Electronic Commerce & Law Report Index

DAMAGES

– Cal., spam damages cap (E.D.N.Y.), 1508
– CAN-SPAM, treble damages (N.D. Cal.), 753
– Choice of law, punitive damages (N.D. Cal.), 163
– Copyrights

– – Reform, stakeholder proposals, 1522
– – Statutory damages for previews (S.D.N.Y.), 235

– Cybersquatting, willful and isolated violations (S.D. Fla.), 1652
– Default judgment, inclusion in spam filter (N.D. Ill.), 1043
– Domain names, reduced ad revenues (D. Nev.), 1393
– Estimates of potential business lost (Iowa Ct. App.), 163
– File sharing

See FILE SHARING

– Liquidated damages, ISP early termination fees (9th Cir.), 1465
– Privacy violation, emotional harm (9th Cir.), 334
– Software patents, hypothetical royalty agreement (Fed. Cir.), 1693
– Trademarks, notice of user infringement (N.D. Cal.), 506

DATA BREACH NOTIFICATION

– Banking

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3579

– Cal. and Idaho bills reintroduced, 395; Cal. bill passed, 1324
– Ind. Atty. Gen. files suit against WellPoint (Ind. Super. Ct.), 1735
– Ireland, code of practice for private sector, 1153
– Ky., bill introduced, 397
– Miss., risk trigger legislation, 396
– National standards

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3742

– State legislation, 365
– Va., health and medical data amendments, 247; database hack spurred amendments, 248

DATA RETENTION

– France, user control charter, 1621
– Priority designation of federal IT projects, 1321
– Sweden, implementation of EU Directive, 1744

DATA SECURITY

– Ameritrade data breach class action settlement proposed (N.D. Cal.), 1766
– Baseline privacy standards, House priority, Special Report, 143
– Credit card data

See CREDIT CARDS

– DVD rental, improperly anonymized data (N.D. Cal.), 12; settlement, 468
– European Union, New Zealand data protection regime evaluated, 1777
– France, data protection authority report, 1824
– FTC effectiveness, BNA Insights, 1890
– Identity management, remedies to legal impediments, 1707
– Incentives for private sector investment, 852
– National standards

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3742

– Photocopiers, retention of images, 853
– Risk of identity theft (9th Cir.), 910
– Social networking sites

– – Add-on, unencrypted data (N.D. Cal.), 11
– – Sweden, data protection guidelines, 1400

– Stored data disposal, FDIC guidance, 1487
– Third parties are weak link, 178
– UK

See UNITED KINGDOM (UK)

DATABASES

– Bankruptcy, destruction of personal information prior to transfer (D.N.J.), 1287
– Service of process, foreign site operator with falsified Whois data (W.D. Tenn.), 158
– Term paper evaluation program, copyright preemption (E.D. Va.), 1283
– Unauthorized use

– – Misappropriation and tortious interference (S.D.N.Y.), 1467
– – Password sharing (D. Md.), 1348

– Whois

See INTERNET GOVERNANCE

DEFAMATION

– Anonymity rights

See FREEDOM OF SPEECH

– Anti-SLAPP immunity

– – Blogs, intent of posts (Minn. Ct. App.), 15
– – Fact-based criticism (Cal. Ct. App.), 1730
– – Ill. citizen participation protections (Ill. App. Ct.), 1648

– Argentina, search results (CNCiv.), 1350
– Attorneys, online directory listing (Fla. Cir. Ct.), 1433
– Australia, search sites sued for third-party content (Victoria St. Sup. Ct.), 1083
– Blogs

See BLOGS

– Communications Decency Act

See COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT (CDA)

– Complaint, web publication after filing (Md. Ct. Spec. App.), 804
– Czech Republic, intermediary liability, BNA Insights, 1714
– Discovery, expedited ex parte review (D. Utah), 1515
– France, search results (T.G.I.), 1465
– Italy, Google executive liability, closing arguments, 13; decision, 634
– Jurisdiction

– – Business contact (D. Conn.), 761
– – Insufficient focus on state (D. Ariz.), 331
– – Intentional reputational harm of online comments (Mo. Ct. App.), 1136
– – Reviews posted by third parties (S.D. Fla.), 1182

– Libel tourism ban

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2765

– New media leaves defamation law unchanged, 1940
– Parody prosecution, civil rights claims (10th Cir.), 1175
– Physicians, erroneous discipline report on public site (Conn. Super. Ct.), 112
– Twitter, apartment defects (Ill. Cir. Ct.), 113

DENMARK

– Government access to electronically stored corporate data, 1659
– Tax errors in internet business returns, 1051

DEPARTMENT OF

See specific department e.g., JUSTICE DEPARTMENT (DOJ)

DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT (DMCA)

– Cell phones, “reflashing” of prepaid devices (S.D. Fla.), 419
– DVD players, unlocking access controls (D. Mass.), 87
– Exemptions from access-control circumvention prohibitions, 1173
– Manually-entered copyright information (D.N.J.), 629
– Photo credits, copyright management information (N.D. Ill.), 1214
– Plastic surgery site takeover excluded by advertising insurance policy (M.D. Fla.), 1863
– Political speech online, meritless claims, 1549
– Software

– – Access key distribution (N.D. Cal.), 628
– – Bypassing dongle is not circumvention (5th Cir.), 1177; modified opinion, 1509
– – Exemptions, obsolete dongles, 1173

– Takedown notices

– – Fraudulent notices, damages (N.D. Cal.), 330
– – Good faith, subjective standard (E.D. Wis.), 703
– – Google to make changes to improve takedown requests, 1824
– – Jurisdiction, notice not meaningful contact (D. Me.), 59; affirmed, 284
– – Material misrepresentation (E.D. Cal.), 1732
– – Safe harbor

– – – Actual knowledge of infringement (C.D. Cal.), 1213
– – – Contributory infringement (S.D. Cal.), 1373
– – – Designated agent lacking (C.D. Cal.), 1282
– – – General awareness of prevalence of infringement (S.D.N.Y.), 1031
– – – ISP infringement knowledge (2d Cir.), 1867

– Trademark, counter-notice protections not applicable (N.D. Cal.), 794
– 2009 year in review, 37
– Video games

– – Auto-play software for free online game (D. Mass.), 1346
– – Circumvention damages, number of players (C.D. Cal.), 1347
– – Data card antitrust claims (N.D. Cal.), 1618
– – Fair use defense unavailable, circumvention of access control technological protections (C.D. Cal.), 1803

DISABLED PERSONS

– Access to internet, federal support, 441
– E-readers, textbook accessibility (D. Ariz.), 59
– Electronic messaging, access

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3101

– Government IT services, accessibility urged, 1543
– Internet and wireless communications access

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3304

– Video games are not public accommodations (C.D. Cal.), 276
– Website accessibility, 1484

DISCOVERY

– Competitive strategic data (W.D. Wash.), 91
– Costs of e-discovery (D.P.R.), 281
– Domain registrant identity

– – Breadth of inquiry (N.D. Cal.), 878
– – Reasonableness of inquiry (N.D. Cal.), 242

– Downsizings and closings, e-discovery issues, BNA Insights, 403
– Expedited discovery

– – ISP subscriber data (S.D. Cal.), 1699
– – Transitory website data (D. Utah), 1515

– FBI-witness texts discoverable, In Brief (D.N.J.), 1871
– Indexes with large disclosure (T.T.A.B.), 1385
– Social media and employee privacy in e-discovery, 1298
– Social networking site log-in information (Pa. Ct. Com. Pl.), 1656
– Software copyright infringement, willful violation of order (S.D.N.Y.), 1215
– Stored e-mail privacy expectation (6th Cir.), 1925

DMCA

See DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT (DMCA)

DOMAIN NAMES

– Anti-counterfeiting effort, domain seizure, 1794
– Antitrust, no rehearing for VeriSign (9th Cir.), 1126
– Bad faith trademark use

– – BNA Insights, 858
– – Extension of prior use of mark (C.D. Cal.), 874

– Bankruptcy, operation and sale during proceedings, BNA Insights, 1333
– CAN-SPAM default judgment beneficiary, ICANN enforcement unavailable (9th Cir.), 1931
– Church mark confusion (6th Cir.), 1290
– Conversion, innocent purchaser (9th Cir.), 594
– Cybersquatting

See CYBERSQUATTING

– Damages, reduced ad revenues (D. Nev.), 1393
– Dispute claims, 2009 report, 644
– Generic names unprotectable

– – Advertising (9th Cir.), 1246
– – Borescope (M.D. Tenn.), 1212

– Identity of registrant

See DISCOVERY

– Incorporation of association, ownership of domain (E.D. Wis.), 88
– Internet governance

See INTERNET GOVERNANCE

– Irreparable harm justifies equitable intervention (Conn. Super. Ct.), 9
– Location, situs of registry (9th Cir.), 324
– Memorabilia sales, nominative fair use of mark (W.D. Wash.), 876
– N.Y., domain name sales to terrorists, 248
– Registration, deceptive practices, FTC enforcement, 1247
– Reverse hijacking claim against trademark owner (N.D. Tex.), 1795
– Seizure of domains for showing infringing content (S.D.N.Y.), 1075
– Standing to challenge status as gambling device (Ky.), 469; owners defend interests (Ky. Ct. App.), 564; remand to trial court (Ky.), 1612
– Transfer of domains

– – Infringing sales, bar on transfer to avoid litigation (D. Conn.), 325
– – Negligence and recklessness of registrar in transfer to hacker (S.D.N.Y.), 1176

– Web hosting and design company, counterfeit merchandise sale trademark liability (D.S.C.), 1862

DUE PROCESS

– CFAA, vagueness (D. Neb.), 595
– Controlled substances, web pharmacy (8th Cir.), 664
– Damages, excessiveness in file-sharing claim (D. Mass.), 1130; BNA Insights, 1449
– Jurisdiction

See JURISDICTION

– N.Y. sales tax collection by online retailers (N.Y. App. Div.), 1691

DVDs

See MOTION PICTURES

DVRs

See TELEVISION