Lime Wire Settles for $105 Million
Lime Wire, the defunct file sharing service, has agreed to a $105 million settlement with recording companies over infringement of music copyrights.
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Overview of 2011 Food Safety Legislation
Although the FSMA has been heralded as bringing about an overhaul of the U.S. food system, questions remain as to its full force and effect.
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Practice Tip: Top 10 Tips for Defending Mass Torts in NJ
With plaintiffs filing numerous cases in the Garden State, it is easy to fall into the mindset that New Jersey is for plaintiffs. Do not get caught in that trap and become complacent, filing rote motions and litigating on autopilot.
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The Products Liability Act, the Economic Loss Rule and the Integrated Product Doctrine
This article provides a summary and analysis of the recent New Jersey Supreme Court decision, <i>Dean v. Barrett Homes, Inc.<i>; it dealt with the application of the New Jersey Products Liability Act, the economic loss rule, and the integrated products doctrine in a factual context not previously considered by the court.
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<i>En Banc</i> Rehearing Demanded on Facebook-ConnectU Settlement
When the Ninth Circuit denied Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss and Divya Narendra's request to have their settlement with Facebook overturned last month, it made headlines, most likely due to the depiction of the legal battle in the Academy Award-nominated film, <i>The Social Network</i>. But despite being told by the court to be happy with the "quite favorable" settlement amount, the attorney leading the fight isn't ready to give up.
'Tangible Property' Defined in the Computer Age
With the increasing use of social media for marketing and advertising purposes, businesses of all sizes are seeking insurance coverage for various types of Internet-based exposures. Among others, companies are looking to insure against claims raised by users viewing or otherwise accessing a company's websites and advertisements for damage to hardware, data, information, and other computer components.
Ruling Clarifies <i>Situs</i> of Injury for Online Infringement Claims
Declaring that the Internet "plays an important role in the jurisdictional analysis in the specific context of this case," the New York Court of Appeals has ruled that in copyright infringement cases involving the uploading of a copyrighted printed literary work onto the Internet, the situs of injury for purposes of determining long-arm jurisdiction under NY CPLR 302(a)(3)(ii) is the location of the principal place of business of the copyright holder.
The Dangers of Dynamic Keyword Insertion
One aspect of PPC advertising in which keywords play a part ' and where such keyword use might be considered trademark infringement ' is the use of keywords within the text of an ad itself. Unfortunately, trademarked keywords sometimes appear in PPC ads automatically, without anyone intentionally selecting them. How is that possible? Through the use of a technique known as dynamic keyword insertion, combined with inexact keyword matching.
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Bruce Lee Enterprises Can Proceed with False Endorsement Claim<br>Contributory Infringement Claim over Terminator Is Dismissed<br>Eastern District of New York Illuminates Infringement Test for Reality TV Series
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TV Reality Show Arbitration Clause Binds Non-Signing Participant
A teen beauty who slapped The Walt Disney Co. with a $100 million suit claiming she had been depicted as a bratty child on the reality TV show <i>Wife Swap</i> will not have her day in court. Alicia Guastaferro was 15 when her mother signed a release and waiver for her TV appearance, during which the daughter made the comment that she felt "sorry for people who aren't as gorgeous as me." Even though Guastaferro did not execute the release, Acting New York County Supreme Court Justice Saliann Scarpulla nonetheless held that she was bound by its arbitration clause.
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