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Tag: John Doe Actions

Blogger anonymity upheld against John Doe defamation claims

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2013-12-31 16:08:04. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe defendant-appellant, John Doe No.1, anonymously posted allegedly defamatory statements about the plaintiff-appellee, Cahill, on an internet […]

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Blogging

John Doe Discovery Cases Go from Meritless to Expensive

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2005-11-04 10:22:44. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe John Doe lawsuit filed solely for discovery purposes is not only dying, but it may become […]

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Free Expression, Internet Law

Grapes of Rath

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2010-06-08 15:23:57. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe Patently Obvious Blog reports that the Federal Circuit, still clinging to antique notions of national sovereignty, […]

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Foreign Marks

Internet anonymity still a judicial fave

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2014-10-28 18:56:18. Republished by Blog Post PromoterEvan Brown reports: A trial court in Arizona has quashed a subpoena served on Godaddy, issued by […]

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Anonymity

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

Posted on December 26, 2013 by Ron Coleman

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 […]

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Anonymity

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

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Ron Coleman

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 […]

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Anonymity

John Doe in Illinois

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Ron Coleman

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 […]

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Internet Law

It’s good to the be the king

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Ron Coleman

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 […]

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