Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Two more account termination/content removal cases fail, like dozens before them.

[This is a ruling from a month ago…I just learned about it.]

The court starts out: “Plaintiff’s pursuit of a preliminary injunction in this “Schedule A” patent infringement suit fizzled out after plaintiff abandoned its appeal of my order denying that relief.” The bond amount was $10k. One of the restrained defendants sought damages out of the bond.

The defendan...

By guest blogger Sarah Fackrell, Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law

Plaintiffs are often allowed to choose their own forum. But they’re not supposed to be able to choose their own judge. And yet, in the U.S. District Co...

Prior blog post. This 11th Circuit decision involves the following screen:

In...

This is a rare Seventh Circuit opinion on the SAD Scheme (it’s nonprecedential). The defense didn’t contest the appeal, but even without opposition, the rightsowner still whiffs.

The court contextualizes the case:

Intellectual property lawsuits like this one have flooded the Northern District of Illinois. In a typical case, the IP holder files trademark or copyr...