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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. Hearst case. The O’Kroley v.

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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. I don’t know how many lawsuits they’ve filed because the team is filing many (all?) the defendant’s home court. Civil Code 1670.8. was enacted before Congress enacted the Consumer Review Fairness Act (CRFA).

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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

16] Companies accomplish this by first suing generic-manufacturing companies for patent infringement, and then settling the lawsuit by paying them to stay out of the market in what is known as a reverse-payment settlement. [17] 19] The lawsuit ended in a settlement with Gilead agreeing to pay Teva, the supposed infringer, $1.5

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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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TIL: “Texas Tamale” Is an Enforceable Trademark–Texas Tamale v. CPUSA2

Eric Goldman

In 2014, the defendant launched a website called “The Texas Tamales Warehouse” but was driven off of that. Having established its trademark rights, in the most recent ruling, Texas Tamale unsurprisingly gets an injunction against the defendant. ” Uh oh. ” UGH. in the Adler v. McNeil case.

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Supreme Court Fixes One Problem with the Copyright Statute of Limitations, But Punts Another — Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

If the Supreme Court upholds the discovery rule for copyright cases, or simply declines to address it, the decision will leave copyright defendants exposed to very large awards for years of infringing conduct (as they have been everywhere but the Second Circuit). 1962 (2014). 2014) (collecting cases). 663, 134 S. 3d 120, 124 n.3

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2025 Personal Injury Law Statistics: What the Data Reveals

Clio

Between 1992 and 2014, the rate of malpractice claims paid on behalf of physicians in the United States declined substantially ( National Center for Biotechnology Information ). About 95% of personal injury lawsuits end in a pre-trial settlement ( The Law Dictionary ). So, what does this data mean for you?