Eric Goldman

MARCH 2, 2025

The JMOL had two primary conclusions: First , that the CFAA has extraterritorial application, and therefore it was appropriate for this court to apply the CFAA here. By the time trial rolled around, this case involved only an Irish plaintiff (Ryanair) and a Dutch defendant (Booking.com B.V.). But this court says, not so.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 28, 2025

The defendant claimed that the First Amendment barred the lawsuit “because the claims would interfere with Defendant’s First Amendment discretion to choose its own content moderation policy,” citing the O’Handley district court case. The court disagrees. ” What? ” What?

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Martindale-Avvo

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

However, unlike phone calls, text messages leave a written record that can later be reviewed, and, in some cases, used as evidence in court. In response, Baldoni released additional messages in an attempt to defend himself. A single message sent in anger can shape how the court perceives a party. Brandt at www.cozen.com.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In the lawsuit I’m covering today, Roblox named over 250 defendants. If that’s true with the other 18 cases, Roblox may have sued 4,000+ defendants using the SAD Scheme. Hierl was the lead counsel on the Emojico case I opined on in 2021.] * * * Jurisdiction The defendant Bigfinz sells t-shirts. Seriously, Roblox?

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Above the Law - Technology

MARCH 27, 2024

District Court in Manhattan by a legal tech executive who alleges her former company owes her over $1 million in stock and that her former boss sexually harassed her. Defendants Sued Her First At the time I wrote that, I had not heard back from my request to the defendants for a response to Diaz-Roa’s allegations.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The court dismisses the case entirely with leave to amend. The court responds: “Plaintiffs do not clearly identify the ‘product’ at issue or the ‘design defect’ it allegedly contains.” Thus, to remedy the alleged defect, Defendants would have to change the content posted on their platforms.

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lennyesq

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

US appeals court temporarily lifts block on Louisiana Ten Commandments law –jurist.org Aabshar Ghassi | U. Pittsburgh School of Law, US A US federal appeals court on Friday temporarily lifted a lower court’s blocking of a Louisiana law mandating public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 7, 2025

The defendant Binello made a popular Roblox game called MeepCity allegedly visited 1B times: The game included a feature that allowed users to gather and talk with each other in a pizzeria, which included a piano that users could play to earn points within the game. On this basis, the court distinguished VHT v.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Emojico has trademark registrations in the word “emoji” for a ridiculously broad range of product categories–from (I’m not making this up) ship hulls to penis enlargers–and it then licenses the word to product manufacturers and defendants ensnared in its enforcement net. One defendant fought back.

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TechnoLlama

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

A Commercial Court in Barcelona has made a ruling in a novel copyright dispute between fashion shop Mango and the Spanish collective society for artists VEGAP (text of the decision in Spanish here). The dispute involves the adaptation of a number of works by prominent Spanish artists into garments displayed […]

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 9, 2025

The defendant invoked the arbitration clause in its TOS. Extensively citing Chabolla , the court rejects the arbitration request. The court says Plex’s relationship context cuts against TOS formation. The court’s treatment of the sign-up screen’s call-to-action is perplexing (no pun intended).

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 28, 2024

299 limits joinder in patent cases to defendants who infringe using “the same accused product or process.” ” 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. 35 U.S.C. §

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Debevoise Data Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

In a ruling with potential implications for other pending generative artificial intelligence (AI) copyright cases, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH & West Publishing Corp. ROSS Intelligence Inc. some creative spark.

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Brett Trout

MARCH 5, 2025

While AI promises efficiency and cost savings, a recent case in the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming serves as a stark reminder of the dangers of including unverified AI-generated content in court filings. The court discovered that eight of those cases did not exist. Walmart Inc. &

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 12, 2023

.” Some details about its lawsuit: Betty’s Best sued 1,099 defendants in a single complaint. As usual, the Schedule A provides threadbare information about each defendant. Why did Betty’s Best name “only” 1,099 defendants on this one complaint? The court reduced the asset freeze from $21M to $2M.

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Above the Law - Technology

MARCH 21, 2024

The product, which is in beta, generates a Microsoft Word document formatted for the federal court system. Users in state courts will have to customize the formatting to fit local requirements. Defendant’s misgivings, meaning any facts that might demonstrate the defendant’s lack of character or empathy.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

AUGUST 13, 2024

This means that a plaintiff will need to prove four main elements: a duty of care owed by the defendant to the plaintiff, a breach of that duty, causation , and damages. In rare cases, a plaintiff also may recover punitive damages , which are meant to punish a defendant who engaged in serious wrongdoing and deter others from acting similarly.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

MAY 4, 2023

Federal statutes do not provide clear answers to these questions, so courts will need to confront them. Already, lawsuits involving AI-generated works have been filed in federal courts from coast to coast. This free database provides public records of lawsuits in federal trial and appellate courts. A pending lawsuit in the U.S.

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Brett Trout

MARCH 11, 2025

Nikes History of Defending Its Patents Nike is no stranger to intellectual property lawsuits. Skechers (2016) Nike took Skechers to court for allegedly infringing eight Nike patents, including patents covering the Flyknit technology. The case was settled in 2022.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 1, 2024

The court summarizes the allegations: Roblox has a virtual currency designed for use on its platform called “Robux.” The court is unpersuaded. The court doesn’t appreciate this argument: these are children we’re talking about. Roblox The post Roblox Must Defend Illegal Gambling Claims–Colvin v.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 4, 2024

The plaintiff sued 163 defendants for online marketplace sales and got an ex parte TRO, including Amazon account freezes. 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. Then, the case fell apart. Proximate Damage.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 31, 2024

Microsoft’s filings made some unredacted disclosures about Medina that were repeated in an unredacted court opinion, and those documents appeared on several websites that publish court documents. He then sued the court document repository websites (and other defendants) for defamation, false advertising, and more.

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Clio

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Unlike legal briefs , case briefs are not submitted to the court or opposing counsel. Some basic elements of a case brief include summaries of the facts, procedural history, the main legal issue of the case, and the courts holding. If the case has already been addressed by an appellate court, include that courts determination as well.

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Brett Trout

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The real challenge often lies in defending that patent. The goal is for competitors to look at your patent and decide they would rather stay out of your market or pay you a licensing fee than try to fight your patent in court. Brett Trout In the world of intellectual property, securing a patent is just the beginning.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Of the 819 total dispositions, 391 (48%) were dismissed during claims review, 153 (19%) were not served, 82 (10%) were withdrawn, and 91 (11%) had defendants opt out. If we compare the types of dispositions to the total number of dispositions, it gives up percentages.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The pandemic caused civil courts in the United States to adopt technology at an unprecedented pace and scale, improving participation in court proceedings and helping users resolve disputes more efficiently. Pew researchers examined pandemic-related emergency orders issued by the supreme courts of all 50 states and Washington, D.C.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

MARCH 21, 2024

Ruling on trademark rights over colors, the Supreme Court in Qualitex v. To oppose trademark rights on colors, the defendant there argued that it would deplete the supply of usable colors which would affect other producers’ ability to compete in the market. In Wal-Mart Stores Inc.,

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 30, 2025

The district court ruled it wasn’t copyrightable. ” By anchoring its ruling in the statute, the court sidesteps whether this outcome is Constitutionally required. The court says: Star Treks Data might be worse than ChatGPT at writing poetry, but Datas intelligence is comparable to that of a human being.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

In my prior post on this case , I covered how the court denied efforts to enjoin the Utah law on Section 230 and dormant commerce clause grounds. And as expected, the court indeed enjoined the law on First Amendment grounds. The court rejects the state’s evidence about the purported harms of social media usage.

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lennyesq

DECEMBER 24, 2024

13, 2025, by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), hours after a Monday court ruling reinstated the reporting requirement. 1, 2025, BOI reporting deadline pending a further order of the court. 1, 2025, BOI reporting deadline pending a further order of the court. The injunction was issued in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc.

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CaseFox

APRIL 13, 2023

However, not all personal injury claims are successful in court. Here are the top reasons why personal injury claims fail in court. In order to win a personal injury case, the plaintiff must provide sufficient evidence to prove that the defendant was negligent or intentionally caused the injury.

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Legal Talk Network

JUNE 27, 2024

JAG Lawyer A Judge Advocate General is a unique opportunity for those who want to defend their country in court. These individuals will have the opportunity to take on significant responsibility, further their education in various legal specialties, and gain experience working around the world to uphold justice for those who defend it.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

” (Technically, the defendants in this case are enumerated on “Exhibit 1” instead of “Schedule A,” but same thing). The court describes the phenomenon: This case is one of many in the Northern District of Illinois’s “cottage industry” of “Schedule A” cases. The defendant sold the flag below it.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 21, 2024

“Plaintiff alleges Defendants downloaded and copied Plaintiff’s copyrighted materials from YouTube, and then re-uploaded infringing versions of Plaintiff’s copyrighted media content to their YouTube channels.” ” Viral DRM sued 20 defendants enumerated in a Schedule A and got an ex parte TRO. Jurisdiction.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

At this point, I’ve not paid close attention to the proceedings because everything at the district court level is a rehearsal for the inevitable appellate court review. I’m sure the appellate court will be eager to docket this one. A reminder: this lawsuit is a battle royale. They will need to clear their calendar.

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Cyber Crime Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In what I would call a very significant case, a New York federal court has held that failure to examine a defendant’s imaged hard drive within 15-months after it was obtained was an unlawful seizure in violation of the Fourth Amendment. In United States v. Metter , 2011 U.S. LEXIS 155130 (E.D.N.Y. LEXIS 155130 (E.D.N.Y.

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Debevoise Data Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

As we previewed in our 2024 AI year in review , one of the big areas to watch in 2025 will be how much discovery courts are prepared to order into the inner workings of AI companies, especially in the face of arguments that discovery would reveal trade secrets or would be overbroad in cases based on specific claimed works. OpenAI, Inc.

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