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Tag: John Doe Actions

Posted on March 15, 2023 Anonymity

Internet anonymity still a judicial fave

Evan Brown reports: A trial court in Arizona has quashed a subpoena served on Godaddy, issued by a plaintiff in a defamation suit against an... Read more

Posted on November 4, 2022 Anonymity

Best of 2013: Cooley Law v. John Doe 1, in which Doe does not

First published May 1, 2013. Today I was preparing a brief in opposition to a subpoena served on a client seeking information to identify certain... Read more

Posted on January 27, 2021March 1, 2021 Anonymity

Cooley Law v. John Doe 1, in which Doe does not

Today I was preparing a brief in opposition to a subpoena served on a client seeking information to identify certain anonymous third parties.  [Update:  The... Read more

Posted on October 17, 2019 Blogging

Blogger anonymity upheld against John Doe defamation claims

The defendant-appellant, John Doe No.1, anonymously posted allegedly defamatory statements about the plaintiff-appellee, Cahill, on an internet blog. Cahill brought a defamation action. Seeking to... Read more

Posted on October 17, 2019 Free Expression Internet Law

John Doe Discovery Cases Go from Meritless to Expensive

The John Doe lawsuit filed solely for discovery purposes is not only dying, but it may become its very own tort! We addressed some of... Read more

Posted on July 31, 2018August 24, 2018 Foreign Marks

Grapes of Rath

The Patently Obvious Blog reports that the Federal Circuit, still clinging to antique notions of national sovereignty, quaintly rules that although the U.S. is indeed... Read more

Posted on September 10, 2012 Internet Law

John Doe in Illinois

Evan Brown lays this out so clearly it would be a shame to go through the trouble of paraphrasing: Zynga (you know, the creator of Farmville... Read more

Posted on June 15, 2011July 5, 2013 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

It’s good to the be the king

Michael Atkins: Western District [of Washington] Judge John Coughenour appears to have stopped taking new trademark cases. New matters assigned to him reportedly are reassigned... Read more

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