Washington State to AOL: You’ve Got Nailed
The Internet Cases blog comes through again, reporting on this decision, holding that the forum selection clause in AOL’s terms of service does not trump... Read more
Category: Internet Law
Virtual seizures
Andrew Cory tipped me off to this article in the Law of the Game blog involving a judicial “seizure” of gaming-world “assets.” Talking to Andrew... Read more
Don’t be evil, much
It was bad enough that the government has gone “in house” on copyright issues. Now not only is the government looking more and more “bought”... Read more
Jews for Jesus* v. free speech: update
Maybe if Steve Brodsky or the Whistleblower published pornography or scandalous charactures of Dick Cheney or were uploading music files the self-appointed guardians of free speech would have something to say about what's going on here. Read more
Defamation online
It’s our future. Instapundit rounds up developments, which Julie Hilden is all over. I’ve made my point on this topic — less a legal than... Read more
Survey: Users Confuse Search Results, Ads
Speaking of my post from yesterday, below — wow. Survey: Users Confuse Search Results, Ads. Hard to see how this doesn’t have some effect on... Read more
Vuitton beats Google on home court
The International Herald Tribune reports: Louis Vuitton, the luxury goods manufacturer, won another round Wednesday in its court battle with the search engine Google to... Read more
LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® in 2006: “Is Google a utility?”
I posted this in August, 2006. I don’t think the question has been answered yet: We wrote about the Kinderstart lawsuit against Google, claiming an... Read more
It’s Not the 20th Century Any More for Email Retention
Reuters “news service” “reports,” astutely: “Where judges once were more likely to accept that incompetence or computer problems might be to blame, they are now... Read more
The CDA “content” divide
When does an interactive website pass across the great divide of “content provider” versus “Internet service provider” under what’s left of the Communications Decency Act?... Read more
More on international law and the Web
Instapundit reports: YAHOO! HELPS TURN THE SCREWS: According to Reporters Sans Frontieres (Reporters Without Borders), Information supplied by Yahoo! helped Chinese journalist Shi Tao get... Read more
No one blinks
Reuters reports that the Tiffany trademark suit against eBay is really going to trial. Really! I am sure no one expected this. I certainly didn’t.... Read more
Best of 2009: “Adverference?”
This was originally published on January 22, 2009: Working from home today after a bruising few weeks at work (see yesterday’s post!), I finally figured... Read more
Best of 2010: Forget breakfast — eBay eats Tiffany’s lunch
The Second Circuit, unsurprisingly according to most commentators, has affirmed the decision of the Southern District of New York refusing to find eBay liable for... Read more