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Section 230 Applies to Publication of Court Documents–Medina v. Microsoft

Eric Goldman

In 2014, Medina sued Microsoft. In 2020, Medina got the disclosures from the 2014 case sealed. He then sued the court document repository websites (and other defendants) for defamation, false advertising, and more. The trial court anti-SLAPPED that lawsuit. The appeals court affirms. This case brought to mind the Martin v.

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2023 Quick Links: IP, Keyword Ads

Eric Goldman

11, 2023): Time and again we have declared that “prevailing defendants in copyright cases are presumptively entitled (and strongly so) to recover attorney fees.” A successful defendant, by contrast, recovers nothing he didn’t already have. to Defend Rights” * United Federation of Churches LLC v. .” Johnson, No.

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Launching Today, Tangibly is First Platform to Systematically Manage A Company’s Trade Secrets

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gross domestic product, according to a 2014 report by the Center for Responsible Enterprise and Trade and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Losses to businesses from the theft of their trade secrets add up to as much as three percent of the U.S.

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Courts Are Rejecting Attempts to Weaponize Laws That Protect Consumer Reviews

Eric Goldman

In 2014, California enacted AB2365 , sometimes called the “Yelp law,” codified at Cal. the defendant’s home court. Civil Code 1670.8. The law prohibits businesses from suppressing consumer reviews (on Yelp or elsewhere). was enacted before Congress enacted the Consumer Review Fairness Act (CRFA). ” Lardizabal v.

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Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the “Server Test” for Direct Infringement of the Public Display Right — Hunley v. Instagram, LLC (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

Neither Time nor BuzzFeed was named as a defendant. To be clear, the plain language of the Copyright Act requires that the defendant must display a “copy” of the image; but it does not say that the “copy” must necessarily be in the defendant’s possession.] 431 (2014). See the screenshot on the right). 3d at 593. [To

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Launching Today, Tangibly is First Platform to Systematically Manage A Company’s Trade Secrets

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gross domestic product, according to a 2014 report by the Center for Responsible Enterprise and Trade and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Losses to businesses from the theft of their trade secrets add up to as much as three percent of the U.S.

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Patents over Patients: How Pharmaceutical Companies use the Patent System to Keep Drug Costs High

Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

17] An example of this is seen in a 2014 deal struck by Gilead Sciences, the leading marketer of antiretrovirals used to treat HIV/AIDS. [18] 26] The Activis decision provides plenty of wiggle room for defendants to argue their way out of collusion charges using speculative business theories. [27]

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