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Technology & Marketing Law Blog - Technology & Marketing Law Blog Menu Biography Academic Materials Writing Presentations Resources Courses Advertising & Marketing Law Contract Law Copyright Law Internet Law IP Survey Legal Ethics Contact Blogs Tertium Quid Blog Eric Goldman’s Personal Blog About the Bloggers Section 230 Preempts Product Design Claims–Lama v. Meta May 8, 2024 · by Eric Goldman · in Content Regulation , Derivative Liability The court summarizes: Plaintiff alleges that Defendants failed to implement a child protective procedure whereby parents, school personnel, and other children[-]responsible persons would be able to protect against online bullying wherein the defendants’ products were foreseeably weaponized to facilitate online… Supreme Court Addresses When Government Employees’ Social Media Accounts are State Action (Lindke & Garnier) May 5, 2024 · by Eric Goldman · in Content Regulation [This post got stuck in my drafts folder…sharing it now for completeness] I see many cases against government employees for posting and moderating content on social media. The topic is a doctrinal morass because many details can affect the analysis…. Plaintiffs Make Some Progress in 512(f) Cases May 3, 2024 · by Eric Goldman · in Copyright This post recaps some recent 512(f) cases that have hit my alerts. Surprisingly, all of the decisions involve a positive ruling for the plaintiff, which is different from the typical past outcomes. Maybe the jurisprudential tide is turning? Bungie, Inc…. The 7th Circuit’s Section 230 Jurisprudence’s Impact on FOSTA Cases May 2, 2024 · by Eric Goldman · in Content Regulation , Derivative Liability Last August, in GG v. Salesforce, a split Seventh Circuit panel ruled that Salesforce didn’t qualify for Section 230 in a FOSTA case. I never blogged that opinion for two reasons. First, it came at a busy time (I was… Trump’s Retweets Are Criminal Contempt of a Gag Order–People v. Trump April 30, 2024 · by Eric Goldman · in Content Regulation , Derivative Liability As you surely know, the state of New York is prosecuting Donald Trump for allegedly falsifying business records in connection with the hush-payments to Stormy Daniels. The judge overseeing the case is well aware of Trump’s shambolic approach to high-stakes… Misjoinder Dooms SAD Scheme Patent Case–Wang v. Schedule A Defendants April 28, 2024 · by Eric Goldman · in E-Commerce , Patents 35 U.S.C. § 299 limits joinder in patent cases to defendants who infringe using the same accused product or process.” Congress enacted this requirement to restrict patent trolls who were filing lawsuits against defendants who had nothing in common but… Ninth Circuit Upholds Sign-in-Wrap”–Keebaugh v. Warner Bros. April 27, 2024 · by Eric Goldman · in E-Commerce , Licensing/Contracts This is a false advertising lawsuit again the mobile app game Game of Thrones: Conquest. The account formation process included a screen where a user could proceed only by clicking on the play” button: Warner Bros. sought to send the… Why Generative AI is Doomed April 23, 2024 · by Eric Goldman · in Content Regulation , Internet History I was honored to deliver this year’s Nies Lecture at Marquette University Law School, with the provocative (but, I hope, accurately descriptive) title Generative AI is Doomed.” My remarks. This is my first contribution to the AI academic literature. As… Videogame Maker Has Implied License to Depict Copyrighted Tattoos–Hayden v. 2K April 22, 2024 · by Eric Goldman · in Copyright This is one of several copyright cases brought by tattoo artists against videogame makers for depicting athletes bearing their tattoos. This particular case, involving tattoo artist Hayden, videogame NBA 2K, and basketball players like LeBron James, reached a jury. The… Zuckerberg Avoids Personal Liability for Social Media Addiction”–In re Social Media Addiction April 21, 2024 · by Eric Goldman · in Content Regulation I never blogged the dual state and federal rulings in the Social Media Addiction cases from last Fall. I wrote up a 4,000 word draft about the state court ruling, but the federal ruling came out before I finished it…. 1 2 … 435 Next → Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Email Address Subscribe Search on this blog Categories Adware/Spyware (192) Content Regulation (1,348) Copyright (843) Derivative Liability (1,449) Domain Names (167) E-Commerce (592) Emojis (57) Evidence/Discovery (171) General (168) Internet History (239) Licensing/Contracts (717) Marketing (722) Patents (98) Privacy/Security (659) Publicity/Privacy Rights (269) Search Engines (598) Spam (214) Trade Secrets (89) Trademark (766) Trespass to Chattels (133) Virtual Worlds (55) Copyright © 2024 Technology & Marketing Law...