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In a 2024 joint statement, the U.S. In September 2023, the FTC, along with 19 states, filed a lawsuit against Amazon , alleging that the company used three different algorithmic pricing models to sustain its monopoly power. The lawsuit is scheduled to go to trial in October 2026. The recent decision in U.S.
Despite the busy 2024 litigation year against companies offering AI platforms in 2024, significant intellectual property questions remain unanswered as the calendar turns to 2025. one (atypical) case filed in 2024, Raw Story Media, Inc. In Millette v. OpenAI, Inc., OpenAI Inc. ,
Toyota brought a SAD Scheme case against 103 defendants before Judge Daniel in the Northern District of Illinois. As I recently mentioned , Judge Daniel is calling out overreaching joinder allegations in SAD Scheme cases. Judge Daniel responds unambiguously: “None of these arguments are persuasive.” Do better).
This is a copyright SAD Scheme case before Judge Harjani , appointed to the Northern District of Illinois ealirer this year. In this ruling, Judge Harjani questions joinder on his own initiative. In this ruling, Judge Harjani questions joinder on his own initiative. Judge Pushes Back on Copyright SAD Scheme Cases–Viral DRM v.
You may have heard about Squishmallow’s recent lawsuit against Build-a-Bear over plushy knockoffs. Yet, the SAD Scheme jurisprudential distortion field worked its magic once again, and the judge rejected their legitimate pushback. The judge subsequently held the marketplaces in contempt for violating the injunction.
The court says that Printify took appropriate steps when it learned of infringing items via Atari’s lawsuit: First, Printify searched its own database for the 70 URLs identified by Atari in ECF No. 2024 WL 283641 (S.D.N.Y. RedBubble * IP Lawsuits Against Print-on-Demand Vendors Continue to Vex the Courts–OSU v.
This is the instant-classic lawsuit involving a Saskatchewan farmer who text-messaged a “thumbs-up” emoji in response to an offer to buy his flax. The lower court judge should feel good about his work. Nevertheless, the lower court judge wrote a strong and thoughtful opinion that held up on appeal. Prior blog post.
The US government brought a civil lawsuit against the defendants for 203 violations. The government tried many of the usual tricks to overcome Section 230, but this judge was savvy enough not to fall for them. Credit also goes to the defense team from Greenberg Traurig and Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil. Case Citation : U.S.
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After a couple of defendants showed up, the judge denied a TRO extension because of the possible lack of merit in the plaintiff’s infringement allegations. Not exactly much disincentives for plaintiffs to keep shotgunning SAD Scheme lawsuits. Then, the case fell apart. Schedule A Defendants , 1:23-cv-02605-JLR (S.D.N.Y.
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But the plaintiffs found a judge who gave them enough benefit of the doubt to survive a motion to dismiss. violations; but I also think it’s clear this lawsuit is going to fail eventually. 2024 WL 4882638 (C.D. 25, 2024) The post Amazon Must Defend “Yelp Law” Claim–Ramos v. Amazon.com, Inc.
The judge doesn’t issue a mea culpa for her avoidable mistake or excoriate Viral DRM for getting an undeserved TRO. YouTube Uploaders Listed on Schedule A , 2024 WL 189013 (N.D. 17, 2024) * * * Bonus 1: The court issued a related ruling, Viral DRM LLC v. Onyshchuk , 2024 WL 189011 (N.D. The CourtListener page.
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” Congress enacted this requirement to restrict patent trolls who were filing lawsuits against defendants who had nothing in common but the allegation that they were infringing the same patent. We recently saw how Judge Pacold used Section 299 to cause a SAD Scheme patent case to fall apart. This is not a hard call. Alibaba N.D.
And the legal industry is taking notice: according to the American Bar Associations 2024 Legal Technology Survey Report , 47% of firms used legal analytics in the previous year. Further insights could be gleaned based on the type of case, jurisdiction, judge, or even opposing counsel. The result?
eBay defeats the lawsuit. v EZ Lynk case I blogged in April, strangely not cited by the judge. 2024 WL 4350523 (E.D.N.Y. 30, 2024) * * * BONUS: In the Matter of Amazon.com, Inc., Consumer Product Safety Commission July 29, 2024). Presumably the downplayed language was designed to discourage class action lawsuits).
The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A , 2024 WL 3443040 (N.D. Schedule A Defendants Judge Hammers SEC for Lying to Get an Ex Parte TRO–SEC v. Digital Licensing Judge Reconsiders SAD Scheme Ruling Against Online Marketplaces–Squishmallows v. Alibaba N.D. Emoji GmbH v.
There are hundreds of pixel lawsuits in the courts right now (and surely more to come after a ruling like this). ” We might expect the judge to push on these vague and conclusory allegations and demand specifics. Instead, the judge accepts these allegations as good enough to survive the motion to dismiss.
The Neville court’s analysis was simplistic and (I think) clearly wrong, but perhaps this judge didn’t want to tangle with it. Instead, in a footnote, the court says the Neville judge “acknowledged the existence of Force v. 2024 WL 678248 (Conn. Facebook, Inc., but it chose not to follow that case. Superior Ct.
In the Sid Avery lawsuit, Pixels ultimately won at trial that it was not sufficiently vertically integrated for copyright purposes, so we’ll see if the judge’s tone changes on summary judgment. Pixels.com, LLC , 2024 WL 885356 (W.D. Trademark Counterfeiting.
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Roberts Its become known as the sad beige lawsuit or the case that asks the question can you ever really own an aesthetic ? Surprisingly, the magistrate judge declined to dismiss the other challenged claims. Surprisingly, the magistrate judge declined to dismiss the other challenged claims. by guest blogger Alexandra J.
Thousands of SAD Scheme lawsuits have been filed because the TROs take the online merchant off the marketplace entirely and usually extract some cash. On July 4, 2023, a federal judge declared FREEDOM from government censorship of Internet services. 4) Social media “defective design” lawsuits go forward.
My previous summary of this litigation campaign: His lawsuit against Facebook was dashed by Section 230 in the district court. The judges response might be characterized as: WTF = What The Fyk? 2024 WL 5074905 (9th Cir. In 2018, Jason Fyk sued Facebook for removing and blocking his content. The Supreme Court denied cert.
In the last month, two more copyright lawsuits over city council videos have triggered my alerts. Kilgore , 2024 WL 5295080 (W.D. 14, 2024) A magistrate judge recommends sending a 512(f) case to trial. On January 6, 2025, the supervising judge summarily approved the magistrate judge’s recommendations.
6] In these dynamic conditions, notable recent news includes: EA Sports is releasing its popular “College Football 25” video game in Summer 2024 – the first release since 2013. The lawsuit is an antitrust claim challenging the NCAA’s rules against recruiting inducements. [8] 8, 2024, 1:27PM), [link]. [8] 8, 2024) [link].
Among other concerns, Thompson pointed to blackface photos in ShutterStock’s photo repository in his racial discrimination lawsuit. It also would put judges in the uncomfortable and Constitutionally dubious position of second-guessing the legitimacy of ShutterStock’s content moderation decisions. 2024 WL 2943813 (S.D.N.Y.
And even though the creators of popular services know, and you know, and I know, and the Supreme Court knows , and every judge that decides every opinion on these issues knows, that no one is reading these documents, the legal system has collectively decided this system sufficient to bind everyone to a legal agreement.
The plaintiffs lost al of the framing cases then, but here we are in 2024, still litigating framing cases. It was an audaciously mockable pivot…and yet, the district court judge shockingly bought the argument. In other words, the district court judge was imprecise about exactly what chattel was being trespassed.
Theyre especially helpful for lawsuits or investigations that involve large amounts of information. A study by Clio found that only 8% of firms were using AI tools universally in 2024, even though these tools are becoming standard in other industries. What Are The Benefits of Adopting AI-Powered Legal Tech? So, why the slow adoption?
This is a design patent SAD Scheme case before Judge Jeremy C. Immediately after the plaintiff filed its papers on November 1, Judge Daniel sua sponte issues an order that starts: experience has shown that not all defendants named in a Schedule A case work together. judges to proactively do the same.
The cases reached important milestones last Fall, when both the federal and state court judges denied the social media defendants’ Section 230 motions to dismiss. Today’s post focuses on the social media defendants’ efforts to dismiss the parallel lawsuits by the school districts.
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” A reminder that Section 230 cases often require the judges to apply the immunity to tragic facts. Yet, its wording was cumbersome enough that plaintiffs have nevertheless sought to overturn that modification–and have gotten some district court judges to agree along the way. Omegle.com, LLC , 2024 WL 5040478 (11th Cir.
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.
This well-publicized lawsuit is an example of Musk waging lawfare over a critic’s speech. Judge Breyer of the Northern District of California had none of it. As a result, the court finds that much of the lawsuit is a SLAPP. Nominally, Twitter brought this lawsuit to rehabilitate its reputation by undermining CCDH.
May 9, 2024). The entire purpose of the discovery rule is to allow a plaintiff to recover damages that occurred more than three years before the date the lawsuit was filed. Finally, the magistrate judge held that summary judgment was improper on the issue of whether the plaintiff’s claims were time-barred. Nealy , No.
Section 230 preempts her lawsuit against Facebook: “Ninth Circuit precedent interpreting Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. § This judge focused solely on Ninth Circuit precedent, which makes sense because this court is in the Ninth Circuit’s territory and that will help with any appeal).
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Back in the old days, judges were baffled by keyword advertising. ” Wow, talk about appellate judge making up facts. The Concurrence In her concurrence, Judge Desai would have gone further to say that competitive keyword advertising isn’t a trademark use in commerce. ” More manufactured empiricism.
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