Last week the U.S. District Court in Seattle denied Defendant Autodesk’s motion to dismiss Plaintiff Vernor’s case, and held that under the circumstances, the sale of AutoCAD on eBay was protected by the First Sale Doctrine. Vernor makes a living reselling goods on eBay. He found himself in hot water after trying to sell four [...]
Archive for May, 2008
What’s the story on the MySpace suicide indictment?
May 17th, 2008
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The media has given a lot of attention to the indictment by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles of the mother who allegedly set up a bogus MySpace account to harass one of her daughter’s 13 year old friends. That friend later hung herself in the closet, purportedly because of the harassment. But what’s [...]
Liveblogging the 2008 INTA Annual Meeting
May 16th, 2008
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Internet Cases contributor Brian Beckham is attending the 130th annual meeting of the International Trademark Association in Berlin, Germany May 17-21 and will be liveblogging important events. Follow along at http://inta.internetcases.com.
Court reconsiders “making available” in file-sharing case
May 16th, 2008
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A U.S. District Court judge in Minnesota presiding over the case of Capitol Records Inc. v. Jammie Thomas has issued an Order breathing new life into the Defendant’s case. Thomas was found liable for copyright infringement for activities over the KaZaA network, and had moved for either a new trial or lowering of damages on [...]
Court upholds forum selection clause in YouTube’s terms of use
May 13th, 2008
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Bowen v. YouTube, Inc., No. 08-5050, 2008 WL 1757578 (W.D.Wash. April 15, 2008) Plaintiff Bowen, a registered YouTube user, sued YouTube over some harassing comments others had posted about her on the site, as well as for some sort of dissatisfaction about misappropriation of her intellectual property rights. (The opinion is not clear about exactly [...]
