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2007 210

December 2007

  1. 2007 Blog Year-in-Review
  2. “SmartSearch” = Dumb Trademark — Applied Information Sciences v. eBay
  3. New Jersey Authorizes Ban of Sex Offenders’ Internet Access
  4. December 2007 Quick Links
  5. Keyword Advertising is TM Use in Commerce But Doesn’t Violate Injunction–Boston Duck Tours v. Super Duck Tours
  6. Tiffany v. eBay Post-Trial Briefs
  7. Avvo Wins Big in Ratings Lawsuit–Browne v. Avvo
  8. Co-Blogger Identity Isn’t Disclosed via 512(h), but Takedown Letters Are Copyrightable
  9. Oct.-Nov. 2007 Quick Links, Part 2
  10. Roommates.com Updates
  11. Oct.-Nov. 2007 Quick Links, Part 1
  12. Internet Doctor Gets Extra Jail Time for Using Website–US v. Hanny
  13. Facebook v. ConnectU Update
  14. Yale Reputation Economies Symposium Recap
  15. Copyright Owner Enjoined from Sending DMCA Takedown Notices–Biosafe-One v. Hawks
  16. eBay Sued for Failing to Take Down Listings–Hansson v. Brower
  17. Perfect 10 v. Amazon Opinion Amendment–Ninth Circuit Does 180 on Fair Use Burden for Preliminary Injunction
  18. ISC2 v. Degraphenreed Update
  19. Taxonomies and Commercial Reputations

November 2007

  1. The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet: Ackerman’s Review of Daniel Solove’s Newest Book on Privacy and the Internet
  2. Search Redirection Tool Could Be Trespass to Chattels–Burgess v. EForce
  3. Roommates.com Amici Curiae Briefs
  4. Online Word of Mouth and its Implications for Trademark Law
  5. Google and Yahoo Sued for Hosting Content That Allegedly Infringes Trademarks–(ISC)2 v. Degraphenreed
  6. The Victorian Internet
  7. Geolocation and A Bordered Cyberspace
  8. Google Resists Subpoena for Keyword Ad Purchases–Connor Sport Court v. Google
  9. Ripoff Report Gets Mixed 230 Ruling–Children of America v. Magedson
  10. Chandler on Regulating Search Engine Bias

October 2007

  1. Roommates.com Motions over Batzel Briefing
  2. Vendor of Illicit Phone Records Not Protected by 230–FTC v. Accusearch
  3. Blogger Wins Lawsuit Over Gripe Post–BidZirk v. Smith
  4. Google’s Motion to Dismiss American Airlines’ Lawsuit Denied
  5. Interesting Contract Interpretations in Eighth Circuit Fantasy Baseball Case–CBC v. MLB
  6. Telephone Numbers as Identity Authenticators–Abrams v. Facebook
  7. Utah Trademark Protection Act Dying a Slow Death
  8. AOIR Regulating Virtual Worlds Panel, and My Notes on Investment Expectations in Virtual Worlds
  9. Ticketmaster Wins Big Injunction in Hannah Montana Case, But Did the Public Interest Get Screwed?–Ticketmaster v. RMG
  10. Online Trust Conference Recap
  11. Roommates.com En Banc Rehearing GRANTED!
  12. Bay Area Blawgers 2.0
  13. 230 Applies Even if Website Retains Content That Author Asked to Remove–Global Royalties v. Ripoff Report
  14. AFP v. Google News Redux–AP v. Moreover
  15. Pandora Founder Westergren Speaks at SCU
  16. Spam Crime Loss Not Measured by Defendant’s Gain–US v. Kilbride
  17. Yet Another NY Court Says Keyword Ads & Metatags Aren’t TM Use in Commerce–S&L Vitamins v. Australian Gold
  18. September 2007 Quick Links Part II
  19. September 2007 Quick Links Part I
  20. “Making Available” as Copyright Infringement–Capitol v. Thomas
  21. National Federation of the Blind v. Target Class Certified
  22. Brand Spillovers at TPRC

September 2007

  1. Ask.com Not Liable for Search Results or Indexing Decisions–Murawski v. Pataki
  2. Utah Trademark Protection Act Update
  3. DiMeo v. Max Affirmed by Third Circuit
  4. Keyword Metatags Revisited
  5. Fall 2007 Tour Schedule
  6. Fall 2007 High Tech Law Institute Events
  7. August 2007 Quick Links, Part II
  8. August 2007 Quick Links, Part I

August 2007

  1. American Blinds-Google Lawsuit Settles
  2. Anti-Spyware Vendor Protected by 47 USC 230(c)(2)–Zango v. Kaspersky
  3. Douglas v. Talk America Revisited
  4. Google’s AdWords Contract Upheld Again, But Advertiser Lawsuit Against Google Continues–CLRB Hanson v. Google
  5. Website Isn’t Liable When Users Lie About Their Ages–Doe v. SexSearch
  6. Online Reputation and its Implications for Online User Agreements
  7. Search Engine Strategies Copyright and Trademark Panel
  8. Roommates.com Plaintiff’s Reply to EFF Brief
  9. American Airlines Sues Google Over Keyword Ads
  10. Lemley on Online Safe Harbors
  11. 2007 Cyberspace Law Syllabus
  12. Bracha Responds re. Search Engine Regulation
  13. Pasquale & Bracha on Regulating Search Engines
  14. Food Tastes Better When Branded “McDonalds”
  15. CAN-SPAM Defendant Awarded $111k in Fees/Costs–Gordon v. Virtumundo
  16. Taking Intangible Electronic Files is Criminal Fraud–NM v. Kirby
  17. July 2007 Quick Links, Part II

July 2007

  1. July 2007 Quick Links, Part I
  2. Fourth Amendment Privacy Case Law Bonanza
  3. Ninth Circuit Strikes Down Contract Amendment Without Notice–Douglas v. Talk America
  4. Advertiser Liability for “Contributory” Trespass to Chattels Redux–Burgess v. American Express
  5. Roommates.com Amicus Brief
  6. Patent Contingency Fee Agreements
  7. Third Circuit Bounces Lawsuit Over Google Groups–Parker v. Google
  8. Old-School Defamation Lawsuit Filed Against Google–Phillips v. Google
  9. Fair Housing Council Responds to Roommates.com’s En Banc Hearing Request
  10. Seventh Circuit Opinion Cites Infringing YouTube Video–Stoller v. Brett
  11. Credit Card Providers Aren’t Liable for Third Party Infringement–Perfect 10 v. Visa
  12. Google Subpoenaed for Keyword Purchase Data–Rhino Sports v. Sport Court
  13. SAP Has Bad News in Oracle Lawsuit, But Tries to Bury It
  14. June 2007 Quick Links
  15. American Blinds Sanctioned

June 2007

  1. Person v. Google Dismissed (Again)–This Time With Prejudice
  2. Another Court in 2d Cir. Says Buying Keyword Ads Isn’t TM Use in Commerce–FragranceNet.com v. FragranceX.com
  3. Commercial Referential Trademark Uses (Rescuecom v. Google Amicus Brief Outtakes)
  4. Google Sued in Domainer Lawsuit–Vulcan Golf v. Google
  5. New Cyberlaw Fad–Real Estate Developers v. Griping Homebuyers
  6. Lead Fraud (A Cousin of Click Fraud)–NetQuote v. Byrd
  7. Tur v. YouTube SJ Motions Denied
  8. Dumb Law of the Month–Public Diplomacy Resource Centers Act of 2007
  9. The 4th Amendment in your inbox
  10. Roommates.com Update
  11. Lawyer Rating Service Sued–Browne v. Avvo
  12. AutoAdmit Fiasco Turns Into a Lawsuit–Doe v. Ciolli
  13. Domain Names Can’t Be Trespassed–Utube.com v. YouTube
  14. Cavazos Presentation on Open Source
  15. SPY Act Passes House…Again
  16. Zango Also Loses Kaspersky TRO Motion
  17. Zango Loses TRO Motion Against PC Tools But Claims Win
  18. PC Tools & Kaspersky Respond to Zango Lawsuit
  19. More Defendants Lose 230 Defense
  20. May 2007 Quick Links
  21. Steinbuch v. Culter Update: Cox Out, Cutler Bankrupt
  22. “Last Call” Draft of GPL3 is Posted
  23. UCC 2B/UCITA Resurrected–ALI’s Principles of the Law of Software Contracts

May 2007

  1. Perfect 10 v. CCBill Update: Ninth Circuit Denies En Banc Rehearing
  2. House Passes I-SPY Act
  3. Pew 2007 Spam Survey
  4. Court Upholds Student Suspension For YouTube Video of Teacher
  5. Zango’s Busy Litigation Docket
  6. Zango Claims Spyware Doctor SE Surreptitiously Deletes Its Software
  7. Facebook’s Lawsuit Against Competitive Email Harvesting Continues–Facebook v. ConnectU
  8. At the Intersection of Copyright and Contract
  9. Click Fraud Resources
  10. Summary of Perfect 10 Decision
  11. Ninth Circuit Opinion in Perfect 10 v. Google and Amazon
  12. Ninth Circuit Screws Up 47 USC 230–Fair Housing Council v. Roommates.com
  13. Social Networking Sites and the Law
  14. Another NY Court Says Keyword Triggering Isn’t TM Use in Commerce–Site Pro-1 v. Better Metal
  15. Utah Trademark Protection Act Updates (from BNA)
  16. Messing with Oscar — Academy Sues Oscarwatch.com
  17. Wikipedia and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) / Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
  18. Broad Matching Doesn’t Violate Injunction–Rhino Sports v. Sport Court
  19. YouTube Sued Again–Football Association Premier League v. YouTube
  20. Blogger Protected by Anti-SLAPP Statute–GTX v. Left
  21. Utah’s “Don’t Email the Kids” Registry a “Financial Failure”
  22. April 2007 Quick Links

April 2007

  1. Utah Legislators Realizing They Screwed Up By Banning Keyword Advertising
  2. Quiznos Sued for User-Created Ads–Subway v. Quiznos
  3. Academic Debate over Trademark Use in Commerce
  4. New(ish) Report on 512 Takedown Notices
  5. Google Sued for Defamatory Search Result–RSA Enterprises v. Bad Business Bureau
  6. Referencing TM in Online Ad Copy May Be TM Use in Commerce–Hamzik v. Zale
  7. Best and Worst Internet Statutes
  8. Google Gets Mixed Bag in Latest Ruling in American Blinds Case
  9. Judge Kozinski Talks About Cyberlaw
  10. Keyword Law Talk
  11. Keyword Advertising as Corporate Identity Theft—Sen. Eastman Defends New Utah Law Banning Keyword Advertising
  12. March 2007 Quick Links Part 2
  13. March 2007 Quick Links, Google Edition
  14. Oracle v. SAP Lawsuit Comments
  15. AFP v. Google Settles
  16. When Congress Giveth, is the Dormant Commerce Clause Taken Away?–Free Speech Coalition v. Shurtleff
  17. Google AdWords Contract Upheld (Again)–Feldman v. Google
  18. Regulating “Stealth” Marketing
  19. Utah Bans Keyword Advertising [Updated]

March 2007

  1. Ninth Circuit Opinion in Perfect 10 v. CCBill
  2. New Discussion Draft of GPL3 is Posted
  3. The End is Near – Bertelsmann Settles EMI Claims Over Napster
  4. Consumer-Directed DVR Service Infringes Copyright–20th Century Fox v. Cablevision
  5. Miva Securities Litigation Rejects Most Click Fraud/Syndication Fraud Claims
  6. Entrepreneurs & IP Talk
  7. KinderStart v. Google Dismissed–With Sanctions Against KinderStart’s Counsel
  8. Person v. Google Dismissed (with leave to amend)
  9. Click Fraud Lawsuit Survives Motion to Dismiss–Payday Advance v. FindWhat
  10. Dumb Domain Name Dispute Du Jour–Korb v. Maxmedia
  11. Can A Spider Enter Into A Binding Contract?–Internet Archive v. Shell
  12. Eric Goldman Road Show Spring 2007
  13. Viacom Sues YouTube
  14. Affiliate Spam Liability is Fact Question–US v. Cyberheat
  15. Person v. Google Hearing
  16. March High Tech Law Institute Events
  17. University Report on Tech Transfer and the Public Interest
  18. Rescuecom Files Reply Brief in Rescuecom v. Google
  19. Bay Area Blawgers Get-Together, March 28, 6-8 pm
  20. February 2007 Quick Links

February 2007

  1. Lycos Not Liable for Objectionable Message Board Posting–Universal Communication Systems v. Lycos
  2. Rescuecom v. Google Amicus Briefs
  3. Search Engines Defeat “Must-Carry” Lawsuit–Langdon v. Google
  4. Domain Name Regulation Talk and McGeorge ICANN Conference Recap
  5. Rescuecom v. Google Law Professors’ Amicus Brief
  6. The Most Effective Anti-Terrorism Law EVER
  7. Cyberspace Law Readers–Free to Good Home
  8. MSN Wins 47 USC 230 Case (Easily)–Eckert v. Microsoft
  9. Buying for the Home v. Humble Abode Settles
  10. Steinbuch’s Second Battlefront Against Cutler Shut Down
  11. MySpace Suit for Liability for Sexual Assault Dismissed
  12. Google, Click to Call, and Prank Calls
  13. Rescuecom v. Google Appellee’s Brief
  14. Google Loses Belgium Copyright Case–Google v. Copiepresse
  15. City Law Requiring Taxi Co to Refer Competitors Isn’t TM Infringement–MCQ’s v. Philadelphia Parking
  16. Humane Society Barks at the Wrong Defendant–Humane Society v. Amazon
  17. Ezor on Email Blocklists
  18. January 2007 Quick Links

January 2007

  1. Advertisers Settle NY Anti-Adware Action
  2. Google Goes After Stoller
  3. Anti-Spammer Wins 230 Defense–Pallorium v. Jared
  4. Ochoa on Unabomber Papers
  5. Delfino v. Agilent Cert Petition
  6. Rescuecom v. Google Appellant Brief
  7. Haifa University Search Engine Conference Recap
  8. INTA Roundtable: Legal Issues in Marketing and Advertising
  9. Barrett v. Rosenthal Battle Spills Over to Wikipedia
  10. December 2006 Quick Links
  11. Competitive Keyword Purchase Doesn’t Contribute to Actual Dilution–Nautilus v. Icon
  12. Kremen Loses Challenge to ARIN’s IP Address Allocation Policies–Kremen v. ARIN
  13. Keyword Ads and Metatags Don’t Confuse Consumers–J.G. Wentworth v. Settlement Funding
  14. Cross-Border Legal Challenges in High Tech Law, January 26
  15. Court Reiterates 230 Dismissal–Doe v. Bates
  16. Employer Not Liable for Employee’s Threatening Emails Per 47 USC 230–Delfino v. Agilent
  17. 2006 Blog Year-in-Review

2006 179

December 2006

  1. Google Wins Publisher’s Lawsuit over AdSense Termination–Bradley v. Google
  2. My Wikipedia Page is Safe (For Now…)
  3. Top Cyberlaw Developments for 2006 – Part 2
  4. Top Cyberlaw Developments of 2006
  5. Site Outage and Comments
  6. Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006
  7. Wikipedia Will Fail in Four Years
  8. “Junk Mail is Alive and Growing”

November 2006

  1. Search Engine Law Conference in Haifa, Israel
  2. Nov. 2006 Quick Links
  3. Google Personalized Search, 1 Year Later
  4. Fourth Circuit Rejects Anti-Spam Lawsuit–Omega World Travel v. Mummagraphics
  5. Griping Blog Post Leads to Lawsuit–BidZirk v. Smith
  6. Barrett v. Rosenthal–California Issues Terrific Defense-Favorable Interpretation of 47 USC 230
  7. Craigslist Wins 230 Defense in Fair Housing Case–Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights under the Law v. Craigslist
  8. Click Fraud Presentation
  9. Beebe on Trademark Dilution
  10. KinderStart v. Google Oct. 27 Hearing Transcript
  11. Click Fraud Panel Nov. 13 at Stanford Law School
  12. October 2006 Quick Links
  13. Keyword Law and Blog Law Presentations

October 2006

  1. Steinbuch v. Cutler Update
  2. Sex.com — An Update
  3. NY v. DirectRevenue Hearing Transcript
  4. Courts Can’t Figure Out if Buying Keywords Constitutes Trademark Use–Buying for the Home v. Humble Abode
  5. Patent Policy in the Supreme Court and Congress–October 27, 2006
  6. Consumer Reviews May Lift E-Commerce Conversion
  7. Acxiom Not Liable for Security Breach–Bell v. Acxiom
  8. Google AdWords Contract Upheld–Person v. Google
  9. One Judge’s Derisive View of Junk Faxes as Conversion
  10. Google Wins Lawsuit Over Search Results–Maughan v. Google
  11. Article on Regulating Marketing–A Coasean Analysis of Marketing
  12. Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006
  13. Must Websites Comply with the ADA (and State-Law Equivalents)? National Federation of the Blind v. Target
  14. Online Word of Mouth Presentation
  15. Yahoo and Google Home Pages
  16. Sept. 2006 Quick Links

September 2006

  1. Google Wins Keyword Lawsuit–Rescuecom v. Google
  2. Outdated Metatags Don’t Infringe–Pop Warner v. NH Youth Football & Spirit Conference
  3. Texas Assistant Principal Sues Students and Parents Over Defamatory Profile on MySpace.com
  4. New York v. Direct Revenue Amicus Brief
  5. eBay User Agreement Upheld, Part II–Durick v. eBay
  6. eBay User Agreement Upheld–Nazaruk v. eBay
  7. Nails, Coffins, Spam, and the Dormant Commerce Clause?
  8. Internet Law Updates Talk
  9. Grokster Website
  10. KinderStart Second Amended Complaint
  11. Xanga.com Busted for COPPA Violation
  12. Adware, Spam and Some of My Other Favorite Topics
  13. Barrett v. Rosenthal Oral Argument Recap
  14. 47 USC 230 Preempts State Criminal Law–Voicenet Communications v. Corbett

August 2006

  1. Alaska’s Anti-Adware Law–A One-Year Status Report
  2. Do Quotation Marks Matter? Yes (in the Ninth Circuit)–Picture It Sold v. iSOLD It
  3. Barrett v. Rosenthal Oral Arguments Scheduled for September 5
  4. August 2006 Quick Links (Volume 2)
  5. August 2006 Quick Links (Volume 1)
  6. Trademark Coexistence Agreement Article
  7. Can 512(f) Support an Injunction? Novotny v. Chapman
  8. Fall 2006 Cyberlaw Syllabus
  9. Brand Spillovers Talk
  10. Whitney Information v. Xcentric Update
  11. Blackboard Patent Suit Stirs Up Academic and Open Source Hornet’s Nests–Blackboard v. Desire2Learn
  12. Jews for Jesus v. Google Lawsuit Settles
  13. eBay Not Liable for Defamatory Feedback–Sturm v. eBay
  14. Amazon’s Display of Book Cover Doesn’t Violate Publicity Rights—Almeida v. Amazon.com

July 2006

  1. Doe v. MySpace.com — Continued
  2. Google Click Fraud Settlement Approved
  3. Send in the Clowns’ (Lawyers)
  4. Stay at Home Mom K’s Johnny Damon’s Right of Publicity Claim
  5. Blog Law Recap
  6. Yahoo Click Fraud Settlement Preliminary Approval
  7. Google Click Fraud Report
  8. Search Engine Liability for Selling Keywords Redux–800-JR Cigar v. GoTo.com
  9. Web Marketing Legal Issues Talk
  10. Another Day, Another Lawsuit Over Search Engine Placement–Datner v. Yahoo
  11. KinderStart Lawsuit Dismissed (With Leave to Amend)
  12. Trademark Travesty of the Month–SMJ Group v. 417 Lafayette Restaurant
  13. Court Nix Clean Flicks
  14. Wikipedia and 230, and a Great 230 Case Law Resource
  15. DMA Quietly Kills Telephone Preference Service
  16. Merriam-Webster Defines “Spyware”
  17. Google Hits and Misses
  18. KinderStart Hearing and Source Documents
  19. Griper Gets 47 USC 230 Defense for Reposted Article–D’Alonzo v. Truscello

June 2006

  1. Happy (?) Anniversary, Grokster v. MGM
  2. CDT Report on Spyware Enforcement Actions
  3. June 2006 Quick Links
  4. Google Child Porn Lawsuit Withdrawn–Toback v. Google
  5. MySpace.com Sued for $30 Million
  6. Fair Use Network Launches
  7. Music File in P2P Share Directory May Be a Distribution–Interscope v. Duty
  8. Congress to Make Search Engine Bias Illegal?
  9. “Must Carry” Lawsuit Against Search Engines–Langdon v. Google
  10. Google Avoids Another Lawsuit Over Rankings (For Now)–Roberts v. Google
  11. Denver IP Summit Presentation
  12. Search Engines Awarded Legal Fees in Unmeritorious Copyright Case–Newborn v. Yahoo
  13. NYT on Fair Use and Documentaries

May 2006

  1. O’Reilly and the “Web 2.0” Trademark
  2. Online Message Board Protected by 47 USC 230–DiMeo v. Max
  3. Merck v. Mediplan Redux–Keyword Purchases Really Aren’t Trademark Use
  4. Teenager Busted for Creating Fake “News” Story
  5. Edina Realty v. TheMLSOnline Settles
  6. Cynical Consumers and Brand Antipathy
  7. KinderStart v. Google Motions to Dismiss and Strike
  8. Quick Links May 2006
  9. Ebates Sued for Trespass to Chattels–Sotelo v. Ebates
  10. Yahoo “Syndication Fraud” Lawsuits–Crafts by Veronica v. Yahoo and Draucker Development v. Yahoo
  11. Piracy Loss Estimates as a Managed Number
  12. Google Sued for Child Porn–Toback v. Google
  13. North Carolina Blogging Conference Recap

April 2006

  1. Bloggership Conference Recap
  2. Employee Blogging Risks
  3. Warez Trading Presentation at Fordham
  4. Bloggership Conference and Co-Blogging Law Paper
  5. Junk Fax Doesn’t Create Conversion Claim–Edwards v. Emperor’s Garden
  6. Winn on Adware Contracts
  7. Movable Type Upgrade and Liberalized Comments Policy
  8. Parental Liability for Kids’ Copyright Infringement
  9. Advertiser Not Liable for Spam–Hypertouch v. Kennedy-Western University
  10. WSJ Debate on Advertiser Liability for Adware
  11. AIT Click Fraud Lawsuit Stayed
  12. Database Publisher Gets 230 Defense–Prickett v. infoUSA
  13. Goldman from Marquette to Santa Clara
  14. Calboli on Geographic Indications of Origin and TRIPs

March 2006

  1. Keyword Purchases Not a Trademark Use–Merck v. Mediplan Health Consulting
  2. Search Engine Bias Article
  3. Competitor’s Keyword Ad Purchase May Be Trademark Infringement–Edina Realty v. TheMLSonline
  4. Animal-Related Patent Trends
  5. Yahoo Loses 230 Defense for its Dating Site–Anthony v. Yahoo
  6. NY Enforcement Actions for Reselling Emails in Breach of Privacy Policy
  7. CDT Report on Adware Advertising
  8. Google Sued Over Rankings–KinderStart.com v. Google
  9. Do-Not-Contact Registries Proliferating?
  10. FTC Extends COPPA Without Changes…and New FTC RSS Feeds
  11. AP on Internet Porn Regulation
  12. ART Act Indictment for Distribution of Pre-Release Music
  13. Smoking Gun on Movie Budgets
  14. Lane’s Gifts Click Fraud Lawsuit Near Settlement
  15. Pasquale on Copyright Externalities
  16. Congress Is Lovin’ the Internet…to Death?
  17. San Francisco Presentation, March 15 12:30 pm
  18. NCSoft Sued in South Korea for ID Theft
  19. Trademark Dilution Revision Act Update
  20. Symantec v. Hotbar Lawsuit Settles

February 2006

  1. NYU Workshop on Spyware March 16-17
  2. Barrett on Internet Trademark Use
  3. More on Perfect 10 v. Google
  4. Perfect 10 Wins Injunction Against Google
  5. Top Cyberspace IP Cases of 2005
  6. Blog Defamation Lawsuit Lacks Jurisdiction–TrafficPower.com v. Seobook.com
  7. Yahoo Not Civilly Liable for User-Disseminated Child Porn–Doe v. Bates
  8. Your License, Registration and DNA, Please?
  9. Anti-Spyware Coalition Workshop Recap
  10. 10th Circuit Recognizes Initial Interest Confusion Doctrine–Australian Gold v. Hatfield
  11. Craigslist Sued for Fair Housing Act Violation–Chicago Lawyers Committee v. Craigslist
  12. BitTorrent to Enforce BITTORRENT Trademark
  13. Operation Site Down Fallout–19 RISCISO Participants Indicted for Warez Trading
  14. Checking Your Spamming Burdens at the Dormant Commerce Clause/Jurisdiction Doors?
  15. Metatags as Per Se Trademark Infringement–Tdata v. Aircraft Technical Publishers
  16. Congress, Search Engines and China
  17. Orphan Works Report Released

January 2006

  1. Allegedly Wrong VeRO Notice of Claimed Infringement Not Actionable–Dudnikov v. MGA Entertainment
  2. Wasted Time as a Damage–Paglinawan v. Frey
  3. DOJ Fishes for Search Records, and Google Fights Back–Gonzales v. Google
  4. The NFL’s SUPER BOWL Will Be Held on SUPER SUNDAY
  5. Anti-Spyware Coalition Conference February 9
  6. Anti-Marketing Laws and the Commercial Speech Doctrine
  7. Copyrighting Sports Celebration Moves
  8. Second Anti-Adware Lawsuit Survives Motion to Dismiss–Kerrins v. Intermix Media
  9. New Year Brings New 47 USC 230 Defense Win–Whitney Information Network v. Verio
  10. My Own Wikipedia Page
  11. Regulating Marketing Delivery Presentation
  12. Marquette’s Link to the Father of Spam
  13. Web Term Paper Lawsuit Settles
  14. 47 USC 230 Year-in-Review (and Landry-Bell v. Various, Another Defense Win)
  15. RipoffReport.com Loses 47 USC 230 Motion to Dismiss–Hy Cite v. badbusinessbureau.com
  16. My Google Search History
  17. Tattoo Advertising/Human Billboards
  18. 2005 Blog Year-in-Review

2005 395

December 2005

  1. Keep on Suin’–Crumb v. Amazon
  2. Web Host Wins 230 Defense–Austin v. CrystalTech Web Hosting
  3. Google Sued for Trademark Infringement Based on Third Level Subdomain–Jews for Jesus v. Google
  4. Is the Florida Attorney General a Spammer?
  5. Spam-Free-or-Die Video
  6. Man Bites Dog–Music Publisher Apologizes for Overreaching C&D
  7. When Does a Privacy Policy Breach Support a Breach of Contract Claim? In re JetBlue
  8. Report Challenges Value of Notifying Consumers of Data Security Breaches
  9. City of Heroes Lawsuits Settled
  10. 4th Circuit Upholds Internet Flame War Lawsuit Dismissal on 230 Grounds–Winter v. Bassett
  11. We Hate You, Buy Our Stuff
  12. Click Defense Lawsuit Update
  13. The FTC, Adware Advertising and Badges of Shame
  14. Downloading Music Isn’t Fair Use–BMG v. Gonzalez
  15. Another 47 USC 230 Case, Another Defense Win–Fair Housing Council v. Roommate.com
  16. Keeping C&D Letters Confidential
  17. Yale Regulating Search? Conference Recap
  18. Wikipedia Will Fail Within 5 Years

November 2005

  1. New Metatag/SEO Lawsuit–Salu, Inc. v. Pitts
  2. Microsoft Will Be an Adware Vendor
  3. Supreme Court Denies 1-800 Contacts Cert Petition
  4. Wheel PTO Examiner Profiled
  5. DMCA Online Safe Harbor Empirical Study by Urban and Quilter
  6. Texas AG Sues Sony Under State Anti-Spyware Law
  7. Reality TV Show Contracts
  8. Spyware Litigation Recap
  9. Yahoo Wins Online Harassment Case Under 47 USC 230
  10. Yale “Regulating Search?” Symposium
  11. Gonzales Seeks Harsher Criminal Copyright Infringement Standards
  12. Google Launches Affiliate Programs
  13. Keyword Lawsuit Between Office Depot and Staples
  14. Amazon Pages and Google Library’s Fair Use Defense
  15. Is Sony’s DRM Spyware?
  16. Rothman on Initial Interest Confusion
  17. Search Engine Indexing Case–Newborn v. Yahoo
  18. Adult Webmaster Criminally Prosecuted for User-Uploaded Photos
  19. Sony, DRM and Trespass to Chattels

October 2005

  1. WhenU Opposition to 1-800 Contact’s Certiorari Petition
  2. Domain Name Outage This Morning
  3. Product Placement and the Apprentice TV Show
  4. Can Kids Bind Parents to EULAs?
  5. Barnes on Adware Contracts
  6. “Does Anyone Really Like Adware?” My Response to Suzi’s Question
  7. Spitzer’s Witchhunt Nails Adware Executive Personally
  8. California Anti-Phishing Law–Cal. B&P Code Sec. 22948
  9. Latest Junk Fax Lawsuit–Adler v. Vision Lab Telecommunications
  10. Adware Witchhunt Gone Awry
  11. Galster on Infomediaries and Bonded Sender Programs
  12. Copyright Infringement for Bundling with P2P File Sharing Software?
  13. Peering Agreement Dispute Between Level 3 and Cogent
  14. Amazon Not Liable for User Book Reviews–Hammer v. Amazon
  15. Presentation on Coasean Analysis of Marketing
  16. Jacoby on Sponsorship Confusion
  17. A Sharp Stick in the Eye of Trademark Law?
  18. Menell on State Anti-Spyware Regulation
  19. Law Enforcement Collection of DNA

September 2005

  1. 1-800 Contacts Appeals 2nd Circuit WhenU Decision to the Supreme Court
  2. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
  3. IP Blogs (and Other Blogs) Worth Considering
  4. My Very Own Search Engine Spam Page
  5. Women and Law School
  6. Stealing Mickey’s Mojo
  7. You Don’t Know Jack
  8. Schultz on Copyright, Social Norms and “Jam Bands”
  9. Crawford on Spyware Regulation
  10. My Famous Blog Post (R)
  11. Why I hope Google loses
  12. Second Anti-Adware Class Action Filed–Simios v. 180Solutions
  13. Cellphone Spam Violates TCPA–Joffe v. Acacia Mortgage
  14. Anti-Phishing Warning Protected by 47 USC 230
  15. My Comments on Google Print
  16. City of Heroes Lawsuit–New Ruling on False DMCA Takedown Notices
  17. Lane’s Gifts Click Fraud Lawsuit Back to State Court
  18. Branded products as ingredients
  19. U.T. v. Longhornsingles.com Part 2 – state email filtering
  20. Specht v. Netscape–What Happened After the 2nd Circuit Remand?
  21. More on Shortsightedness
  22. Details on Marquette’s Participation in BSA’s “Define the Line” Program
  23. When a guitar is just a guitar
  24. IP and Cognitive Psychology
  25. Madison on Drafting Local Court Rules for Patent Cases
  26. GEICO and Google Settle
  27. The FCC Proclaims Itself the UDRP for 800 Numbers
  28. Roundup Not Ready
  29. More on Rappers and Car Dealers
  30. Rappers, Car Dealers and Trademarks — John Weighs In
  31. Rappers, Car Dealer Ads, and Expansive Interpretations of Trademark Law
  32. Blizzard and Arizona Cartridge
  33. Student Sues Term Paper Website (and its Host)
  34. Downloading Software onto Home Computer May Be Trespass to Chattels–Sotelo v. DirectRevenue
  35. Fair use and documentaries
  36. Guest Blogger Mark McKenna

August 2005

  1. Illinois Court Enforces Dell’s Website Terms and Conditions of Sale
  2. Alaska Governor Signs Anti-Adware Law
  3. LA County Busts Warez Trader
  4. White Buffalo – the 5th Circuit hits on LonghornSingles.com
  5. Guest Blogger Ethan Ackerman
  6. Blog Content Aggregation, RSS Feeds and Copyright Law
  7. Steinbuch v. Cutler Update–Cutler’s Motion to Dismiss
  8. Gripers 1, Initial Interest Confusion 0–Lamparello v. Falwell
  9. Alaska Anti-Adware Law Finally Sent to Governor
  10. What 50 Cent Really Said–Use the Term “50” and You’ll Hear From My Lawyer
  11. Jill, Meet Best Buy’s Friendly Human Shopbot/Profiler
  12. 2004 Case on Advertiser Liability for Spam
  13. Wired on IP Infringement and Organized Crime
  14. Single Mom Preparing to Fight RIAA
  15. Interview at Astalavista.com
  16. Fall 2005 Cyberlaw Syllabus
  17. Copyright Office Struggles With Copyright Clearances
  18. McDonald’s is Lovin’ It! — Contest Rules Upheld
  19. NYT on College Rebrandings
  20. Can Congress Provide Copyright Protection to Software?
  21. Algorithm for Analyzing Liability for Contributing to Copyright Infringement
  22. Google Sued (Again!) for Overcharging Advertisers
  23. GEICO v. Google Opinion (Finally) Issued
  24. Search Tidbits from ABA Annual Meeting
  25. Implications of Grokster Presentation
  26. How Would You Advertise a Strip Club?
  27. Keyword Disputes Presentation
  28. First Camcordering Arrest
  29. FTC Says No Undisclosed Adware? In the Matter of Advertising.com
  30. Are Adware Advertisers Responsible for Adware?
  31. New Case Law Lists

July 2005

  1. Milwaukee Radio Station Settles 47 USC 230 Lawsuit
  2. Kevin Kelly on the Web’s Past, Present and Future
  3. Patent Reform Act of 2005–July 26 Draft
  4. Challenge to CDA’s Obscenity Provision Rejected–Nitke v. Gonzales
  5. Surowiecki on the Decline of Brands
  6. Internet Hunting Editorial
  7. Bellia on Spyware, and Searcy v. Microsoft
  8. Spyware, the Pew Report, Anti-Terrorism Efforts and Coping with Spam
  9. Answer in AFP v. Google
  10. eBay, the Search Engine
  11. Ripoffreport.com Wins 47 USC 230 Case
  12. FTC Cracks Down on Porn Spam
  13. Teaching Contract Drafting Presentation
  14. Misguided CNET Article on Canadian Copyright Law and Caching/Archiving
  15. Search Engines and Privacy…AGAIN?!
  16. Virtual Worlds Paper
  17. Lane’s Gift Click Fraud Complaint
  18. Settlement in Jewish Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Case
  19. “Adware’s Second Act”
  20. Trademarking a Blog Name
  21. Class Action Settlement in Electronic Databases Case–Should I Participate?
  22. Gosbee v. Martinson–Trial Court Motion to Dismiss Reversed on Appeal
  23. Study on User Consent and Spyware
  24. Top Internet IP Cases of 2005 (So Far)
  25. Laugh! Or You Can Be 26 Cents Richer
  26. Click Fraud Lawsuit–Click Defense v. Google
  27. Operation Site Down–The Latest Warez Group Bust (vintage 2005)
  28. What Color is Your Protest?
  29. What Happens in Nastygrams…

June 2005

  1. Symantec Sues Hotbar for Declaratory Judgment That Symantec’s Classifications/Descriptions Do Not Create Liability
  2. Shocking Revelations About BitTorrent
  3. More on BitTorrent and Grokster
  4. Important 2d Circuit Adware Case–1-800 Contacts v. WhenU
  5. What Happens to BitTorrent After Grokster?
  6. Guest Blogger–Mark Schultz
  7. Grokster Ruling Commentary
  8. Grokster Supreme Court Ruling
  9. AP Story on Defining Spyware/Adware
  10. Problems with Congress’ Latest Anti-Porn Law
  11. AP Story on Advertiser Responsibility for Adware
  12. Is Copyright Infringement “Theft”?
  13. FTC Goes After Another Bogus Anti-Spyware Remover
  14. Interview at Spyware Informer
  15. EFF’s Legal Guide for Bloggers
  16. Cybersquatter’s Press Release: “Please Sue Me”
  17. Proposed GPL Version 3: Revenge of the Free Software Foundation?
  18. Copyright Office to Have “Public Roundtables” About Orphan Works
  19. Grokster Press Releases
  20. Some People Like “Spyware”?
  21. Alaska’s Anti-Adware Law
  22. Initial Interest Confusion Talk
  23. No Grokster Opinion Today
  24. Mistaken Judgments for Content Labeled Advertising
  25. Federal Circuit Refuses to Register Pennzoil’s Clear Motor Oil Bottle as a Trademark
  26. AOL Advertises on Competitors to Get Traffic to AOL.com
  27. Good Primer on Spyware
  28. Update on Click Fraud Lawsuit
  29. More on .kids.us
  30. BBSs and History
  31. Google’s Spam Rating Guide
  32. AWOL Opinions
  33. FTC Settles Another Case for Failure to Use Reasonable Security
  34. FTC Votes Against Mandatory Spam Labeling
  35. New Reality TV Show IP Case
  36. Grokster Watch
  37. Enhanced Consumer Protection Against Spyware Act of 2005 (S 1004)
  38. Public Domain Enhancement Act (HR 2408)
  39. Intermix Says It Has Settled NY Enforcement Action Over Adware
  40. More on the Adware Advertiser Witchhunt
  41. Patent Reform Act of 2005 Introduced
  42. Groups Sue to Strike Down Utah’s Anti-Internet Porn Law
  43. Do You Want Pictures With That Download?
  44. Wal-Mart Won’t Print Photos If They Are Too Good
  45. Talk on 47 USC 230
  46. Web Gambling Advertising Suit Against Search Engines Allowed to Proceed
  47. Google’s Human Algorithm
  48. Why I’m Not Excited About a New .xxx TLD
  49. Judge Patel: Maintaining An Index of Downloadable Files is Not “Distributing” the Files

May 2005

  1. Trademark Adjacency Presentation
  2. No Billboards in Space
  3. Campbell v General Dynamics (II)
  4. Edelman on “Intermediaries’ Role in the Spyware Mess”
  5. When In Doubt, Spell it Out — The Hazards of Using E-Mail to Amend Contracts
  6. BitTorrent Bust and the ART Act
  7. Lostclicks.com and Click Fraud
  8. Madison on Creative Commons
  9. Compartmentalization v. Immersion in Virtual Worlds
  10. Gates on Information Overload
  11. Stanford Online Deliberation Presentation
  12. Revenge of the MPAA — First Test for the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act?
  13. Travel Plans and Presentations
  14. New Gripe Site Case–Faegre & Benson v. Purdy
  15. New Lawsuit Over Blogging–Steinbuch v. Cutler
  16. FTC Commissioner: “Somebody has got to pay”
  17. New Ruling From Judge Patel in Napster Investor Suit
  18. Keeping Vermont Safe from Dangerous Billboards
  19. BNA on Mandatory Disclosure Laws
  20. Supreme Court on Interstate Shipment of Wine–Granholm v. Heald
  21. Racine Man Plans to Fight RIAA
  22. Orphan Works Comments, Round 2
  23. Yahoo Sued for Allowing Child Porn Operators to Use Site Tools
  24. Internet Explorer Market Share Dips Below 90%
  25. Sen. Allen Introduces New Anti-Spyware Legislation
  26. Patent Act of 2005 Proposed Draft
  27. Copyright Office RSS Feeds
  28. Schwartz on Adware Advertisers
  29. New Initial Interest Confusion Case in Sixth Circuit
  30. MacMillan on RSS
  31. Economist on the Long Tail
  32. LA Times on Adware Advertisers–Including 1800 Contacts?
  33. Nielsen on Searcher Mental Models
  34. Will Spitzer Go After the Adware Industry?
  35. Does AskJeeves Have a Spyware/Adware Problem? Diller Says No. I Say…
  36. Congress Mulls Mandatory Security Breach Disclosure Law
  37. Declan Interviews Edelman
  38. Antitrust Attack on the GPL
  39. Guest Blogger–John Ottaviani
  40. McCullagh on HR 29
  41. Gomes on Search Engine Spam
  42. New Search Engine Keyword Lawsuit–Panicware v. Stopzilla
  43. Calboli on Trademark Assignment in Gross
  44. Marquette Joins BSA’s DefineTheLine.com Initiative
  45. Happy Mother’s Day from Your Loving Son (and Your Friendly FTC Bureaucrat)
  46. Download.com Becomes Adware Bundle-Free Zone
  47. ICANN’s Domain Name Tax on .Jobs and .Travel
  48. Widmaier on Internet Trademark Law

April 2005

  1. Adware Vendor Sued by New York Attorney General
  2. Is Camcordering Ever Legitimate?
  3. Bush Signs Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005
  4. Walmart Foundation Uses Copyright to Curtail Griper
  5. Dead Tree Version of Click Fraud–Shorewest Realty v. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
  6. Hypertouch Inc. v. Kraft Foods Inc.–New CAN-SPAM Lawsuit
  7. Patent Act of 2005
  8. House Passes Trademark Dilution Revision Act
  9. PAGERANK!
  10. Self-Publishing and the Long Tail
  11. Family Movie Act of 2005—Legalizing Technology to Skip Film Parts
  12. Artists’ Rights and Theft Prevention Act–New Criminal Copyright Infringement Standards
  13. My Take on Google v. American Blinds
  14. New Case on Indexable Uses of Trademarks on Web Pages
  15. Howes’ Recap on Spyware/Adware
  16. Google v. Froogles
  17. NPR on Whois and Privacy
  18. “Attention Deficit Trait”
  19. Flash and Cookies
  20. Boalt Spyware Talk
  21. New AdWords Trademark Lawsuit–JTH Tax v. Google
  22. Google News Adds Some Blogs
  23. 2005 Pew Report on Spam
  24. ICANN Not a State Actor
  25. Cairo v. Crossmedia Services
  26. Anti-Spoofing Protocol
  27. Slate Exhibit on Breast Enhancement Patents
  28. Grokster Oral Arguments
  29. Talk on 47 USC 230 at Michigan State
  30. Talk at Stanford on Online Trademark Law
  31. German Meta-Search Engine May Be Liable for Defamation
  32. ACLU Considering Challenge to Utah Anti-Internet Porn Law
  33. Data Mining and Attention Consumption
  34. Bosley Medical Institute v. Kremer–Victory for Gripers
  35. Search Engines and Privacy
  36. Boalt Spyware Conference Recap

March 2005

  1. Infomediaries–Where Are They?
  2. Copyright Office Posts Comments Regarding Orphan Works
  3. Getting Paid to Drive an Ad-wrapped Car
  4. Webloyalty.com, Inc. v. Consumer Innovations LLC
  5. Boalt Conference on Spyware April 1
  6. Targeting of Television Advertising
  7. The Portalization of Google
  8. Liability for Labeling Software as Spyware
  9. DoNotCall.gov
  10. Dot EU Approved
  11. An AFP Licensee Tells His Story of Being Kicked Out of Google News
  12. Who Gets Indexed in Google News?
  13. Q Pasa?
  14. Guilty Plea for Spimmer
  15. “Spammers are criminals, plain and simple”
  16. AFP v. Google News Update
  17. SPY BLOCK Act Reintroduced
  18. Utah Amends Spyware Control Act
  19. Utah Governor Signs HB 260
  20. ZoomInfo and Egosurfing
  21. ACLU Mini-Movie on Privacy
  22. Initial Assessment of AFP v. Google
  23. Batzel v. Smith Dismissal
  24. EFF Against Trademark Dilution Act
  25. Eye-Tracking Studies and Mandatory Disclosures
  26. Google/Viaticum, Luteciel
  27. New 47 USC 230 case–Roskowski v. Corvallis Police Officers’ Association
  28. NY Times on Video News Releases from the US Government
  29. EPIC Report on Privacy Self-Regulation
  30. Complaint in Jewish Rock and Roll Hall of Fame TM Case
  31. Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2005 Passes House Judiciary Committee
  32. Microsoft v. Zamos (and Zamos v. Microsoft)
  33. What Ever Happened to DotComGuy?
  34. Seattle Times series on InfoSpace
  35. Copy of Marvel v. NCSoft Ruling
  36. Ruling in Marvel v. NCSoft
  37. My Experiences with AdSense
  38. FTC v. CartManager
  39. Google Punishes Itself for Cloaking
  40. Regulating Data Brokers
  41. SPY Act Passes House Committee
  42. iDownload’s Latest Letters
  43. Google AutoLink and Copyright Law–A Fuller Explanation
  44. Does Google Cloak?
  45. Student Convicted for File Downloading
  46. FTC Enforcement Action for Deficient Security Practices
  47. FTC Report on Spyware
  48. Edelman on P2P Disclosures
  49. Rivlin on eBay Fee Increases
  50. Another Dumb Utah Law
  51. Google a “One-Trick Pony?”
  52. More on Anti-Phishing Act of 2005
  53. Cleveland State v. Oracle
  54. Leslie Walker on AutoLink
  55. Article on Google Technology Architecture
  56. More Amicus Briefs in MGM v. Grokster
  57. My Reactions to Seeing My Credit Report
  58. Anti-Phishing Act of 2005
  59. Bill Gates, KBE
  60. Google v. Yahoo
  61. Old TV Shows, Music Licensing and DVD Releases

February 2005

  1. Nielsen-NetRatings Search Engine Loyalty Study
  2. Good GQ Article on Google
  3. Associated Press on Spam Filters
  4. Dealer Management Systems v. Design Automotive Group
  5. Another Follow-up on Microsoft Antispyware Misclassification
  6. Search Engine “Impression Spam”
  7. Block v. eBay
  8. Penenberg on WSJ and Search Engines
  9. Fracas over iDownload C&D Letters
  10. Search Engine Strategies Session on Legal Issues
  11. Dating Search Engine
  12. Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2005
  13. More on Dutch Search Engine Lawsuit Against Microsoft
  14. RIAA Settlement Tactics
  15. Lawsuit Over Spyware Label
  16. Spim Arrest
  17. Alan Perkins’ Response on Black Hat/White Hat
  18. The Long Tail
  19. Google’s AutoLink tool
  20. Spyware, Researchware, Trackware, Greyware…What to Ware?
  21. More on Termination of Virtual World Accounts
  22. Black Hat/White Hat SEO
  23. Copyright Case on Photos and Descriptions
  24. Copyright in Tattoos
  25. Ninth Circuit En Banc ruling in Gator.com v. LL Bean
  26. House Subcommittee Approves SPY Act
  27. A blog worth watching
  28. Claria Goes Mainstream
  29. Microsoft Anti-Spyware Tool
  30. State Anti-Spyware Laws
  31. Goodlatte Reintroduces Anti-Spyware Law
  32. More on TRUSTe’s Seal Revocation
  33. New UETA case
  34. “Rich Internet Applications” and Spyware
  35. Paul Boutin on Typo Traffic
  36. Termination of Accounts in Virtual Worlds
  37. Avoiding Attention Distractions
  38. Randall Stross Whines About Spam
  39. Ben Edelman’s Response to My Post on Utah’s Spyware Law
  40. Is TRUSTe Irrelevant?
  41. More on Utah Spyware Law Amendments
  42. Pornmeister Liable for Affiliate’s Spam
  43. French Lawsuit Involving “Search Engine Optimization” Techniques
  44. Coca-Cola v. Purdy Permanent Injunction
  45. “They Don’t Own the Jews”
  46. Google and Keyword/Domain Name Convergence
  47. Amicus Briefs in MGM v. Grokster
  48. Utah/Urquhart on an Anti-Spyware Crusade Again
  49. Shopbots and Nash Equilibrium

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