Communications & Internet Law - Featured Cases
- Polaris IP, LLC v. Google Inc. et al
Polaris IP, LLC sued Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Amazon.com Inc., A9.com, Inc., Borders, Inc., Borders Group Inc., AOL LLC, America Online, Inc., IAC/InteractiveCorp., and IAC Search and Media, Inc. for patent infringement involving U.S. Patent No. 6,411,947 entitled "Automatic Message Interpretation and Routing System." Plaintiff alleges that defendants are infringing on the patent by implementing various websites that comprise interpreting electronic messages with rule base and case base knowledge engines.
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: August 27, 2007
Plaintiff: Polaris IP, LLC, Polaris IP, LLC, Polaris IP, LLC, Polaris IP, LLC, Polaris IP, LLC and others... Defendant: Google Inc., Yahoo!, Inc., Yahoo!, Inc., Yahoo!, Inc., Yahoo!, Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 16, 2008
(May 15, 2008) - IP Innovation LLC et al v. Google, Inc.
Plaintiffs IP Innovation LLC and Technology Licensing Corp. alleges that defendant Google, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patents No. 5,276,785 entitled "Moving Viewpoint With Respect to a Target in a Three Dimensional Workspace" and No. 5,675,819 entitled "Document Information Retrieval Using Global Word Co-Occurrence Patterns."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: November 16, 2007
Plaintiff: IP Innovation LLC, IP Innovation LLC, IP Innovation LLC, IP Innovation LLC, IP Innovation LLC and others... Defendant: Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 16, 2008
(May 15, 2008) - Cobb v. Google, Inc. et al
Plaintiff Jonathan Cobb sued Defendants Google, Inc. and WorkforceLogic USA. Plaintiff alleges that Google had misappropriated the Google Sky concept and idea, which Plaintiff had presented, advanced and refined through an internal e-mail discussion group.
Georgia Northern District Court
Contract: Other
Filed: February 13, 2008
Plaintiff: Jonathan Cobb, Jonathan Cobb, Jonathan Cobb Defendant: Google, Inc., Workforcelogic USA
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 16, 2008
(May 15, 2008) - American Airlines Inc v. Google Inc
American Airlines is suing Google for allowing companies to show ads when its trademarks, including (but not limited to) "AMERICAN AIRLINES" "AMERICAN EAGLE" "AA" "A A" "AA.COM" "AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER" "AADVANTAGE" "AMERICAN CONNECTION" "AMERICANAIRLINES" are searched on.
Texas Northern District Court
Trademark
Filed: August 16, 2007
Plaintiff: American Airlines Inc, American Airlines Inc, American Airlines Inc, American Airlines Inc, American Airlines Inc and others... Defendant: Google Inc, Google Inc, Google Inc, Google Inc
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 16, 2008
(May 15, 2008) - Performance Pricing, Inc. v. Google Inc. et al
Plaintiff Performance Pricing, Inc. sued Google Inc., AOL LLC, Microsoft Corporation and Yahoo! Inc. for infringing U.S. Patent No. 6,978,253 entitled "Systems and Methods for Transacting Business Over a Global Communications Network such as the Internet."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: September 27, 2007
Plaintiff: Performance Pricing, Inc., Performance Pricing, Inc., Performance Pricing, Inc., Performance Pricing, Inc., Performance Pricing, Inc. and others... Defendant: Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 16, 2008
(May 15, 2008) - Software Rights Archive, LLC v. Google Inc. et al
Plaintiff Software Rights Archive, LLC alleges that Defendants Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., IAC Search & Media, Inc., AOL LLC and Lycos, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,544,352 entitled "Method and Apparatus for Indexing, Searching and Displaying Data."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: November 21, 2007
Plaintiff: Software Rights Archive, LLC, Software Rights Archive, LLC, Software Rights Archive, LLC, Software Rights Archive, LLC, Software Rights Archive, LLC and others... Defendant: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo! Inc., IAC Search & Media, Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 16, 2008
(May 15, 2008) - Facebook, Inc. v. John Does 1-10
Plaintiff Facebook, Inc. alleged that someone using Internet Protocol address 216.127.50.20 accessed Facebook's website with an automated script in an attempt gain unauthorized access to Facebook's friend-finder functionality.
California Northern District Court
Other Statutory Actions
Filed: June 28, 2007
Plaintiff: Facebook, Inc., Facebook, Inc., Facebook, Inc. Defendant: John Does 4-10, John Does 11-20, Brian Fabian, Josh Raskin, Ming Wu and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 16, 2008
(May 15, 2008) - Illinois Computer Research, LLC v. Google Inc.
Plaintiff Illinois Computer Research, LLC alleges that defendant Google Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,111,252 entitled "Enhancing Touch and Feel on the Internet."
Illinois Northern District Court
Patent
Filed: September 10, 2007
Plaintiff: Illinois Computer Research, LLC, Illinois Computer Research, LLC, Illinois Computer Research, LLC, Illinois Computer Research, LLC Defendant: Fish & Richardson P.C., Fish & Richardson P.C., Fish & Richardson P.C., Fish & Richardson P.C. Third Party Defendant: Scott C Harris, Scott C Harris, Scott C Harris, Scott C Harris and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 12, 2008
(May 14, 2008) - Silvers v. Google, Inc.
Plaintiff Steven A. Silvers alleged that defendant Google, Inc. infringed on plaintiff's GOOGLES mark, and sought to enjoin Google from using the GOOGLE mark in connection with the advertising, promoting, marketing and sale of children's goods and services.
Florida Southern District Court
Trademark
Filed: May 4, 2005
Plaintiff: Stelor Productions, LLC Defendant: Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc. Counter Claimant: Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc. Counter Defendant: Stelor Productions,Inc., Stelor Productions,Inc., Stelor Productions, LLC, Stelor Productions, LLC, Stelor Productions, LLC, Steven Esrig, Steven Esrig, Steven Esrig, Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 15, 2008
(May 14, 2008) - Jones v. Wackenhut Google Inc.
Plaintiff Donald Jones alleges that defendant Wackenhut employed him as a security guard and assigned him to defendant Google Inc.'s facilities. He further alleges that his employer retaliated against him because he had previously filed a charge of discrimination with the EEOC. He charges that defendant Wackenhut had deducted from his payroll check and had suspended him because a Google representative allegedly observed him sleeping on the job.
Georgia Northern District Court
Civil Rights: Jobs
Filed: March 12, 2007
Plaintiff: Donald Jones Defendant: Wackenhut, Wackenhut
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 15, 2008
(May 14, 2008) - Northeastern University et al v. Google, Inc.,
Plaintiffs Northwestern University and Jarg Corporation allege that Defendant Google, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,694,593 entitled "Distributed Computer Database System and Method."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: November 6, 2007
Plaintiff: Northeastern University, Northeastern University, Northeastern University, Northeastern University, Northeastern University and others... Defendant: Google, Inc.,, Google, Inc.,, Google, Inc.,, Google, Inc.,, Google, Inc.,
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 15, 2008
(May 14, 2008) - The Football Association Premier League Limited et al v. Youtube, Inc. et al
Plaintiff filed a class action law suit against YouTube and Google for allowing users to upload and distribute media that infringed on plaintiff's copyrights.
New York Southern District Court
Copyright
Filed: May 4, 2007
Plaintiff: The Football Association Premier League Limited, The Football Association Premier League Limited, The Football Association Premier League Limited, The Football Association Premier League Limited, The Football Association Premier League Limited and others... Defendant: Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 7, 2008
(May 14, 2008) - Function Media, L.L.C. v. Google, Inc. et al
Plaintiff alleges that Google's AdSense and AdWords technologies, Google Print Ads, and Yahoo's Publisher and Content Match technologies infringe on its patents.
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: July 3, 2007
Plaintiff: Function Media, L.L.C., Function Media, L.L.C., Function Media, L.L.C., Function Media, L.L.C., Function Media, L.L.C. and others... Defendant: Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Yahoo!, Inc., Yahoo!, Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 15, 2008
(May 14, 2008) - The Facebook, Inc. v. Connectu, LLC et al
Plaintiffs Facebook, Inc. and Mark Zuckerberg alleges that Defendants ConnectU, Inc., Cameron WInklevoss, Tyler Vinklevoss, Divya Narendra, Pacific Northwest Software, Inc., Winston Wiliams, Wayne Change and David Gucwa circumvented the Terms of Use for the Facebook website by illicitly employing the user IDs and passwords of friends to mask Defendants' real identities, accessed the Facebook website to steal information and data for commercial purposes, and advertised to and solicited members to join www.connectu.com.
California Northern District Court
Other Statutory Actions
Filed: March 9, 2007
Plaintiff: The Facebook, Inc., The Facebook, Inc., The Facebook, Inc., The Facebook, Inc., The Facebook, Inc. and others... Defendant: ConnectU, LLC, Pacific Northwest Software, Inc., Winston Williams, Wayne Chang
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 6, 2008
(May 14, 2008) - Abrams v. Facebook, Inc.
Plaintiff alleges that Defendant Facebook, Inc. transmits or permits to be transmitted unauthorized text messages to the wireless devices of consumers nationwide.
California Northern District Court
Fraud or Truth-In-Lending
Filed: October 22, 2007
Plaintiff: Lindsey Abrams, Lindsey Abrams, Lindsey Abrams, Lindsey Abrams Defendant: Facebook, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 15, 2008
(May 14, 2008) - CROSS ATLANTIC CAPITAL PARTNERS, INC. v. FACEBOOK, INC. et al
Plaintiff Cross Atlantic Capital Partners Inc. alleges that defendant Facebook, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,518,629 B2 entitled "System for creating a community for users with common interests to interact in."
Pennsylvania Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: July 3, 2007
Plaintiff: CROSS ATLANTIC CAPITAL PARTNERS, INC., CROSS ATLANTIC CAPITAL PARTNERS, INC., CROSS ATLANTIC CAPITAL PARTNERS, INC. Defendant: FACEBOOK, INC., FACEBOOK, INC., FACEBOOK, INC., FACEBOOK, INC., FACEBOOK, INC. and others... Counter Claimant: FACEBOOK, INC., THEFACEBOOK, LLC, FACEBOOK, INC., FACEBOOK, INC., FACEBOOK, INC., FACEBOOK, INC., FACEBOOK, INC., FACEBOOK, INC., THEFACEBOOK, LLC, THEFACEBOOK, LLC, THEFACEBOOK, LLC, THEFACEBOOK, LLC, THEFACEBOOK, LLC, THEFACEBOOK, LLC and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 15, 2008
(May 14, 2008) - NetJumper Sofware L. L. C. v. Google, Incorporated
Plaintiff NetJumper, L.L.C. sued defendant Google, Inc. for patent infringement and alleged that Google Toolbar and Google Viewer infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,890,172 and U.S. Patent No. 6,226,655, both entitled "Method and Apparatus for Retrieving Data from a Network Using Linked Location Identifiers." Defendant Google counterclaimed for trademark infringement.
Michigan Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: February 2, 2004
Plaintiff: NetJumper Software, L. L. C., NetJumper Software, L. L. C. Defendant: Google, Incorporated, Google, Incorporated, Google, Incorporated Counter Claimant: Google, Incorporated, Google, Incorporated Counter Defendant: NetJumper Software, L. L. C., NetJumper Software, L. L. C.
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 14, 2008
(May 13, 2008) - Connectu, Inc. v. Facebook, Inc. et al
ConnectU is suing Facebook for business torts and unfair business practices.
Massachusetts District Court
Copyright
Filed: March 28, 2007
Plaintiff: Connectu, Inc., Connectu, Inc., Connectu, Inc., Connectu, Inc., Connectu, Inc. and others... Defendant: Facebook, Inc., Facebook, Inc., Facebook, Inc., Facebook, Inc., Facebook, Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 14, 2008
(May 13, 2008) - The Author's Guild et al v. Google Inc.
Plaintiffs The Author's Guide. Herbert Mitgang, Betty Miles and Daniel Hoffman sued Google Inc. for reproducing a digital copy of plaintiffs' works without the copyright holders' permission and in violation of the authors' rights under the copyright laws.
New York Southern District Court
Copyright
Filed: September 20, 2005
Plaintiff: The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild and others... Defendant: Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 14, 2008
(May 13, 2008) - Calcar Inc. et al v. The California Cars Initiative, Inc. et al
California Northern District Court
Filed: April 18, 2008
Plaintiff: Calcar Inc., Calcar Inc., Calcar Inc., American Calcar, Inc., American Calcar, Inc. and others... Defendant: The California Cars Initiative, Inc., Felix Kramer 3rd party defendant: Google Inc.,, Google Inc.,
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 14, 2008
(May 13, 2008) - Plater v. Google, Inc.
California Northern District Court
Filed: April 22, 2008
Plaintiff: Robert B. Plater; Defendant: Google, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 13, 2008
(May 12, 2008) - Mark Mishak v. Google, Inc. et al
Plaintiff Mark Mishak d/b/a INEEDATV.com alleges that Defendants have sold keywords identical to Plaintiff's trademarks--"I Need a TV"--to various third parties and have deliberately manipulated the search engine results so that when consumers use these search engines to find Plaintiff's products and services, the consumers are unwittingly diverted to competitors' products and services.
California Central District Court
Copyright
Filed: December 20, 2007
Plaintiff: Mark Mishak Defendant: Google, Inc., American Online, Inc., Netscape, Inc., Microsoft Network, Inc., Ask Jeeves, Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 13, 2008
(May 12, 2008) - F & G Research, Inc. v. Google, Inc.
Plaintiff F & G Research, Inc. sued Google, Inc. for patent infringement over U.S. Patent No. 5,313,229 entitled "Mouse and Method for Concurrent Cursor Position and Scrolling Control."
Florida Southern District Court
Patent
Filed: June 22, 2006
Plaintiff: F & G Research, Inc., F & G Research, Inc. Defendant: Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc. Counter Claimant: Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc. Counter Defendant: F & G Research, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 12, 2008
(May 11, 2008) - Vulcan Golf, LLC v. Google Inc. et al
Plaintiff sued Google and several "parked domain" companies for trademark infringement over the use of AdSense for Domains on websites with allegedly infringing domain names.
Illinois Northern District Court
Racketeer/Corrupt Organization
Filed: June 15, 2007
Plaintiff: Vulcan Golf, LLC, Vulcan Golf, LLC, Vulcan Golf, LLC, Vulcan Golf, LLC, Vulcan Golf, LLC and others... Defendant: Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 12, 2008
(May 11, 2008) - International Information Systems Security Certifications Consortium v. Degraphenreed et al
Plaintiff International Information Systems Security Certifications Consortium sued Defendants Miko Degraphenreed, Degrapheinread Information Systems Security Corporation, Google, Incorporated and Yahoo!, Incorporated for trademark infringement, unfair competition, false designation of origin, dilution, and deceptive trade practice, misappropriation and unjust enrichment. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants infringed and violated (ISC2)'s rights to its long-standing and valuable registered mark CISSP®.
Ohio Southern District Court
Trademark
Filed: November 16, 2007
Plaintiff: International Information Systems Security Certifications Consortium, International Information Systems Security Certifications Consortium Defendant: Miko Degraphenreed, Degrapheinread Information Systems Security Corporation
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 12, 2008
(May 11, 2008) - Grisoft,s.r.o. v. Google, Inc.
Movant John Doe seeks an order quashing the subpoena directed to Google, Inc. at the request of Grisoft, S.R.O., which seeks the identity of Movant. Movant alleges that Grisoft is attempting to misuse the subpoena process pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
California Northern District Court
Filed: December 13, 2007
Plaintiff: Grisoft,s.r.o.; Defendant: Google, Inc.Movant: John Doe
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 11, 2008
(May 10, 2008) - Hacker v. Yahoo! Inc. et al
California Northern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: April 23, 2008
Plaintiff: Manfred Hacker, Manfred Hacker, Manfred Hacker, Pension Trust Fund for Operating Engineers, Pompano Beach Police & Firefighters' Retirement System and others... Defendant: Yahoo! Inc., Terry Semel, Susan L. Decker
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 11, 2008
(May 10, 2008) - Watkins v. Semel et al
Plaintiff alleges that Yahoo! insiders were boasting about the prospects of the Company and telling investors that the Company would be repurchasing the stock because it was undervalued while they were independently selling their own stock.
California Northern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: May 7, 2008
Plaintiff: Jill Watkins; Defendant: Terry S. Semel, Susan L. Decker, Arthur H. Kern, Jerry Yang, Eric Hippeau and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 11, 2008
(May 10, 2008) - Bascom Global Internet Services, Inc. v. AOL LLC et al
New York Eastern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: April 30, 2008
Plaintiff: Bascom Global Internet Services, Inc.; Defendant: AOL LLC, Yahoo! Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 6, 2008
(May 5, 2008) - PA Advisors, LLC v. Google Inc. et al
Plaintiff PA Advisors, LLC allege that Defendants infringed no U.S. Patent No. 6,199,067 entitled "System and Method for Generating Personalized User Profiles and for Utilizing the Generated User Profiles to Perform Adaptive Internet Searches."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: November 2, 2007
Plaintiff: PA Advisors, LLC, PA Advisors, LLC, PA Advisors, LLC, PA Advisors, LLC, PA Advisors, LLC and others... Defendant: Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo! Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: May 2, 2008
(May 1, 2008) - Doe v. MySpace, Inc.
Plaintiffs Jane Doe IX and Julie Doe IX allege that Defendant MySpace, Inc. provided an unprotected social networking site absent any legitimate means of preventing contact between sexual predators and minors, resulting in a sexual predator utilizing the site to contact, seduce, meet, assault and then harass and torment Julie Doe IX.
Texas Eastern District Court
P.I.: Other
Filed: April 23, 2008
Plaintiff: Jane Doe, IX; Defendant: MySpace, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 24, 2008
(April 23, 2008) - Bigreds.com Inc. et al v. Goto Inc. Overture Services Ltd. et al
New York Eastern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: April 2, 2008
Plaintiff: Bigreds.com Inc., RBT, Inc.; Defendant: Goto Inc. Overture Services Ltd., Overture Services Inc., Yahoo Inc., John Does 1-100
Last Docket Report Change Found: April 2, 2008
(April 1, 2008) - Phenomenon Licensing v. MySpace Inc.
Ohio Northern District Court
Trademark
Filed: March 20, 2008
Plaintiff: Phenomenon Licensing; Defendant: MySpace Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: March 21, 2008
(March 20, 2008) - Crisswell v. MySpace, Inc.
Illinois Northern District Court
Other Statutory Actions
Filed: March 18, 2008
Plaintiff: Michael Crisswell; Defendant: MySpace, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: March 19, 2008
(March 18, 2008) - Viacom International, Inc. et al v. Youtube, Inc. et al
New York Southern District Court
Copyright
Filed: March 13, 2007
Plaintiff: Viacom International, Inc., Viacom International, Inc., Viacom International, Inc., Viacom International, Inc., Viacom International, Inc. and others... Defendant: Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: March 12, 2008
(March 11, 2008) - Beneficial Innovations, Inc. v. AOL, LLC. et al
Plaintiff Beneficial Innovations, Inc. alleges that Defendants infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 6,712,702 entitled "Method and System for Playing Games on a Network" and 6,183,336 entitled "Network Gaming System."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: December 20, 2007
Plaintiff: Beneficial Innovations, Inc., Beneficial Innovations, Inc., Beneficial Innovations, Inc., Beneficial Innovations, Inc., Beneficial Innovations, Inc. and others... Defendant: AOL, LLC., The Dallas Morning News, Inc., The Dallas Morning News, Inc., The Dallas Morning News, Inc., The Dallas Morning News, Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: December 31, 1969
(February 10, 2008) - Louden v. Yahoo!, Inc.
Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) claim by artist who claims her artwork "Reflecting Tips, 2001" was desecrated when grounds crew used weed whackers on the lawn the art was situated on.
California Northern District Court
Copyright
Filed: October 1, 2007
Plaintiff: Sharon Louden, Sharon Louden Defendant: Yahoo!, Inc., Yahoo!, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: December 31, 1969
(January 3, 2008) - Hutchison et al v. AT&T Internet Services, Inc. et al
Plaintiff sued Defendants AT&T Internet Services, Inc. f/k/a SBC Internet Services, Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. for charging customers an early termination fee when customers cancel defendants' services prior to the end of their service agreement with defendants.
California Northern District Court
Other Statutory Actions
Filed: November 15, 2007
Plaintiff: Stuart Hutchison, Barbara Hutchison; Defendant: AT&T Internet Services, Inc., Yahoo!, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: December 31, 1969
(November 14, 2007) - Spark Network Services, Inc. v. Match.Com, LP et al
Plaintiff Spark Network Services, Inc. alleged that defendants Match.com, LP, eHarmony.com, Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,272,467 B1 entitled "System for Data Collection and Matching Compatible Profiles."
Illinois Northern District Court
Patent
Filed: January 30, 2007
Plaintiff: Spark Network Services, Inc.; Defendant: Match.Com, LP, eHarmony. Com., Inc., Yahoo!, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: December 31, 1969
(November 14, 2007) - Xiaoning et al v. Yahoo! Inc, et al
Plaintiff, a citizen and resident of China, advocated for democratic reform within the country. Plaintiff alleges that he was arrested, incarcerated and tortured after Defendants provided Chinese officials with access to his private e-mail records, copies of e-mail messages, e-mail addresses, user ID numbers and other identifying information.
California Northern District Court
P.I.: Other
Filed: April 18, 2007
Plaintiff: Wang Xiaoning, Yu Ling; Defendant: Yahoo! Inc., Yahaoo! Holdings (Hong Kong), Ltd., Alibaba.com, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: December 31, 1969
(November 12, 2007) - Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment Corporation v. YouTube, Inc.
Plaintiff Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment Corporation operates a website at utube.com. Plaintiff alleges that as a result of confusion in the minds of consumers, the spillover of nuisance traffic to plaintiff's website has destroyed the value of plaintiff's trademark and internet property, repeatedly caused the shut down of plaintiff's website, increased plaintiff's internet costs and damaged the plaintiff's good reputation.
Ohio Northern District Court
Trademark
Filed: October 30, 2006
Plaintiff: Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment Corporation; Defendant: YouTube, Inc., Chad Hurley, Steve ChenCounter-Claimant: YouTube, Inc., Counter-Defendant: Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment Corporation
Last Docket Report Change Found: December 31, 1969
(November 8, 2007) - Paid Search Engine Tools, LLC v. Yahoo! Inc.
Plaintiff Paid Search Engine Tools, LLC alleged that defendant Yahoo! Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,043,450 entitled "Paid Search Engine Bid Management."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: September 13, 2007
Plaintiff: Paid Search Engine Tools, LLC; Defendant: Yahoo! Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: December 31, 1969
(November 7, 2007) - Antor Media Corporation v. Metacafe, Inc.
Plaintiff Antor Media Corporation alleged that MetaCafe, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,734,961 entitled "Method and Apparatus for Transmitting Information Recorded on Information Storage Means from a Central Server to Subscribers via a High Data Rate Digital Telecommunications Network."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: March 27, 2007
Plaintiff: Antor Media Corporation; Defendant: Metacafe, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: December 31, 1969
(November 4, 2007) - PartsRiver, Inc. v. Shopzilla, Inc. et al
Plaintiff PartsRiver, Inc. alleged that defendants Shopzilla, Inc., ValueClick, Inc., Pricerunner Limited, Yahoo! Inc., PriceGrabber.com, Inc., eBay, Inc. and Microsoft Corporation infringed U.S. Patent No. 6,275,821 entitled "Method and System for Executing a Guided Parametric Search."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: October 3, 2007
Plaintiff: PartsRiver, Inc.; Defendant: Shopzilla, Inc., ValueClick, Inc., Yahoo!, Inc., PriceGrabber.com, Inc., eBay, Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: December 31, 1969
(October 11, 2007) - FotoMedia Technologies, LLC v. AOL, LLC. et al
Plaintiff FotoMedia Technologies, LLC alleged that AOL LLC, American Online, Inc., PhotoBucket.com, Inc., Shutterfly, Inc., CNET Networks, Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,018,774 entitled "Method and System for Creating Messages Including Image Information," 6,542,936 B1 entitled "System for Creating Messages Including Image Information," and 6,871,231 B2 entitled "Role-Based Access to Image Metadata."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: June 18, 2007
Plaintiff: FotoMedia Technologies, LLC; Defendant: AOL, LLC., America Online, Inc., Photobucket.com, Inc., Shutterfly, Inc., CNET Networks, Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: December 31, 1969
(October 8, 2007) - MySpace Inc v. Optinrealbig.com LLC et al
Plaintiff MySpace Inc. sued defendants Media Breakaway, LLC and Scott Richter for sending millions of spam bulletins through MySpace's network by misappropriating login names and passwords from MySpace users.
California Central District Court
Other Statutory Actions
Filed: January 19, 2007
Plaintiff: MySpace Inc; Defendant: Optinrealbig.com LLC, CPA Empire.Com LLC, Media Breakaway LLC, Scott Richter, Marat Nigmatzyanov and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: December 31, 1969
(September 27, 2007) - Gogo Tribe v. Google Corp Clerk shall not accept complaints or petitions from Denis Maringo ...
Plaintiff Denis Marengo is an immigration detainee at the CCA Houston Processing Center who states that he is being detained for political reasons and is barred from proceeding pro se. Nevertheless, he proceeds in a representative capacity on behalf of the Gogo and Yao tribes of Tanzania and alleges that Google and Yahoo misappropriated their names, respectively, without acknowledgment or compensation. Plaintiff asserts that he has standing to sue on the tribes' behalf because the mother of his paternal grandfather (a/k/a great-grandmother) was Gogo and the grandmother of his maternal grandmother (a/k/a great-great-grandmother) was Yao.
Texas Southern District Court
Mandamus & Other
Filed: September 18, 2007
Plaintiff: Gogo Tribe of Tanzania, Yao Tribe of Tanzania, Denis Maringo; Defendant: Google Corporation of Mountain View, California, Yahoo Corporation of San Jose, California
Last Docket Report Change Found: December 31, 1969
(September 25, 2007) - Murawski v. New York State Board of Elections et al
Plaintiff William E. Murawski sued defendants the New York State Board of Elections and the New York City Board of Elections seeking to enjoin the general election held on November 7, 2006 because the State Board of Election refused to place his name on the ballot as a gubernatorial candidate. Plaintiff later sought a declaration that the New York State Election Law was largely unconstitutional and added former governor George Pataki, former mayor Rudolph Giuliani, former attorney general Eliot Spitzer, mayor Michael Bloomberg as defendants. Plaintiff also sued IAC/Interactive Corp., Ronald M. Gunzberger, and Yahoo! Inc. because they undermined his master election plan to be elected governor. Plaintiff alleged that defendant Ronald Gunzburger declined to list plaintiff on his website, http://Politics1.com, and also that Gunzberger defamed him by placing plaintiff's name in a list directly below a member of the Communist Party. Plaintiff alleged that Ask.com erroneously showed plaintiff to be associated with the Communist Party as a result of the alleged statement on the Politics1.com website, and that defendant Yahoo! Inc. refused to permit him to post e-mail messages to various Yahoo! Groups, thus denying him access to millions of voters.
New York Southern District Court
Civil Rights: Other
Filed: November 6, 2006
Plaintiff: William E. Murawski; Defendant: New York State Board of Elections, George Pataki, Eliot Spitzer
Last Docket Report Change Found: December 31, 1969
(September 25, 2007) - Doe v. Myspace, Inc. et al
Plaintiff Jane Doe sued defendants MySpace Incorporated and News Corporation for negligence, gross negligence, fraud and negligent misrepresentation over the rape of plaintiff by a 19-year-old who had initiated contact with Jane Doe through MySpace, despite safeguards MySpace purportedly had in place.
Texas Western District Court
P.I.: Other
Filed: December 13, 2006
Plaintiff: Jane Doe, Jane Doe, Jane Doe, Jane Doe, Jane Doe and others... Defendant: Myspace, Inc., Myspace, Inc., Myspace, Inc., Myspace, Inc., Myspace, Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: December 31, 1969
(September 24, 2007) - MY FIRST BIKE PRODUCTIONS, INC. v. MYSPACE, INC. et al
Indiana Southern District Court
Copyright
Filed: April 13, 2007
Plaintiff: MY FIRST BIKE PRODUCTIONS, INC.; Defendant: MYSPACE, INC., DIRECTV, INC., FOX INTERACTIVE MEDIA, INC.
Last Docket Report Change Found: December 31, 1969
(July 22, 2007) - Cal IV Entertainment, LLC v. Youtube, Inc. et al
Plaintiff, a music publishing company, alleges that Defendants infringed its copyrights by allowing users to upload videos containing plaintiff's copyrighted works and providing access to certain content filtering technologies only to existing business partners.
Tennessee Middle District Court
Copyright
Filed: June 7, 2007
Plaintiff: Cal IV Entertainment, LLC; Defendant: Youtube, Inc., Youtube, LLC, Google, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: December 31, 1969
(July 9, 2007) - Requa v. Kent School District No 415 et al
Plaintiff Gregory Requa sued Defendants Kent School District No. 415, Barbara Grohe (Superintendent) and Michael Albrecht (Principal) for violating his federal and state constitutional rights of free speech and due process, as well as depriving him of his liberty and property rights. Plaintiff alleges that he was suspended for 40 school days for posting a video on YouTube.com criticizing a teacher at the high school.
Washington Western District Court
Other Statutory Actions
Filed: May 17, 2007
Plaintiff: Gregory Requa; Defendant: Kent School District No 415, Barbara Grohe, Michael Albrecht
Last Docket Report Change Found: December 31, 1969
(June 25, 2007) - Grisman et al v. YouTube, Inc. et al
Plaintiffs, owners of Dawg Music, allege that Defendants infringed on plaintiff's protected works and refused to deter infringing activities.
California Northern District Court
Copyright
Filed: May 10, 2007
Plaintiff: David J. Grisman, Craig Miller; Defendant: YouTube, Inc., YouTube, LLC, Google, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: December 31, 1969
(May 24, 2007) - NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY v. YOUTUBE, INC. et al
Plaintiff New Jersey Turnpike Authority captured a car accident on video that occurred at the Great Egg Harbor toll plaza in Somers Point, New Jersey. Plaintiff asserts that the video is the copyright property of the NJTA and has filed an application with the US Copyright Office to obtain federally registered copyrights for the accident video. This video was subsequently uploaded to YouTube.com, LiveLeak.com and Break.com.
New Jersey District Court
Copyright
Filed: May 22, 2007
Plaintiff: NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY; Defendant: YOUTUBE, INC., NEXTPOINT, LLC, LIVELEAK.COM, ABC CORPORATIONS 1-10, JOHN DOES 1-10
Last Docket Report Change Found: December 31, 1969
(May 23, 2007) - IN RE: YouTube, Inc.
Lucia Eams sought a subpoena to discover the identity of the person who had uploaded unauthorized copies of works to YouTube that infringed her copyrights.
Vermont District Court
Filed: March 20, 2007
Movant: Lucia Eames
Last Docket Report Change Found: December 31, 1969
(March 18, 2007) - v. YouTube, Inc.
California Northern District Court
Filed: January 18, 2007
Miscellaneous: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Last Docket Report Change Found: December 31, 1969
(February 13, 2007) - Mora v. MySpace.com
Missouri Western District Court
Fraud or Truth-In-Lending
Filed: November 13, 2006
Plaintiff: Brian Mora; Defendant: MySpace.com
Last Docket Report Change Found: December 31, 1969
(December 13, 2006) - Jane Doe v. MySpace, Inc. et al
New York Southern District Court
P.I.: Other
Filed: September 29, 2006
Plaintiff: Jane Doe; Defendant: MySpace, Inc., News Corporation
Last Docket Report Change Found: December 31, 1969
(November 30, 2006)