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This is one of the top ten best blog posts ever written about online defamation

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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September 17 2012

Although we have confidence in the quality of our work, the headline above might be viewed by some as mere hyperbole or rhetorical exaggeration

Videogame app developer breaks the rules on copyright infringement

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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June 19 2012

Desiree Golden, a recent college graduate, wanted to aim at the big money that can be made in app development

An old wine - new bottles analogy leads to dismissal of indictment for alleged Twitter stalking

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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December 22 2011

The Twitter micro-blogging service is just like the bulletin boards that Colonial Americans might have had in their front yards to communicate with one another at the time the Bill of Rights was adopted, said a federal district court judge in United States v. Cassidy, No. TWT 11-091 (D. Md. Dec. 15, 2011

Who owns an employee's Twitter and other online accounts?

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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December 8 2011

In this era of multiple online communication channels, and in an environment of increased employee mobility, employers need to focus on the legal and practical ways of securing their ownership of online company accounts that are registered or otherwise created by employees or contractors

New York High Court splits on applicability of Communications Decency Act Section 230 to online forum operator

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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June 30 2011

A divided New York Court of Appeals ruled on June 14, 2011, that an online forum administrator’s additions to an allegedly defamatory post by a user are protected by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act

Federal lawsuit alleges infringement of minors' New York right of publicity by Facebook "like" and "friend finder" features

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 19 2011

In what may represent a new wave in an interesting challenge to the viral nature of social media marketing, a recently filed putative class action asserts a right of publicity claim against Facebook in connection with the service's "Like" and "Friend Finder" features

Mobile carriers not secondarily liable for copyright infringement on multimedia messaging system

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 5 2011

Mobile carriers are not liable for inducing infringement of copyright on their multimedia messaging system because they did not design the system with the object of promoting infringement, nor did they take any specific, affirmative steps to actively encourage or induce infringement by users of the system, a district court ruled in a copyright infringement action brought by a producer of multimedia messaging content

No CDA 230 protection for online booksellers for internet sale of book

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 5 2011

While online booksellers are immune under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act for defamation claims arising out of promotional material supplied by third parties and posted on the booksellers' sites, Section 230 does not extend to defamation claims arising out of the books themselves, a district court ruled

Google Books settlement would usurp congressional role in revising copyright law

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 5 2011

Judge Chin found that the settlement was not "fair, adequate and reasonable," as required by the federal rules, and suggested that it might be able to be approved if it was changed to an opt-in, rather than an opt-out, settlement

Cable operator ordered to disclose subscriber information for 1,200 accounts

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 5 2011

Providing information on over 1,200 subscribers who are alleged to have downloaded and distributed unauthorized copies of a motion picture on a P2P file-sharing network is not an undue burden on an ISP, a district court ruled, also rejecting arguments that the order infringed the subscribers' right to anonymous communication

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