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Boat Rental Marketplace Defeats Lawsuit Over Offline Boating Accident–In re Chaves

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MySpace case from 2008 and its progeny (assuming the Doe case is still good law in the Fifth Circuit, which isn’t guaranteed ). Even if the new definition applied, the court questions if GMB was the one to “advertise and offer” the boat, as opposed to Chaves: it is Chaves who places the advertisement on GMB’s website.

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Second Circuit Rejects an Account Termination Lawsuit…Again (Phew!)–Domen v. Vimeo

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Courts have rejected Section 230 defenses against claims for false advertising, deceptive trade practices, and tortious interference. 6:08-cv-42-Orl-19GJK, 2008 WL 2704404 at *24 (M.D. July 8, 2008). Certain claims sounding in contract or tort may be beyond the reach of Section 230(c)(2)’s protection from suit.

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Section 230 Protect Apple’s App Store from Claims Over Cryptocurrency Theft–Diep v. Apple

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

False Advertising. eBay case from 2008. In general, courts should not permit a false advertising claim based on a “safe” representation where the representation is rendered untrue by third-party content. ” This is a highly defense-favorable reading of the contract provision. Implications.

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The Wi-Fi is A, B, or C—the Rogers-Shaw Deal: Limiting choice in a wireless marketplace?

IPilogue

On March 3 2022, Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Francois-Phillippe Champagne stated that “The wholesale transfer of Shaw’s wireless licenses to Rogers is fundamentally incompatible with our government’s policies for spectrum and mobile service competition, and I will simply not permit it.”

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Quick Links from the Past Year, Part 7 (Section 230)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

. “the underlying communication created by a third-party, a Match.com user, is truly ‘the specific harmful material at issue,’ not the automatically generated advertisement sent by Match.” ” The court rebuffed the FTC’s attempt to distinguish Dyroff. ’”. . ” The FTC cited Anthony v.

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Two More Cases Compel Arbitration for Dubious Online Contracts (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy The intersection of the Federal Arbitration Act and the law of online contracts has become utterly corrosive to our legal system. The problem with the FAA and online contracts, of course, is that no one is agreeing to arbitrate anything. Didion (2008) 160 Cal.App.4th Consumer Contracts (Tent.

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Lewis Hamilton! Lewis who?

The IPKat

In his inaugural season, he finished runner-up; in 2008, he won his first title to become the then-youngest ever Formula 1 World Champion. Picture is by Rodrigo Chablé and used under the licensing terms of pexels.com. There is no doubt that, within racing motor sports, Lewis Hamilton is a famous person.

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