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As more and more consumers utilize the Internet for information, commerce, and entertainment, there is an ever-increasing push on the part of business and advertisers to enhance and monetize the browsing experience
A bill currently making its way through Congress could reshape the way that the United States polices the Internet - a move that opponents call censorship and supporters claim is a reasonable means of enforcing copyright and trademark laws
On March 18, 2010, the US District Court, Southern District of New York, ruled that theflyonthewall.com (“Fly”), a New Jersey corporation that collects and publishes financial news and other information from Wall Street via its online subscription news service, was liable for “hot news” misappropriation under the New York common law of unfair competition for the daily dissemination of several financial service firms’ equity research trading recommendations prior to the market opening at 9:30 am each day
In the last few weeks, two different California small business owners have filed class action lawsuits against Yelp! Inc. (“Yelp”), alleging that the company’s sales representatives use unfair business practices to sell advertising on Yelp.com
