Mashable has this little story and video of a couple in Japan getting married in a ceremony performed by a robot. Looks like it went off without a hitch. But it’s an interesting harbinger of some of the legal questions that will arise as intelligence based on nonbiological substrates gets more human-like. Is a marriage [...]
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Video: This Week in Law Episode 56
April 16th, 2010
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Recording today’s episode of This Week in Law was super fun. I enjoyed the conversation with Denise Howell, Carolyn Wright and Merlin Mann. Neato discussion about copyright, Twitter, Creative Commons and other awesome stuff. And you can even hear Denise rap at about the 47 minute mark. Here’s the video: Watch past episodes of TWiL [...]
UDRP loser did not commit fraud on USPTO by saying it was exclusive user of mark
April 15th, 2010
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Salu, Inc. v. Original Skin Store, Slip Copy, 2010 WL 1444617 (E.D.Cal. April 12, 2010) This is kind of a wonky trademark/domain name case. So if that’s not in your wheelhouse, don’t strain yourself. Plaintiff sued defendant for infringement of plaintiff’s registered trademark. Defendant moved for summary judgment, claiming that the asserted trademark registration was [...]
Wife posts pics with boyfriend on MySpace, loses child custody
April 12th, 2010
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And you should have heard what the judge said in open court! Lipps v. Lipps, 2010 Ark. App. 295, 2010 WL 1379803 (Ark. App. April 7, 2010). [Read the opinion] This is one of those cases that’d do well as a movie on Lifetime Television for Women. Unlike other cases I talk about on this [...]
Supreme Court clarifies basis for why copyright suits over unregistered works should be dismissed
March 3rd, 2010
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Image via Wikipedia Supreme Court overturns Second Circuit, holding that a copyright plaintiff’s failure to register the work before filing suit does not deprive the court of subject matter jurisdiction. Reed Elsevier v. Muchnick, Slip. Op., 559 U.S. ___ (March 2, 2010) [View opinion here] “Subject matter jurisdiction” refers to a court’s power to hear [...]
Group sex photos case heads to trial
October 7th, 2009
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Peterson v. Moldofsky, No. 07-2603, 2009 WL 3126229 (D.Kan. September 29, 2009) Defendant took pictures of his ex-girlfriend “engaged in various sex acts with two other people.” Later he emailed some of the photos to his ex-girlfriend’s mother, ex-husband, ex-in laws, boss and co-workers. The ex-girlfriend sued for intentional infliction of emotional distress and invasion [...]
Listen to This Week in Law Episode 20
February 1st, 2009
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This Week in Law (aka TWiL) Episode 20 is up. Hope you’ll give it a listen. I had a great time with my co-panelists Ben Franske, Colette Vogele, Ernie Svenson and host Denise Howell recording this episode. We talked about interesting things like copyright fair use, the first sale doctrine, and right-minded use of social [...]
What are the top 10 internet cases of 2008?
December 10th, 2008
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I’m working on gathering a list of the most important internet- and technology-related cases from the past year. There are many cases to choose from, and I’m trying to crowdsource the nomination process. I invite you to nominate the case or cases you think have been most significant by leaving a comment to this post. [...]
