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Nike vs. Lululemon: The Battle Over Flyknit Technology

Brett Trout

Nikes Flyknit technology revolutionized the sneaker industry when it debuted in 2012 with the Flyknit Racer. Nikes History of Defending Its Patents Nike is no stranger to intellectual property lawsuits. What is Flyknit Technology? The case was settled in 2022.

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Like a Bad Penny, Congressional Attempts to Legalize Site-Blocking Have Returned

Brett Trout

2012 moment marked a powerful public rejection of government-mandated internet censorship. It creates a legal mechanism to block access to entire websiteson the mere allegation of copyright infringementwithout giving those websites a meaningful chance to defend themselves. Who Watches the Watchmen? So what can you do?

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Section 230 Immunizes Bing’s Search Results–White v. Microsoft

Eric Goldman

Among other defendants, he sued Microsoft for Bing search results linking to the episode. Microsoft defended on Section 230 grounds. The court agrees with Microsoft. 2012 WL 4863696 (D. 2012); Merritt v. Lexis Nexis, 2012 WL 6725882 (E.D. 2012); Nieman v. 2012 WL 3201931 (C.D. Pataki, 514 F.

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District court finds no duty owed to copyright holders for unsecured wireless network owners

Cyber Crime Review

2012), the court held that a person owes no duty in securing their wireless network to a copyright holder whose works are illegally downloaded over the network. AF Holdings claimed that Doe illegally downloaded their copyrighted video using an unsecured wireless network belong to Hatfield, Doe’s co-defendant.

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Federal court holds that 15-month delay in reviewing electronic evidence was an unlawful seizure

Cyber Crime Review

In what I would call a very significant case, a New York federal court has held that failure to examine a defendant’s imaged hard drive within 15-months after it was obtained was an unlawful seizure in violation of the Fourth Amendment. In United States v. Metter , 2011 U.S. LEXIS 155130 (E.D.N.Y. LEXIS 155130 (E.D.N.Y.

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2023 Quick Links: Section 230

Eric Goldman

28, 2020): There are facts from which a jury could determine that Defendants created and/or developed website content making the immunity under Section 230 of the CDA inapplicable and thus summary judgment is not appropriate. There is evidence Defendants’ conduct exceeded standard publication decisions. ” * Doe v.

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More Chaos in the Law of Online Contract Formation

Eric Goldman

The district court said that the buyers who made their purchases on the website had to go to arbitration, but the buyers who made their purchases on their mobile devices could stay in court. The court says it’s immaterial that there is a potentially long time delay between user registration and the purchases. Sadlock v.