This case generally follows the SAD Scheme template, but with several twists: it s in the Western District of Texas, not the more typical N.D. Ill. it s a copyright claim rather than the more typical trademark claim it s against a single... The post Every SAD Scheme Opinion Is Weird In Its Own Way Cai v. Chaozhoushi Yitong Dianzi Shangwu Youxiangongsi appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law…
This opinion is an offshoot of the multitudinous Meta Pixel cases. LinkedIn offered its own tracking technology called the Insight Tag. Prior blog post. In this case, two healthcare entities, Covered California and Nevada Health Link, installed the Insight Tag,... The post LinkedIn s Insight Tag Creates Legal Entanglements Doe v. LinkedIn appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog .
The jurisprudence of parody dog toys and trademark dilution continues to grow. 📈 In this case, JDPI argues that the Bad Spaniels toy dilutes its marks by associating the famed whiskey with, as the Supreme Court put it, dog excrement.' ... The post It s Hard for Parodic Products to Tarnish Famous Trademarks Bad Spaniels v. Jack Daniel s appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog .
This case involves two competitors in the vehicle-battery charger industry. The plaintiff calls its offering Battery Tender (based on the analogy of a ship s tender) and claims trademark rights in the term. Believing that the term is generic, NOCO began... The post 11th Circuit Rejects Keyword Advertising Liability Deltona v. NOCO appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog .
by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy I recently described the district court’s decision in the case of Amazon v. Perplexity as “a shockingly poor effort to grapple with CFAA applicability to agentic AI technology.” The Ninth Circuit appears to have agreed.... The post Ninth Circuit Lifts Restrictions on Agentic AI Accessing Amazon appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog .
by Prof. Marketa Trimble UNLV Boyd Law School Last month, while sitting at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, a passenger typed www.annefrankmanuscripten.org on her laptop to look up the website at issue in the latest judgment by the Court of Justice of... The post CJEU Judgment on Geoblocking Standards for Knowledge of Foreign Copyright Laws and Geoblocking Measures (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on…
Last week, I blogged the Moss v. GoDaddy decision holding that a key part of California s Yelp Law doesn t authorize a private right of action. If you didn t read that post, go read it now because this post assumes you... The post Another Court Shuts the Door on Yelp Law Drive-By Lawsuits Arterberry v. Peet s appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog .
Starting in 2024, Harbor Freight deployed the following cookie banner: The court accepts Harbor Freight s claim that the 2024 Cookie Banner was displayed on each page on the Website until the user interacted with it, even if the user had... The post When You Reject Cookies, You Might Be Agreeing to Arbitration Alba v. Harbor Freight appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog .
I’m pleased to announce the 2026 edition (17th edition) of my Internet Law casebook, Internet Law: Cases Materials. The book is available in multiple formats: a PDF for $10, a Kindle ebook for $10, a softcover version for $20,... The post Announcing the 2026 Edition of My Internet Law Casebook appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog .
In a prior post, I surveyed the rates at which consumers do not complete online age authentication processes, what I call the balk rate. There is no single canonical balk rate. It varies by destination behind the authentication wall, the... The post More Data on Online Age Authentication Balk Rates appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog .
