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New Jersey Judge Deems Blogger To Be Journalist And Protected By Shield Law
ELIZABETH, N.J. - A blogger has made the necessary prima facie showing that her online posts qualify as journalism per the standards of Too Much Media LLC v. Hale (206 N.J. 209 $(2011$)), a New Jersey...
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School District Ordered To Comply With Discovery Requests In Facebook Posting...
ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Minnesota federal magistrate judge on March 20 ruled that a school district failed to demonstrate "an undue burden" related to most of the documents sought in a discovery motion by...
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Yahoo's Supply Of User Info Per Subpoenas Protected By Law, 9th Circuit Rules
SAN FRANCISCO - Because Yahoo! Inc. complied with two grand jury subpoenas in good faith when it supplied the government with subscriber information, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on...
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Man Sentenced To 41 Months Imprisonment For Computer Fraud, Identity Theft
NEWARK, N.J. - A man convicted of two counts of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) on March 19 was sentenced to 41 months imprisonment by a New Jersey federal judge who also denied his...
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New York High Court Rejects Online Retailers' Challenge To Internet Tax Law
ALBANY, N.Y. - A challenge to New York's "Internet tax law" by two leading online retailers was rejected March 28 by a New York State Court of Appeals majority, which found the law to be constitutional...
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Magistrate Recommends Dismissal Of Man's Purported Facebook Co-Ownership Claims
BUFFALO, N.Y. - In a lengthy report and recommendation filed March 26, a New York federal magistrate judge deemed a man's purported contract with Facebook Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg to be "a recently...
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Magistrate Won't Quash Subpoena Of Online Streaming Firm's Google AdWords...
SAN JOSE, Calif. - The plaintiff broadcasters in a copyright infringement lawsuit have sufficiently shown that discovery information sought via a subpoena on Google Inc. is relevant to their claims...
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Class Action Alleging Privacy Breaches By Google Android Operating System Tossed
SAN FRANCISCO - Relying heavily on In re iPhone Application Litigation (2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 106865 $(N.D. Calif. 2011$)), a California federal judge on March 26 mostly dismissed a class action...
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2nd Circuit: Priceline And Consumers Lack Agency Relationship
NEW YORK - A New York trial court properly dismissed a class suit accusing an online discount travel site of failing to reveal compensation it receives via one of its booking services as no agency...
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Judge Dismisses Antitrust Class Action Against Inflight Internet Provider
SAN FRANCISCO - Three airline travelers have failed to show that "there has been a substantial foreclosure of competition in the relevant market" of providers of Internet connectivity on domestic...
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9th Circuit Sides With Film Studios, Says BitTorrent Sites Infringe
SAN FRANCISCO - A California federal judge properly found that the BitTorrent search engine Isohunt is liable for contributory infringement because it is not entitled to safe harbor immunity under the...
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File Sharer's Actions Support Damages Award, Record Companies, Government Say
BOSTON - In their response brief before the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, a group of record companies on March 27 asked that a $675,000 copyright infringement award be affirmed based on a file...
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Ohio Judge Severs Defendants In BitTorrent Copyright Case
TOLEDO, Ohio - A copyright infringement lawsuit brought against 25 John Doe defendants must proceed as 25 separate actions, according to an April 10 ruling by an Ohio federal judge (Night of the...
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New York Judge Sides With Record Label Over 'Pre-Owned' Digital Music Site
NEW YORK - A service that touts itself as a "marketplace for 'pre-owned' digital music" suffered an adverse summary judgment ruling on April 1 by a New York federal judge, who instead found in favor of...
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$1 Billion Antitrust Complaint Over Microsoft Multi-User Software Dismissed
NEW YORK - By imposing a new single-user limitation on its Windows operating systems, Microsoft Corp. was enacting "an entirely valid exercise" of its intellectual property rights, a New York federal...
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Refusal To License Copyrighted Products Not Anticompetitive, Federal Judge Rules
DENVER - A company's refusal to license its copyrighted airport terminal charts and its proprietary products did not violate federal antitrust law because the company validly asserted its rights under...
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4th Circuit Affirms Cybersquatting Ruling Against Operator Of 'Travellers' Site
RICHMOND, Va. - Noting "cogent reasoning" by a lower court, a Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on April 4 affirmed a ruling that a man's registration and use of the Internet domain...
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Infringement, Cybersquatting Claims In 'Space Walk' Dispute Partly Dismissed
NEW ORLEANS - A maker of inflatable amusements saw its trademark and cybersquatting claims dismissed by a Louisiana federal judge on April 11 because it did not own the mark at issue in the lawsuit...
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Copyright Case Between Home Birthing Bloggers To Be Dismissed Absent Good Cause
BOSTON - Rather than address the jurisdictional grounds for a midwife's motion to dismiss a lawsuit over a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice, a Massachusetts federal judge on...
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2nd Circuit Affirms Denial Of Injunction In Video Transmission Case
NEW YORK - Finding no error in a New York federal judge's application of Cartoon Network LLP v. CSC Holdings Inc. (536 F.3d 121 $(2nd Cir. 2008$)) (Cablevision), a divided Second Circuit U.S. Court of...
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