WSJ.com: “Facebook Faces Legal Questions Over ‘Facebook Ads‘”:
“On their respective blogs . . . GWU Law professor Dan Solove and Minnesota Law professor William McGeveran have issues with the new program. McGeveran points out that this may be illegal under a 100-year-old New York privacy law. The statute says that “any person
November 2007
Harry Potter and the Unauthorized Derivative Work
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Copyright
Defendant publishes Harry Potter reference work, based in part on a fan encyclopedia. Harry Potter publisher and author sue.
Text of complaint in Warner Bros Ent and JK Rowling v RDR Books, SDNY Oct 31 2007.
Text of decision referred to in complaint: Castle Rock Entertainment v Carol Publishing, 150 F.3d 132 (2d Cir…
HuLu Not In UGC; LuLu Loses Prelim
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Likelihood of Confusion
Lulu assists in self-publishing content, including user-generated content (UGC) in video form. Hulu is the much-discussed joint venture between NBC and Fox that will distribute video content online. The venture had filed a trademark application covering a broad array of services, that could include the distribution of video UGC. Additionally, Hulu has sometimes been described…