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Connectu v. Facebook (and vice versa)
ConnectU is suing Facebook in Massachusetts for copyright infringement, breach of actual or implied contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, unfair business practices, intentional interference with prospective business advantage, breach of duty of good faith and fair dealing, fraud and breach of confidence. Facebook is suing ConnectU in California for business torts and unfair business practices. Read More
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| Adaptix, Inc. v. Apple, Inc. et al | April 19, 2013 | May 17, 2013 |
| Adaptix, Inc. v. Apple, Inc. et al | April 19, 2013 | May 17, 2013 |
| Epstein et al v. Apple, Inc. et al | March 25, 2013 | May 17, 2013 |
| Hilton v. Apple Inc | May 10, 2013 | May 10, 2013 |
| Institute For Information Industry v. Google Inc. | May 10, 2013 | May 10, 2013 |
| Viacom International, Inc. v. Youtube, Inc. | May 3, 2013 | May 10, 2013 |
| William Lacy v. Braeburn Capital, et al | May 7, 2013 | May 10, 2013 |
| Adaptix, Inc. v. Apple, Inc. et al | May 2, 2013 | May 8, 2013 |
| Ivankina v. Facebook, Inc. et al | May 8, 2013 | May 8, 2013 |
| Mitel Networks Corporation et al v. Facebook Inc. | May 7, 2013 | May 8, 2013 |
| Public.Resource.org v. Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association, Inc. | February 22, 2013 | May 8, 2013 |
| Parts.Com, LLC v. Google Inc. | May 6, 2013 | May 6, 2013 |
| Brilliant Optical Solutions LLC v. Google, Inc. | April 10, 2013 | May 6, 2013 |
| CpuMate Inc et al v Apple Inc | April 11, 2013 | May 3, 2013 |
| A.K. v. Google, Inc. | April 9, 2013 | May 2, 2013 |
| Case Name | Case Filed | Last Update |
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| Hilton v. Apple Inc | May 10, 2013 | May 10, 2013 |
| Institute For Information Industry v. Google Inc. | May 10, 2013 | May 10, 2013 |
| Ivankina v. Facebook, Inc. et al | May 8, 2013 | May 8, 2013 |
| Mitel Networks Corporation et al v. Facebook Inc. | May 7, 2013 | May 8, 2013 |
| William Lacy v. Braeburn Capital, et al | May 7, 2013 | May 10, 2013 |
| Parts.Com, LLC v. Google Inc. | May 6, 2013 | May 6, 2013 |
| National Cheng Kung University v. Apple Inc. | May 3, 2013 | May 3, 2013 |
| Viacom International, Inc. v. Youtube, Inc. | May 3, 2013 | May 10, 2013 |
| Adaptix, Inc. v. Apple, Inc. et al | May 2, 2013 | May 8, 2013 |
| GOLDIN AUCTIONS, LLC v. BRYANT | May 2, 2013 | May 2, 2013 |
| Plaintiff Goldin Auctions seeks a declaratory judgment that it has the legal right to sell at auction sports memorabilia of Kobe Bryant which was consigned to it by Pamela Bryant, Kobe Bryant's mother. | ||
| Jones et al v. Zuckerberg et al | April 30, 2013 | April 30, 2013 |
| Fread et al v. Google, Inc. | April 29, 2013 | April 29, 2013 |
| Freeny et al v Apple Inc | April 29, 2013 | April 30, 2013 |
| Adaptix, Inc. v. Apple, Inc. et al | April 19, 2013 | May 17, 2013 |
| Adaptix, Inc. v. Apple, Inc. et al | April 19, 2013 | May 17, 2013 |
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| Authors Guild, Inc. v. Hathitrust | November 14, 2012 | December 7, 2012 |
| Cambridge University Press, et al v. J. Albert, et al | October 5, 2012 | November 2, 2012 |
| Is it Fair Use to make digital copies for e-reserves at a university, using the four factor analysis on an item by item basis? If so, how should the analysis be made? | ||
| Marino Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Inc. v. Issa et al | June 1, 2012 | July 2, 2012 |
 A continuing legal education company headed by Joseph Marino (inset, left), the legendary force behind a 65-year-old family-owned New York and New Jersey bar exam course, sued a former employee for alleged theft of “invaluable data” from his more recent CLE company’s business.… | ||
| ROLLING THUNDER MOTORCYCLE RALLY, WASHINGTON, D.C., INC. v. DOES et al | May 4, 2012 | June 1, 2012 |
 The Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Rally, an annual motorcycle ride sponsored by veterans to honor their missing and fallen colleagues files a preemptive copyright infringement lawsuit in advance of the group's Memorial Day ride in Washington, D.C. to stop and enjoin alleged copyright infringers from selling unlicensed and counterfeit goods during the event.
Photo credit: Pak Gwei via Flickr | ||
| TufAmerica, Inc. v. Diamond et al | May 3, 2012 | May 15, 2012 |
| CBS Television Distribution v. Comstar Media LLC et al | April 16, 2012 | April 26, 2012 |
| Disney Enterprises Inc v. Michael Jones et al | April 26, 2012 | April 26, 2012 |
| Toma v. Motley Crue, Inc. et al | April 16, 2012 | April 17, 2012 |
| Paramount Pictures Corporation v. Puzo | February 17, 2012 | March 14, 2012 |
| Lawson et al v. Universal Studios LLC | February 22, 2012 | February 29, 2012 |
| Capitol Records, LLC v. Redigi Inc. | January 6, 2012 | February 6, 2012 |
| Is it legal to resell used mp3 files? | ||
| Nate Hoffman v. O Three Meida LLC et al | January 4, 2012 | January 5, 2012 |
| Fifty-Six Hope Road Music Limited, a Bahamian corp. v. Booker et al | December 1, 2011 | December 22, 2011 |
| UMG Recording, Inc. v. Escape Media Group, Inc. et al | November 18, 2011 | December 16, 2011 |
| Record label UMG Recording, Inc. sues Gooveshark, and a number of the company's executives, for copyright infringement, accusing the defendants of uploading roughly 100,000 recordings to the online music service, without payment or licensing use of the artists' works. | ||
| Braddock v. Jolie et al | December 2, 2011 | December 13, 2011 |
| Case Name | Case Filed | Last Update |
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| Rimowa GmbH v. Marvel Entertainment LLC et al | August 1, 2012 | August 27, 2012 |
| Adidas America, Inc et al v. Seven Wells, LLC | May 15, 2012 | June 22, 2012 |
| RC3, INC. v. Bieber | February 24, 2012 | March 1, 2012 |
| Aurelio's Is Pizza Franchise, Ltd v. PFC of Illinois, Inc. et al | October 20, 2011 | January 9, 2012 |
| A 52-year-old family pizza business filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against a franchisee, alleging that defendant illegally sells "frozen counterfeit pizzas at wholesale for sports teams to re-sell as fundraisers." | ||
| True Religion Apparel, Inc. et al. v. Xiaokang Lee et al. | November 15, 2011 | December 22, 2011 |
| Hester v. Neverson et al | November 15, 2011 | December 12, 2011 |
| Television personality David Hester of A&E's 'Storage Wars' reality TV show, filed a trademark lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment that his "Yuuup!" moniker does not infringe upon rapper Trey Songz's purported intellectual property claims to variations of the phrase. | ||
| Adidas America, Inc et al v. Preschoolians Company et al | December 5, 2011 | December 8, 2011 |
| In-N-Out Burgers v. Pappas Restaurants, Inc, | November 15, 2011 | December 8, 2011 |
| Holiday Public Relations & Events, LLC et al v. The Edgartown Library Foundation, Inc. et al | December 2, 2011 | December 5, 2011 |
| adidas AG et al v. Wu et al | November 14, 2011 | December 1, 2011 |
| Cavern City Tours Ltd v. Hard Rock Cafe International (USA), Inc. | November 27, 2011 | November 29, 2011 |
| Louis Vuitton Malletier, S.A. et al v. Yang Quan Lu | November 9, 2011 | November 29, 2011 |
| Basis International Ltd. v. Research in Motion Ltd. et al | October 24, 2011 | November 23, 2011 |
| BRAVADO INTERNATIONAL GROUP MERCHANDISING SERVICES, INC. et al v. JOHN DOES 1-100 et al | October 31, 2011 | November 14, 2011 |
| Boyd v. MizzFit LLC | October 4, 2011 | November 2, 2011 |
| Case Name | Case Filed | Last Update |
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| Parallel Iron LLC v. Google Inc | March 6, 2013 | March 21, 2013 |
| The Authors Guild v. Google, Inc. | August 14, 2012 | September 17, 2012 |
| The Authors Guild v. Google, Inc. | June 14, 2012 | July 11, 2012 |
| Suffolk Technologies, LLC v. AOL Inc. et al | June 7, 2012 | June 25, 2012 |
| Google and AOL face a patent infringement by Suffolk Technologies, LLC over Internet companies' search result ‘snippets' and ad-serving technologies. Learn more... | ||
| Franchise Dynamics LLC v. Google Inc | April 19, 2012 | May 2, 2012 |
| Oldenburg v. Google Inc | March 19, 2012 | March 26, 2012 |
| United States of America v. The Google email accounts deogydog@gmail.com and cbonislawski@gmail.com | March 16, 2012 | March 16, 2012 |
| Rischar v. Google, Inc. et al | February 20, 2012 | March 15, 2012 |
| ELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION | February 8, 2012 | March 5, 2012 |
| Benjamin Joffe, et al v. Google Inc. | October 17, 2011 | November 21, 2011 |
| Doctor John Doe et al v. Google Inc | November 3, 2011 | November 7, 2011 |
| The Authors Guild, Inc. et al v. Hathitrust et al | September 12, 2011 | October 6, 2011 |
| Pessano et al v. Google, Inc. | August 24, 2011 | September 21, 2011 |
| Benjamin Joffe, et al v. Google Inc. | July 29, 2011 | August 16, 2011 |
| Isys Technologies v. Google et al | June 6, 2011 | July 5, 2011 |
| A Utah company sued Google for trademark infringement, claiming that the search giant's Chromium OS infringes its trademark rights to Isys Technologies' Chromium Modular Computer. | ||
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| Hacker’s Hell: Many want to narrow the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act | May 24, 2013 |
Angered that the Internet site PayPal had ceased allowing its users to donate to the controversial online publisher WikiLeaks, 14 computer users allegedly fought back. They sent PayPal multiple communication requests, a program that hackers use to saturate networks with information and crash them. One of the programmers, Keith W.…... more |
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| Carlton Fields partners prep to vote on Jorden Burt merger, business journal reports | May 24, 2013 |
The Daily Business Review (sub. req.) reported that there is a pending merger vote by Carlton Fields partners to join insurance firm Jorden Burt and create a 310-lawyer firm, citing sources with knowledge of the discussions. Although Gary Sasso, president and CEO of Carlton Fields, and…... more |
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| Even after 911 caller’s assault when no cops were on duty, counties vote to keep budget cuts | May 24, 2013 |
Last August, a 911 dispatcher told a distressed woman caller that authorities were unable to help minutes before the woman’s ex-boyfriend broke into her home, choked and sexually assaulted her. Despite the chilling event, two Oregon counties this week rejected property tax increases that would have funded law enforcement and…... more |
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| Sotomayor takes SCOTUS chief justice seat to re-enact famous baseball case | May 24, 2013 |
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor got the chance to sit at the center of the bench, normally reserved for Chief Justice John Roberts, this week as she presided over the re-enactment of a case that unsuccessfully challenged the ability of baseball team owners to virtually own their players. The…... more |
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| ‘Boys Clubs’ can be a source of workplace gender bias, partner says | May 24, 2013 |
Business leaders often criticize gender discrimination at other companies without realizing they’ve also created a corporate culture that marginalizes women, Duane Morris employment partner Jonathan Segal recently wrote in a column for CNN Money. The piece mentions a $100 million sex-discrimination case filed May 9 against pharmaceutical…... more |
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| Ex-Proskauer CFO Zeroes in on Cancer as Cause of Firing | |
Elly Rosenthal claims she was "marginalized" and fired after returning from a medical leave she took to recover from breast cancer surgery. ... more |
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| Report: Crackdowns on Sharia Discriminatory, Misguided | |
A new report envisions "decades of litigation" over legislation designed to bar judges from considering foreign and international laws. ... more |
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| First Circuit Revives Claim for Faulty Foreclosure | |
The bank faces possible triple damages, plus additional claims, for its conduct toward a homeowner under a loan modification program. ... more |
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| Carlton Fields Talks Merger With Jorden Burt | |
A possible merger with Jorden Burt would create a 310-lawyer firm. Jorden Burt has been seeking a merger partner for years, say sources. ... more |
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Businesses that don't compensate interns for their work and that fail to meet six criteria for exemptions could pay dearly down the road. ... more |
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| First Circuit Revives Claim for Faulty Foreclosure | May 23, 2013 |
A federal appellate court ruled that Wells Fargo Bank must face a Massachusetts consumer protection law claim that entails possible triple damages, plus additional claims, for its conduct toward a homeowner under a federal loan modification program. ... more |
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| Report: Crackdowns on Sharia Discriminatory, Misguided | May 23, 2013 |
The rising tide of legislation designed to bar judges from considering foreign and international laws could lead to constitutional challenges involving the separation of powers, the supremacy clause and civil rights violations against Muslims, according to a report released on Wednesday. ... more |
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| Srinivasan Confirmed for D.C. Circuit on Bipartisan Vote | May 23, 2013 |
The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Sri Srinivasan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Thursday, making him President Obama's first successful nomination to the court and the first new judge there since 2006. ... more |
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| IRS Official May Have Unwittingly Lost Right to Silence | May 23, 2013 |
When Lois Lerner of the Internal Revenue Service invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination before a House committee on Wednesday, she did so after making a brief statement. Those remarks have triggered a debate over whether Lerner waived her Fifth Amendment rights. ... more |
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| Last Publisher Caves in Alleged Apple E-Book Scheme | May 22, 2013 |
The last of the five publishers sued for conspiring with Apple Inc. to fix the prices of electronic books has agreed to pay $75 million to settle cases brought by consumers and attorneys general in 33 states. ... more |
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| African leaders to request Kenyan leaders be tried domestically | May 24, 2013 |
[JURIST] African foreign ministers agreed Friday to request that Kenyan leaders accused of inciting violence following the 2007 elections stand trial in their home country rather than before the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] in The Hague. This follows Tuesday's report [text, PDF] by the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission [advocacy website] connecting [JURIST report] the Kenyan leaders to the violence. The African leaders' request stems from accusations [AFP... more |
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| Nokia files patent infringement suit against HTC | May 24, 2013 |
[JURIST] Finnish telecommunications company Nokia filed suit against Taiwanese company HTC [corporate websites] Thursday for selling products in the US that infringe Nokia's patents on mobile technology. Three patents in question involve program products typically used in hand sets for a mobile phone. Thursday's suit brings the total number [Inquirer report] of Nokia patents being asserted against HTC in courts around the world to 50. Nokia has a long history [JURIST news archive] of holding... more |
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| Tenth Circuit hears Hobby Lobby appeal of health care ruling | May 24, 2013 |
[JURIST] Hobby Lobby, Inc. [corporate website] requested an exemption from the mandate to provide employees with coverage for contraceptives under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [text; JURIST backgrounder] in an en banc hearing before the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit [official website] on Thursday. The Green family, founders of Hobby Lobby and its sister company Mardel, contend [AP report] that businesses, not just the currently exempted religious groups,... more |
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| Allies of Kosovo PM probed over war crime allegations | May 24, 2013 |
[JURIST] The European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) [official website] and the Kosovo Police Special Operations Unit ROSU [EU backgrounder, PDF] arrested five people Thursday on suspicion of war crimes in the 1998-1999 conflict [JURIST news archive]. Although the names of the accused were not released, the lawyer for Sami Lushtaku announced that his client is among those arrested. Lushtaku is the mayor of the town of Skenderaj [OSCE backgrounder, PDF], and is a close ally of...... more |
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| Federal judge gives preliminary view that DOJ will prevail in Apple antitrust case | May 24, 2013 |
[JURIST] US District Judge Denise Cote expressed a tentative view on Thursday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] would be able to show at trial that Apple [corporate website] knowingly participated in and facilitated a conspiracy to raise the prices of e-books with five publishers. She said her view was based largely [Reuters report] on material submitted as evidence. The trial, set for June 3, will proceed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New...... more |
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