Archived News
12/24/08 WSJ: Verizon Awarded $33.2 Million in 'Cybersquatting' Case
12/15/08 WSJ: Google seeks private Internet fast lane; Net
neutrality advocates cringe.
11/13/08 Washington Post: Alleged
major source of online
scams and spam McColo Corp. knocked Offline. Significant reduction in
spam expected.
11/12/08: New Case - Interactive Nevada website even when
combined with Illinois targeted advertising is insufficient to confer
jurisdiction upon website owner for injuries occurring in Nevada.
Linehan v. Golden Nugget
USDC Northern District of Illinois 05 C
7030
9/18/08 WHIR News:
Cybersquatters Buy Merger Domains
8/28/08 Los Angeles Times:
Target settles suit with National Federation of the Blind
8/5/08 CNN: 11
Charged With Massive Identity Theft
7/25/08 MSNBC:
Victim of fake Facebook profile wins libel suit.
6/30/08 WSJ: Ebay Fined by French
Court Over Selling Counterfeits.
3/18/08 Reuters:
ValueClick agrees to pay $2.9M to settle FTC claim charging false
promises of prizes including plasma televisions and ipods.
3/14/08 KXMB News:
South Dakota adds text messaging, IM and email to traditional
harassment laws.
3/14/08 Siliconvalley.com:
AOL to buy social network Bebo for $850 million.
3/4/08 Yahoo!:
Form D Securities Filings to go Electronic; Adds Ease of Use and
Search; Increases Investor Anonymity
2/1/08 Website Magazine:
Jeffrey A. Cohen of InternetLitigators answers Common Questions
about Cybersquatting and Domain Name Rights.
1/23/08 NEW JERSEY: New
Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine has signed a measure that requires online
dating services to post a criminal background check policy
prominently on their sign-up pages. Full Text of the
Internet Safety Dating Act
1/11/08 BBC News:
French President Proposes new Internet Tax
1/3/08 Smart Money:
Quick Tips: Resolve to Build That Web Site
1/2/08 WSJ: Ad
Houses Will Need to Be More Nimble
12/20/07:
FTC Issues Privacy
Guidelines for Internet Advertising Industry.
InternetLitigators
Summary
10/25/07 New Case - USDC Los Angeles Federal Judge will select
filtering software for StreamCast Networks' Morpheus file sharing
system after ruling that existing filter is insufficient. Significant
ramifications for file sharing services possible.MGM Studios v. Grokster -
Rulling on StreamCast Motion.
8/29/07 FTC: FTC to Host Town Hall to Examine Privacy Issues and Online Behavioral Advertising November 1-2, 2007.
7/27/07 The Internet and Technology Law Blog:
HostingCon 2007 in Chicago draws the worlds leading web hosting providers and professionals. Emphasis was upon the future of web hosting.
7/12/07 MSN Money: Lesson for Whole Foods CEO - Employee Blogs and forum entries concerning company business should be reviewed by counsel before posting.
6/1/07
MSNBC:
Spammer Canned by 35 count
Indictment, Effect upon Spam Level uncertain.
5/21/07
New Case - 9th Circut - CDA Safe Harbor Provisions do not apply to
all content posted by Roomates.com. Fair Housing v. Roomates.com
2007 DJDAR 6822
5/17/07
New Case - USDC - EDNY
- Court Grants motion to dismiss
trademark suit holding that use of mark as Meta tag is not "use
in commerce" under
the Lanham Act. Appeal likely. Site Pro-1 v. Better Metal, LLC
06-CV-6508
5/14/07 InformationWeek: Military blocks access to YouTube, MySpace
and 11 others.
4/25/07
Utah Set to Implement Keyword Law - Legislation
seeks to outlaw use of trademarked keywords by all but registered
owners. Challenge Expected.
3/14/07 Viacom v. YouTube -
Copyright Infringement Suit Filed in Southern District of New York.
3/14/07 Violation of Fax Spam
Law not covered by insurance as "Advertising
Injury" ACS Systems Inc. v. St. Paul Fire and Marine 207 WL 214258
2/14/07 Washington Post: Smith
Bill would require ISPs to keep data on Subscribers
2/13/07 FTC Top List: Identity
theft takes top Consumer Fraud position (36%) seventh year running. Other
Internet issues take spots 4 and 5.
1/16/07 Web Hosting News: Legal
Services offer for members of InternetLitigators
1/16/07 MyHostNews: InternetLitigators
Announces Pre-Paid Legal Services Plan for Web Hosts and Internet Companies.
1/4/07 New Case: U.S.D.C.
Pennsylvania - Use of Trademark in Meta Tags and Pay-Per-Click Program
Does Not Violate Trademark Laws