01 Sunday Jul 2012
Here are the top stories I followed this week:
Indiana Court Upholds Social Media Ban for Sex Offenders
USPTO seeks to intervene in publisher’s copyright infringement suit against law firm
FTC v. Myspace Part II – The Takeaways
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Nike trademark case
“As far as I’m concerned, progress peaked with frozen pizza.” -Die Hard 2, spoken by the character John McClane
25 Monday Jun 2012
Posted in Bloggers, Indiana, Legislation, Litigation, Social Media, Southern District of Indiana
A recent ruling from the Southern District of Indiana is making news around the country. Despite a challenge by the ACLU, an Indiana law that bans sex offenders from various social media sites has been upheld. Indiana’s law is similar to laws being challenged in other states. The ACLU has promised an appeal to this ruling, so stay tuned for more.
A national civil rights group said Sunday it would appeal a federal judge’s decision to uphold an Indiana law that bans registered sex offenders from accessing Facebook and other social networking sites used by children.
On Friday, Judge Tanya Walton Pratt said in an 18-page order that the state has a strong interest in protecting children and that the rest of the Internet remains open to those who have been convicted.
“Social networking, chat rooms, and instant messaging programs have effectively created a ‘virtual playground’ for sexual predators to lurk,” Pratt wrote in the ruling, citing a 2006 report by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that found that one in seven youths had received online sexual solicitations and one in three had been exposed to unwanted sexual material online. ABC News
Below are the ruling and original complaint:
DOE v. PROSECUTOR, MARION COUNTY, INDIANA
1:12-cv-00062-TWP-MJD
24 Sunday Jun 2012
Posted in Indiana, Litigation, Southern District of Indiana, Trademark
Tags
Audit Demand/Accounting, Breach of Contract, Breach of Franchise Agreements, Common Law Unfair Competition, Debra McVicker Lynch, False Advertising, False Designation of Origin, Litigation Update, Trademark Dilution, Trademark Infringement, Unjust Enrichment, William T. Lawrence
Court Case Number: 1:12-cv-00862-WTL-DML
File Date: Thursday, June 21, 2012
Plaintiff: Century 21 Real Estate, LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Patrick F. Moran of Gordon & Rees LLP
Defendant: Realty Group I, LLC f/d/b/a Century 21 Realty Group I, Realty Group McCoun/82nd Street, LLC f/d/b/a Century 21 Realty Group, Kevin Kirkpatrick, John Dick, Phillip McCoun
Cause: Trademark Infringement, False Designation of Origin, False Advertising, Trademark Dilution, Common Law Unfair Competition, Breach of Contract, Audit Demand/Accounting, Unjust Enrichment
Court: Southern District of Indiana
Judge: Judge William T. Lawrence
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Debra McVicker Lynch
24 Sunday Jun 2012
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A week spent getting caught up from vacation. I had a great time giving a seminar at the office on Tuesday, Trademark and Brand Protection for Communicators. Look out for more of those in the future. It’s also about time to start preparing for Art & Museum Law, so expect more art world news in these posts in the upcoming months. Here are the top stories I followed this week:
Google reports ‘alarming’ rise in government censorship requests
Why brands are leaning towards minimalism
More Download Cases filed in Indiana
Washington’s 5 Worst Arguments for Keeping Secrets From You
U.S. rejects requests for documents regarding targeted killings with drones
Supreme Court cops out, again, on “fleeting expletives”
Louisiana Sex Offenders Must List Status on Social Media Profile
“One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.” -Elbert Hubbard, The Roycroft Dictionary and Book of Epigrams, 1923
23 Saturday Jun 2012
Posted in Litigation, Southern District of Indiana
Indiana Intellectual Property Blog 