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Category: Internet Law

Posted on March 10, 2023 Internet Law

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

Posted on February 25, 2023 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

Posted on December 30, 2022 Internet Law

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

Posted on December 22, 2022 Brand Management and Branding Fair Use Free Expression Internet Law Trademarks and trademark law

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

Posted on October 22, 2022 Internet Law

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

Posted on October 19, 2022 Internet Law Trademarks and trademark law

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

Posted on July 28, 2022 Counterfeiting & Piracy Fashion Law Internet Law

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

Posted on July 27, 2022 Internet Law

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

Posted on May 14, 2022 Internet Law

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

Posted on March 12, 2022 Internet Law

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

Posted on February 16, 2022 Internet Law

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

Posted on December 22, 2021 Internet Law Trademarks and trademark law

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

Posted on November 29, 2021December 8, 2021 Copyright Law Internet Law

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

Posted on November 16, 2021 Counterfeiting & Piracy Fashion Law Internet Law

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

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The question of whether consumers are likely to be confused is the signal inquiry that determines if a trademark infringement claim is valid. I write here about trademark law, copyright law, brands, free speech (mostly as it relates to the Internet and social media). That may sound like a lot, but it's just a blog.

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