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Court Denies Injunction in Competitive Keyword Ad Lawsuit–Nursing CE Central v. Colibri

Eric Goldman

This is a competitive keyword advertising lawsuit. A rival, Colibri, displayed in the trademark in its Google keyword ads, but it claims it has stopped doing so after the lawsuit was filed. Bye, Goff * Yet More Evidence That Keyword Advertising Lawsuits Are Stupid–Porta-Fab v. The court denies a preliminary injunction.

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The Five Most Momentous Legal Tech Fails

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But that all came crashing down after I reported in 2016 of Bluford’s settlement of a lawsuit charging him with impersonating a lawyer, forging legal documents and fraudulently swindling two clients. As of this writing, the lawsuit is ongoing. Following my report, QuickLegal quickly shut down.

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Second Circuit Tells Trademark Owners to Stop Suing Over Competitive Keyword Advertising–1-800 Contacts v. Warby Parker

Eric Goldman

For over two decasdes, 1-800 Contacts has brought competitive keyword advertising lawsuits to hinder its competitors and boost its prices to consumers. 1-800 Contacts expressed its gratitude to the Second Circuit by promptly bringing a spate of new anti-competitive keyword ad lawsuits, including this one against Warby Parker.

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Breaking: Aderant Acquires American LegalNet

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Aderant has its own rules-based calendaring product, CompuLaw, which it acquired in 2011, and which originally was introduced to the legal market some 40 years ago. ALN remains involved in a lawsuit filed last year by CourtAlert.com alleging that the company conspired to steal CourtAlert’s confidential and proprietary information.

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Another Doctor Learns Why It’s Unwise to Sue Patients

Eric Goldman

The appeals court reverses, dismisses Hah’s lawsuits, and orders Hah to pay the defendants’ attorneys’ fees. For his failed lawsuits, Hah will be writing checks to the defendants’ attorneys. The district court didn’t act on the motions, which acted as a pocket denial. Matter of Public Concern.

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Breaking: Aderant Acquires American LegalNet

LawSites

Aderant has its own rules-based calendaring product, CompuLaw, which it acquired in 2011, and which originally was introduced to the legal market some 40 years ago. ALN remains involved in a lawsuit filed last year by CourtAlert.com alleging that the company conspired to steal CourtAlert’s confidential and proprietary information.

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Internet Access Providers Face Contributory Copyright Liability for Subscribers’ Infringements–UMG v. Grande

Eric Goldman

This is another lawsuit against an Internet access provider (IAP) for user-committed copyright infringement via P2P file sharing. NOCIs to Grande between 2011 and 2017. For more background on this issue, see this rrcap and the links at the bottom of this post. My post on a pre-pandemic district court ruling in this case.

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