Internet Law Issue: Do Moderators Nullify Certain DMCA Immunity Protections?
Online platforms that feature user-generated content filtered by moderators may have to find other ways to police content if a...
Blacklisting Alibaba: What Does It Mean For Online Sellers?
The USTR finally got around to blacklisting Alibaba. That’s right, Alibaba’s Taobao flea-market boomeranged back onto the U.S. Trade Representative’s...
Consumer Review Fairness Act: Summary and Impact On Small Businesses
Politicians gavel’d H.R. 5111, the Consumer Review Fairness Act (CRFA), into federal law. What does ratification mean for small businesses?...
DMCA Safe Harbor Registration Deadline Is Fast Approaching
Do you want to be held responsible for other people’s intellectual property missteps? No? Then register for the DMCA Safe...
Dietary Supplement Law: Court Says Re-seller Is Counterfeiter
Dietary supplement counterfeit claim news: A judge awarded 5-Hour Energy — an over-the-counter drink sold at Walgreens or CVS —...
Time To Rethink Your Trade Secret Strategy? Legislation is Looming.
Are you trade secret reliant? If yes, take two minutes to read this post. Why? Well, federal Representatives OK’d a...
New Alibaba Counterfeit Crew Hopes To Curtail Phony Products Problem
Is counterfeit activity on Alibaba.com about to diminish? Alibaba hopes so. Headquartered in China, and an essential ecommerce cog, Alibaba.com...
Cybersquatting Law: Must Prove Bad Faith Intent To Profit
Judge Lewis Kaplan hammered his gavel on the cybersquatting scrum between programmer Jason Kneen and OfficeLinks.com executive Harsh Mehta. In...
Cybersquatting Case Law: Warehousing Domains
Programmer Buys Domain In The 1990s; Startup Wants It In 2014. Sixteen years ago, a London-based programmer, Jason Kneen, purchased...
Legal Lessons 101: Can I Get An Injunction?
Occasionally, aggressive business competitors may cross legal lines when elbowing their way to #1 — and injunctions can come in...