McAfee “cybersquatted” on the cyberguard.com internet domain for 15 years with no “bona fide” ties to plaintiff James Linlor’s trademarked term Cyberguard, alleged a Thursday trademark complaint (docket 5:23-cv-00385) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Jose.
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Meta “impermissibly censored” the expressions, and the ability to receive the expressions of other members, of Wise Guys I and Wise Guys II, self-described Facebook users “who enjoy sharing their opinions regarding national and world events,” alleged a First Amendment complaint Friday (docket 3:23-cv-217) in U.S. District Court for Northern Texas in Dallas.
Central Telecom Long Distance engages in “slamming, cramming, and unclear and insufficiently specific billing practices,” in violation of the Communications Act, alleged a DOJ complaint Monday (docket 23-cv-259) against the interexchange carrier in U.S. District Court for Colorado in Denver.
Plaintiff Dennis Gromov’s fraud class action against Belkin for false advertising and breach of warranty should be dismissed in its entirety without leave to amend because he didn't identify a misleading or deceptive act, said the defendant's motion Friday (docket 1:22-cv-6918) to dismiss in U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois in Chicago.
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act “is no shield,” for social media companies’ conduct, said a public nuisance and negligence complaint (docket 2:23-cv-172) filed against the top social media companies Thursday by Mesa Public Schools, the largest public school district in Arizona with 58,000 students in 78 schools.
Urban Audio Books, Blackstone Audio, Audible and Amazon have been “giving away” author Teri Woods’ works for free to premium subscribers of their audiobook streaming and digital download services in a way that cannibalized her other audiobook revenue streams, alleged a Tuesday breach of contract complaint (docket 1:23-cv-507) in U.S. District Court for Eastern New York in Brooklyn.
Newsweek Digital tracks and discloses to Facebook its subscribers’ viewed video media, including their Facebook ID, without their consent, alleged a Wednesday Video Privacy Protection Act class action (1:23-cv-643) in U.S. District Court for Southern New York in Manhattan.
AT&T’s customer agreement is “unconscionable, void against public policy and unenforceable in its entirety,” said a Monday fraud complaint seeking declaratory judgment (docket 6:23-cv-120) in U.S. District Court for Middle Florida in Orlando. The agreement has “complete waivers and exculpatory language insulating AT&T from its own negligence in carrying out the duties required under federal and state law,” said the SIM card swap complaint.
DOJ and eight states want Google to divest its digital advertising platform, including its DFP ad server and AdX ad exchange, to “cure any anticompetitive harm,” said a Tuesday antitrust complaint (docket 1:23-cv-108) in U.S. District Court for Eastern Virginia in Alexandria.
Two more class actions were filed against T-Mobile Monday, after two weekend filings just days after the carrier disclosed its latest data breach in an 8-K report Thursday at the SEC (see 2301230046).