Intellectual Property Law

The law of Facebook
Law students at the University of Ottawa have filed a complaint with the Canadian federal privacy commissioner against Facebook: The students, including several dedicated Facebook users, allege the popular social networking website has committed 22 violations of Canadian privacy law...

Facebook Trademark Dispute
Aaron Greenspan, a former classmate of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg filed a petition to cancel Facebook’s trademark registration. Greenspan, 25, argues Zuckerberg, 23, had no right to trademark the Facebook name in 2005 because the term had been used generically for decades at Harvard University, where they first met...

How To Avoid Infringing Red Sox Trademarks
Or anybody else's, for that matter. Trademarks: What They Is, What They Ain't Trademarks are important for businesses, but they are not as broad as many people think. I'd be rich if I had a nickel for every time I read a Tweet that said, "ZOMG, I can't believe the smiley face emoticon has been trademarked!" Many [...

Now I know what to call them: "Facebook refusenicks"
A few of my friends stubbornly refuse to join Facebook, and I'd always put it down to their own peculiar eccentricities or some need to be contrary, but according to Times Online, they can now claim that they are part of an anti-Facebook movement called "Facebook refusenicks": Facebook dominated media...

Do You Want CC In Facebook
Yesterday, we posted about Facebook’s recent Terms of Service ordeal and how it demonstrates the need for human readable legal deeds. Now, Facebook’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, is asking the Facebook community for feedback on a Facebook Bill of Rights...

Facebook extends platform
All Facebook, an unofficial Facebook blog, comments on a significant but under-reported development: I surely did not see this coming anytime soon but Facebook just released their JavaScript client library than enables developers to extend their applications to their own websites...

Who owns your Facebook friends
For the London Free Press - September 8, 2008 Read this on Canoe A U.K. court recently ordered an ex-employee of a recruitment firm to disclose details of his profile, business contacts and e-mails at his social networking site, LinkedIn, to his former employer...

Interviewing Facebook Users
A useful post was this one at ReadWriteWeb again. It's a great list of questions to ask your Facebook users about their use of Facebook. I think asking these questions of a few of your users will help you learn more from your users...

Facebook / Blockbuster
alleging that Facebook distributed your Blockbuster movie rental information without your knowledge or consent.

Settlement Proposed in Class Action Against Facebook
Facebook will Close Beacon in Proposed Settlement

Texas Employment Law
alleged violations of Texas labor laws including overtime pay, discrimination and harassment.

Michigan Employment Law
alleged violations of Michigan labor laws including overtime pay, discrimination and harassment.

Facebook
Downloading Games Linked to Possible Identity Theft

Medical Tubing Errors Leading to Adverse Events Including Death
Medical Tubing Errors Leading to Adverse Events Including Death