Defendant e-records Lawsuit 
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. See ECF No.
Eric Goldman
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
You may have heard about Squishmallow’s recent lawsuit against Build-a-Bear over plushy knockoffs. I previously blogged about one such case, where Squishmallow sued 90 e-commerce merchants in a sealed complaint and got a TRO. While that’s interesting, I’m focused on Squishmallow’s abuse of the SAD Scheme.
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Eric Goldman
MAY 15, 2024
If the Supreme Court upholds the discovery rule for copyright cases, or simply declines to address it, the decision will leave copyright defendants exposed to very large awards for years of infringing conduct (as they have been everywhere but the Second Circuit). Two years later, in Starz Entertainment v. 4th 1236 (9th Cir.
Eric Goldman
AUGUST 11, 2023
Two top-line takeaways you might get from this post: A two-click formation process avoids the risk of judges moving the goalposts about formation, and If you are amending your TOS, have an airtight plan for building a credible evidentiary record. July 31, 2023) This is a lawsuit over Blue Kai’s alleged keystroke logging on ESPN.com.
Joshua Gilliland
JANUARY 7, 2016
The City of New York, 50 unnamed NYPD officers, and the former NYPD Commissioner are involved in a civil rights lawsuit over allegedly issuing summonses without probable cause, violating the First, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. The new Rule 37(e) states: Failure to Preserve Electronically Stored Information.
Eric Goldman
JUNE 20, 2023
For example, when a sound recording of a musical work gets played on Spotify, both the owner of the copyright in the musical work and the owner of copyright in the sound recording (the derivative work) are entitled to royalties for the public performance. Fast-forward three decades. Copyright Office.
Legal Tech Monitor
APRIL 27, 2023
This lack of clarity can lead to disputes and even lawsuits. The mother filed a lawsuit, arguing that her use of the song was fair use. For example, creating software to convert e-books into formats compatible with screen readers for the visually impaired could be considered a violation of the DMCA.
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