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Archived News 2010 (top) 2/8/10 Daily Journal - Client's Defections From Large to Small Firms such as InternetLitigators Expected To Continue. "As client discontent with billing rates reached new heights during the economic downturn, some big-firm lawyers responded in recent months by jumping ship to start their own practices or to join smaller shops." Subscription 2/2/10 Case Report - Arbitration clause found unconscionable where customers were provided no opportunity to negotiate and effect of clause was overly harsh. Effect upon click thru agreements uncertain. Lhotka v. Geographic Expeditions, Inc. 2010 DJDAR 1689 1/12/10 ICANN - WIPO issues open letter to ICANN re: practices of Registrar Nameview in changing registrations in the course of UDRP (Domain Name Dispute) proceedings. See Letter. 1/04/10 InternetLitigators - Our litigation team recently prevailed against the City of Los Angeles in in a Gross Revenue Tax reclassification matter where the City denied entitlement to preferred tax classification status to a web hosting company as a "multimedia business". Contact us for further details. 2009 (top) 12/30/09 Case Report: USDC - The Central District of California granted summary judgment in favor of Columbia Pictures and against defendant Gary Fung and his Torrent sites holding DMCA Safe Harbor Provisions (17 U.S.C. 512) inapplicable after insufficient showing by defendants. Columbia v. Fung 2:06-cv-05578-SVW-JC 12/8/09 SCAM ALERT: Phishing scam imitates your web hosting company. 12/3/09 eWeek: Privacy activists sue DOJ for Sleuthing Practices on Facebook, Twitter 12/1/09 BoingBoing: Britain's new Internet law -- as bad as everyone's been saying, and worse. Much, much worse. 11/25/09 PC World: Godfather of Spam convicted and sentenced to 4 years for violation of CAN-SPAM ACT. 11/20/09 FTC: The FTC has issued an update to its guide for advertisers that use endorsements and testimonials in advertising. A complete copy of the guide is available in our member section. Log In. 11/18/09 TechCrunch: Good Question! The Eight Best Questions We Got While Raising Venture Capital. 11/16/09 TG Daily: Egypt creates first Arabic domain name. 11/10/09 InternetLitigators: Attorneys Cohen & Richardson, LLP secure major licensing concession from National brand for client based upon unique domain name usage. 11/9/09 CNet: Murdoch expresses belief that advertising business model is bested by subscription model for news and blog content. 11/9/09 CNet: Google bets big on mobile-advertising with purchase of AdMob, Inc. for $750 Million. 7/30/09 The Whir: Cohen & Richardson, LLP partner Jeffrey A. Cohen was featured in an interview by Larissa Primeau for WHIR TV for the Web Host Industry Review Magazine. This three part series includes information on recent events and laws effecting the web hosting industry. 7/30/09 InternetLitigators: The law offices of Cohen & Richardson, LLP which provides legal services for InternetLitigators members has announced the addition of a new associate, Mr. Alex Yoffe. Mr. Yoffe joins the firm with substantial experience in business litigation and business and Internet transactions. Mr. Yoffe's practice also includes a focus in the area of International Law. 7/30/09 InternetLitigators: The law firm of Cohen & Richardson, LLP which provides legal services for InternetLitigators members has renewed its lease in the Atrium and is expanding into slightly larger space with new contact information. 7/30/09 CNET: Congress demands info from Web loyalty firm Vertrue in relation to claims that customers were unknowingly signed up for monthly fees. 5/18/09 SCAM ALERT: Domain registration scam in China. Fraudulent email claims to be from "Department of Registration Service in China" after having received purported domain name registration applications for your trademark. See Report. 4/16/09 SCAM ALERT: Annual Review Board - Letters demand payment of $228.00 to file an almost identical form with the State that should cost $20.00. See Report. 2/12/09 FTC: FTC Staff Revises Online Behavioral Advertising Principles. (For a complete copy of the FTC Staff Report please contact us) 2008 (top) 12/24/08 WSJ: Verizon Awarded $33.2 Million in 'Cybersquatting' Case 12/15/08 WSJ: Google seeks private Internet fast lane; Net neutrality advocates cringe.
11/13/08 Washington Post: Alleged
major source of online
scams and spam McColo Corp. knocked Offline. Significant reduction in
spam expected. 9/18/08 WHIR News: Cybersquatters Buy Merger Domains 8/28/08 Los Angeles Times: Target settles suit with National Federation of the Blind 8/5/08 CNN: 11 Charged With Massive Identity Theft 7/25/08 MSNBC: Victim of fake Facebook profile wins libel suit. 6/30/08 WSJ: Ebay Fined by French Court Over Selling Counterfeits. 3/18/08 Reuters: ValueClick agrees to pay $2.9M to settle FTC claim charging false promises of prizes including plasma televisions and ipods. 3/14/08 KXMB News: South Dakota adds text messaging, IM and email to traditional harassment laws. 3/14/08 Siliconvalley.com: AOL to buy social network Bebo for $850 million. 3/4/08 Yahoo!: Form D Securities Filings to go Electronic; Adds Ease of Use and Search; Increases Investor Anonymity 2/1/08 Website Magazine: Jeffrey A. Cohen of InternetLitigators answers Common Questions about Cybersquatting and Domain Name Rights. 1/23/08 NEW JERSEY: New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine has signed a measure that requires online dating services to post a criminal background check policy prominently on their sign-up pages. Full Text of the Internet Safety Dating Act 1/11/08 BBC News: French President Proposes new Internet Tax 1/3/08 Smart Money: Quick Tips: Resolve to Build That Web Site 1/2/08 WSJ: Ad Houses Will Need to Be More Nimble 2007 (top) 12/20/07:
FTC Issues Privacy
Guidelines for Internet Advertising Industry.
InternetLitigators
Summary
8/29/07 FTC: FTC to Host Town Hall to Examine Privacy Issues and Online Behavioral Advertising November 1-2, 2007. 7/12/07 MSN Money: Lesson for Whole Foods CEO - Employee Blogs and forum entries concerning company business should be reviewed by counsel before posting. 6/1/07 MSNBC: Spammer Canned by 35 count Indictment, Effect upon Spam Level uncertain. 5/21/07 New Case - 9th Circut - CDA Safe Harbor Provisions do not apply to all content posted by Roomates.com. Fair Housing v. Roomates.com 2007 DJDAR 6822
5/17/07
New Case - USDC - EDNY
- Court Grants motion to dismiss
trademark suit holding that use of mark as Meta tag is not "use
in commerce" under
the Lanham Act. Appeal likely. Site Pro-1 v. Better Metal, LLC
06-CV-6508 4/25/07
Utah Set to Implement Keyword Law - Legislation
seeks to outlaw use of trademarked keywords by all but registered
owners. Challenge Expected.
2/14/07 Washington Post: Smith
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