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Section 230 and the First Amendment Curtail An Online Videogame Addiction Lawsuit–Angelilli v. Activision

Eric Goldman

Seeking redress, Plaintiffs sued Defendants on the theory that their design decisions and failure to disclose the dangers of their products were the cause of D.G.s Plaintiffs further allege that D.G.s gaming has resulted in serious harm, including emotional distress, lost friends, and problems in school. addiction and Plaintiffs injuries.

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Misidentified Person Loses Defamation Claim Against Tabloid–Bloom v. A360

Eric Goldman

US Weekly published two articles on the story and posted to Instagram. The court dismisses Bloom’s lawsuit against US Weekly. First, the plaintiff didn’t connect this lack of diligence to the article’s author. Elon Musk “secretly” fathered twins with his subordinate Shivon Zilis. Defamation.

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4 Strategies for Preventing and Handling Frivolous Lawsuits

Lawmatics

There are more than 40 million lawsuits in the United states alone every year. And only 2% of those will ultimately proceed with a lawsuit. Contract and small claims cases comprise the bulk of the civil caseload, and unfortunately, most of these lawsuits are baseless claims, also known as frivolous lawsuits.

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The SAD Scheme as an Institutional Failure

Eric Goldman

The SAD Scheme involves a trademark owner suing dozens/hundreds of defendants using a sealed complaint, getting an ex parte TRO, and then having the online marketplaces freeze the defendants’ accounts and money. Mistakes are common in the SAD Scheme, and appeals are almost nonexistent.

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Snapchat Isn’t Liable for Offline Sexual Abuse–VV v. Meta

Eric Goldman

Similarly, allegations of failure to warn of an application’s potential danger do not remove the “publisher” status. Similarly, allegations of failure to warn of an application’s potential danger do not remove the “publisher” status. She sued Snapchat for her harms. Snapchat successfully defends on Section 230 grounds.

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Design Patents Just Got Harder to Get

Brett Trout

Design patents protect the overall appearance, visual impressions, artistry, and style of ornamental subject matter. When combining these secondary designs they had to be “so related [to the Rosen reference] that the appearance of certain ornamental features in one would suggest the application of those features to the other.”

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Amazon Isn’t Liable for Selling Suicide “Kits”—McCarthy v. Amazon

Eric Goldman

The court dismisses the lawsuit against Amazon. Speedpera, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons This case involves the tragic suicide of two teenagers, both of whom died by consuming sodium nitrite they purchased from a third-party Amazon merchant (Loudwolf). However, in undiluted form, it’s toxic.