E-Commerce Law

District Court Applies Calder Effects Test in Typosquatting Case

On November 13, 2009, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan applied the Calder effects test in granting a defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(2), or, in the alternative, to transfer venue.  Weather Underground, Inc. v. Navigation Catalyst Systems, Inc., 2009 WL 3818191 (E.D. Mich. Nov. 13, 2009).

E-Commerce Law Briefs: Week of March 16, 2009

There were a record number of cybersquatting cases in 2008.  "The most common business sector in which complaints arose was pharmaceuticals, due to websites offering sales of medicines with protected names. Other top sectors for complaints were banking and finance, Internet and telecommunications, retail, and food, beverages and restaurants.  The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) handled 2,329 cases under its dispute procedure for Internet page names. "

As we predicted nearly three years ago, newspapers are beginning to shift their focus to serving the Internet news audience.  The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has produced its last printed edition and has become an Internet-only news source, "making it by far the largest American newspaper to take that leap."

Pac-Man is coming to Facebook.

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Rocket Docket Awards Summary Judgment to Citibank in Cybersquatting Case

The Rocket Docket has posted a brief of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia's decision granting summary judgment to Citibank in a cybersquatting case brought under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. 1125(d).