Balough
September 16, 2015
(September 17, 2015) Here’s a list you probably don’t want your car to be in the top five: the most hackable cars on the road. PT&C LWG Forensic Consulting Services compiled a list of cars with the highest risk of being hacked. The top five and the reasons are: 2014 Jeep Cherokee, which it said […]
Balough
September 15, 2015
(September 14, 2015) Copyright owners must consider whether a potential infringer’s use is a fair use before it can send a takedown notice or it may face potential liability for bad faith notification, the Ninth Circuit said. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a copyright owner may request that an internet service provider take down […]
Balough
August 30, 2015
(August 30, 2015) One of the infamous copyright troll attorneys who sent thousands of shakedown letters to persons who allegedly illegally downloaded porn videos now faces an action brought by the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC). John L. Steele, who operated various law firms—including Prenda Law with Paul Duffy Steele Hansmeier and The […]
Balough
July 7, 2015
(July 7, 2015) Amazon’s search results are creating enough confusion over a high-priced watch to require a jury to decide if there is trademark infringement, the Ninth Circuit found, reversing the trial court’s dismissal of the case. MTM Special Ops sells high-end, military-style watches manufactured by Multi-Time Machines, Inc. The watches are not sold on […]
Balough
May 19, 2015
The actress who sought to have her five-second appearance in a controversial anti-Muslim movie removed from YouTube does not have a protectable copyright interest to support her request for an injunction, an en banc ruling from the Ninth Circuit found. The ruling reverses an earlier three-judge panel decision that ordered Google, Inc. to remove the […]
Balough
April 9, 2015
You can’t trademark Mardi Gras Bead Dogs for jewelry, pastries, and clothing because the phrase is merely descriptive of traditional Mardi Gras beads (used in New Orleans) which are shaped into dogs. As a result, the Fifth Circuit affirmed a trial court’s summary judgment finding the trademarks invalid. Of course, the Fifth Circuit should know what’s […]
Balough
March 4, 2015
Google, Inc. won a preliminary injunction stopping the Mississippi Attorney General from enforcing a 79-page subpoena or bringing a civil or criminal charge against Google under Mississippi law for making accessible third-party content to Internet users. In a brief order, the trial court found that Google had a substantial likelihood of prevailing on the merits in […]
Balough
January 22, 2015
DISH Network’s DVR technologies do not infringe on Fox Broadcasting Company’s copyrights, but provisions in a 2002 contract prohibit some of DISH’s activities, a federal district court found in ruling on cross-motions for summary judgment. Fox filed a copyright infringement and breach of contact case against DISH Network over its services that allow consumers to time […]
Balough
January 8, 2015
The question of who came up with the idea for Heinz Ketchup’s “Dip & Squeeze” packaging will be left to a jury, a Pennsylvania U.S. District Court judge said. The court denied H. J. Heinz Company’s motion for summary judgment. The company sought to dismiss the case arguing that it was in the process of developing […]
Balough
November 12, 2014
Americans overwhelmingly have no confidence that they have control over their personal information, regardless of whether the information is collected by the government or corporations, a new Pew Research Center report found. The Pew Report also found that a majority of respondents said they are willing to share some personal data in exchange for access to […]
