011
Ardis Health, LLC v. Nankivell, 2011 WL 4965172 (S.D.N.Y. October 19, 2011) Defendant was hired to be plaintiffs’ “video and social media producer,” with responsibilities that included maintaining social media pages in connection with the online marketing
InternetCases.com - December 08, 2011
Mattingly v. Milligan, 2011 WL 5184283 (E.D.Ark. November 1, 2011) Plaintiff worked in the county clerks office. Her old boss, whom she had supported in the election, lost. Her new boss (the newly-elected county clerk) began cleaning house and laid off some of the staff. P
InternetCases.com - December 08, 2011
Last night I appeared in a piece that aired on the 9 o’clock news here in Chicago, talking about the legal issues surrounding isanyoneup.com. (That site is definitely NSFW and I’m not linking to it because it doesn’t deserve the page rank help.) The site presents some interesti
InternetCases.com - December 08, 2011
Obsidian Finance Group, LLC v. Cox, 2011 WL 5999334 (D.Or. November 30, 2011) Plaintiff filed a defamation lawsuit against defendant, who self-identified as an “investigative blogger” and a member of the “media.” Defendant asked the court to protect
InternetCases.com - July 27, 2011