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Nike vs. Lululemon: The Battle Over Flyknit Technology

Brett Trout

Although the case was just settled, this lawsuit was not Nikes first foray into patent infringement litigationnor is it likely to be its last. In its lawsuit, Nike sought both damages and a permanent injunction to stop Lululemon from producing the allegedly infringing designs. The lawsuit was settled in 2021.

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Ninth Circuit Tells Trademark Owners to Stop Suing Over Competitive Keyword Ads–Lerner & Rowe v. Brown Engstrand

Eric Goldman

I wrote a whole paper just about that in 2016–we’re still discussing it 8 years later. The court is telling trademark owners, as plain as it can, to stop bringing competitive keyword advertising lawsuits. Google was a major player in this lawsuit by proxy. Is This Opinion Good or Bad News for Google?

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The “Winning Isn’t Normal” Copyright Enforcement Campaign Is More “Abusive” Than “Winning”–Bell v. Kiffin

Eric Goldman

Bell has filed at least 25 copyright lawsuits. While this court might ordinarily suspect that such an assertion was made in jest, there is nothing funny about the dozens of lawsuits which plaintiff has filed against numerous entities which, as the Fifth Circuit noted in Eagle Mountain, were mostly public schools or nonprofits.

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Judge strikes down ‘unprecedented’ Trump order targeting Perkins Coie law firm–nbcnews.com

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District Judge Beryl Howell, an Obama appointee, issued a permanent injunction barring the enforcement of any part of Trumps order from March, which focused on the firms representation of 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and its work with billionaire donor George Soros.

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Copyright Owner Prevails in Lawsuit Over Form Contracts–Equine Legal v. Fireline Farms

Eric Goldman

In 2016, the defendant licensed the plaintiff’s Equine Boarding Forms Package, consisting of form releases for adults and minors. The post Copyright Owner Prevails in Lawsuit Over Form Contracts–Equine Legal v. Calling all cyberlaw nerds: here is a bona fide “ Law of the Horse ” case.

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2024 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Eric Goldman

9) Supreme Court Tamps Down on Jawboning and Government Social Media Lawsuits. If any of those lawsuits succeed, they pose a potential existential threat to the entire industry. Finally, my Twitter account is still active, but I haven’t posted there in many months. I’ve instead made Bluesky my primary social media home.

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