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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. Nikes Flyknit technology revolutionized the sneaker industry when it debuted in 2012 with the Flyknit Racer. The lawsuit was settled in 2021. What is Flyknit Technology?

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Section 230 Immunizes Bing’s Search Results–White v. Microsoft

Eric Goldman

This lawsuit relates to an episode of the TV show Evil Lives Here called “I Invited Him In,” which discusses an NY serial killer named Nathaniel White. 2012 WL 4863696 (D. 2012); Merritt v. Lexis Nexis, 2012 WL 6725882 (E.D. 2012); Nieman v. 2012 WL 3201931 (C.D. 2012); Getachew v.

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Why Alex Jones’ Team Should Have Used CloudNine Analyst

CloudNine

The lawsuit was brought by the parents of a victim in the Sandy Hook shooting against Alex Jones for defamation seeking $150 million in damages from Jones and his media company Free Speech Systems for falsely claiming the 2012 massacre was a hoax.

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Courts Still Have No Clue How to Determine Who Owns Social Media Accounts–JLM v. Gutman

Eric Goldman

Gutman created a Pinterest account in 2011 and an Instagram account in 2012, shortly after she began working for JLM. SF Design Group Courts Says Employer’s Lawsuit Against Ex-Employee Over Retention and Use of Twitter Account can Proceed–PhoneDog v. Spartz, Inc.

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2023 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Eric Goldman

Thousands of SAD Scheme lawsuits have been filed because the TROs take the online merchant off the marketplace entirely and usually extract some cash. 4) Social media “defective design” lawsuits go forward. If so, as I predicted in 2019 , the UK Online Safety Act will accelerate the end of Web 2.0 TikTok bans.

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More Chaos in the Law of Online Contract Formation

Eric Goldman

July 31, 2023) This is a lawsuit over Blue Kai’s alleged keystroke logging on ESPN.com. ”” In 2012, PayPal added a mandatory arbitration clause that users could opt-out-of. Those factors counsel towards StubHub settling the court cases and doubling down on the arbitrations. Walt Disney Corp. 22-cv-09155-EMC (N.D.

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2023 Quick Links: Section 230

Eric Goldman

29, 2023): the content at issue in this case is the digital firearms information that DD published, from 2012 through 2020, to its own website, DEFCAD. Google defeats lawsuit from a public school student using Google edtech that he claims was hacked and used to send inappropriate material. * .” * Defense Distributed v.