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Court Denies Injunction in Competitive Keyword Ad Lawsuit–Nursing CE Central v. Colibri

Eric Goldman

This is a competitive keyword advertising lawsuit. A rival, Colibri, displayed in the trademark in its Google keyword ads, but it claims it has stopped doing so after the lawsuit was filed. The court denies a preliminary injunction. To analyze this, the court applies the standard likelihood of consumer confusion factors.

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The Five Most Momentous Legal Tech Fails

Above the Law - Technology

But that all came crashing down after I reported in 2016 of Bluford’s settlement of a lawsuit charging him with impersonating a lawyer, forging legal documents and fraudulently swindling two clients. As of this writing, the lawsuit is ongoing. Following my report, QuickLegal quickly shut down.

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Courts Still Have No Clue How to Determine Who Owns Social Media Accounts–JLM v. Gutman

Eric Goldman

Gutman created a Pinterest account in 2011 and an Instagram account in 2012, shortly after she began working for JLM. The last time we blogged this case , the district court had sided with JLM, initially restricting Gutman’s use of the social media accounts and then awarding control over the accounts to JLM.

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Another Doctor Learns Why It’s Unwise to Sue Patients

Eric Goldman

The district court didn’t act on the motions, which acted as a pocket denial. The appeals court reverses, dismisses Hah’s lawsuits, and orders Hah to pay the defendants’ attorneys’ fees. The appeals court says that the contract damages allegation was conclusory and insufficient, so that claim fails too.

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Section 230 Protects Gmail’s Spam Filter–RNC v. Google

Eric Goldman

Introduction This lawsuit is one of the many lawsuits around the country brought by conservatives exorcising their persecution complex. Typically, these lawsuits are purely about partisanship. The lawsuits seek to work the ref, hijack other people’s resources for partisan purposes, and rile the partisan’s base.

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2023 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Eric Goldman

My roundup of the top Internet Law developments of 2023: 10) California court bans targeted advertising (?). Facebook , a California appeals court shocked the advertising community by suggesting that using common demographic criteria for ad targeting, such as age or gender, may violate California’s anti-discrimination law.

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The Supreme Court TransUnion Case: Part 2—What It Means for Efforts to Defeat Class Certification?

Debevoise Data Blog

Supreme Court TransUnion decision. On June 25, 2021, the Supreme Court issued a significant opinion on standing in the context of consumer class actions in TransUnion LLC v. The Supreme Court affirmed that certain members of a class action lacked standing—and therefore could not be members of the class. The Opinion.

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