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Yelp Denied Attempt to Keep Its Online Reviewers’ Identities Anonymous
In 2012, a local rug cleaning company in Virginia, Hadeed Oriental Rug Cleaning (“Hadeed”), filed a defamation action against the authors of seven critical reviews it received on Yelp, indicating…
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A Guide to Native Advertising’s Legal Issues
Earlier this week, Fernando Bohorquez and Alan Pate authored an article in iMediaConnection.com, “A guide to native advertising’s legal issues." The article disentangles regulations applicable to native advertising and explains…
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GoldieBlox and the Three Beastie Boys
It was the ad video gone viral of three young girls proudly showing off their elaborate Rube Goldberg machine made of repurposed pink toys. They sang “it’s time to change,…
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GoldieBlox and the Three Beastie Boys
It was the ad video gone viral of three young girls proudly showing off their elaborate Rube Goldberg machine made of repurposed pink toys. They sang “it’s time to change,…
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Google Prevails in the Latest Chapter of the Google Books Litigation
On November 15, Judge Chin of the Southern District of New York issued a long-awaited decision in the Google Books case, Authors Guild, Inc. v. Google Inc. Google Books—the project…
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Google Prevails in the Latest Chapter of the Google Books Litigation
By Elizabeth Stamoulis, Maryanne Stanganelli
On November 15, Judge Chin of the Southern District of New York issued a long-awaited decision in the Google Books case, Authors Guild, Inc. v. Google Inc. Google Books—the project…
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Starbucks Coffee, Burned Again
This past Friday, Starbucks received yet another blow in its 12-year long trademark dispute against Wolfe’s Borough Coffee Inc. The Second Circuit affirmed U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain’s decision…
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Legislative Watch: Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization Act of 2013
Editor's Note: This article was originally published as a BakerHostetler Executive Alert on November 13, 2013 Authored by: Heather J. McDonald and Jenna Felz A proposed U.S. Senate Bill has the potential to…
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Supreme Court Declines Opportunity to Review Test for Copyright Fair Use
After the Second Circuit ruling in Cariou v. Prince, which we wrote about on this blog here, photographer Patrick Cariou felt that the decision was too subjective, calling it an…
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Supreme Court Declines Opportunity to Review Test for Copyright Fair Use
After the Second Circuit ruling in Cariou v. Prince, which we wrote about on this blog here, photographer Patrick Cariou felt that the decision was too subjective, calling it an…