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Amazon Must Defend “Yelp Law” Claim–Ramos v. Amazon

Eric Goldman

The flagship law in this area is the Consumer Review Fairness Act, enacted by Congress in 2016. 25, 2024) The post Amazon Must Defend “Yelp Law” Claim–Ramos v. This pernicious business practice emerged around 15 years ago. Eventually, both state legislatures and Congress banned the practice. My primer on that law.

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Roblox Faces Potentially Unlimited Copyright Liability—Robinson v. Binello

Eric Goldman

The defendant Binello made a popular Roblox game called MeepCity allegedly visited 1B times: The game included a feature that allowed users to gather and talk with each other in a pizzeria, which included a piano that users could play to earn points within the game. Roblox has to fix this ruling. Case Citation : Robinson v.

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Nike vs. Lululemon: The Battle Over Flyknit Technology

Brett Trout

Nikes History of Defending Its Patents Nike is no stranger to intellectual property lawsuits. Skechers (2016) Nike took Skechers to court for allegedly infringing eight Nike patents, including patents covering the Flyknit technology. Lululemons unexpected success may have played a role in Nikes decision to take legal action.

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What is a “Social Media Platform”?–NetChoice v. Uthmeier

Eric Goldman

” See my deeper dive on this issue from 2016. Baffled by the argument, the court notes (emphasis added): The defendants also note that Florida Statutes 501.2041(9) and 106.072(5) say the Florida provisions cannot be enforced to the extent inconsistent with federal law and 47 U.S.C. Offline data is the opposite of “social.”

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Cai Felip about Blockchain: “Implementing blockchain in different sectors is getting easier”

Global LegalTech Hub

Startups came later, with the definitive step being a cashback application that handled both fiat and cryptocurrencies, which introduced him to the world of crypto regulation; a field that, in 2016, was still largely uncharted in terms of regulatory frameworks.

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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. 2016); Fakhrian v. 2016 WL 1650705 (Cal. 2016); Despot v. 2016 WL 4148085 (W.D. 2016); Manchanda v. 2016 WL 6806250 (S.D.N.Y. 2016); Mosha v. Fastcase Inc.,

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Hot Take on the Wavy Baby Decision (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

What the Second Circuit stated and what the Supreme Court held are two markedly different standards for disqualifying a defendant from application of the speech-protective Rogers v. What the Supreme Court actually held was that a defendant is disqualified if it “uses another’s trademark as a trademark—… as a source identifier.”

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