Several property management companies in the Washington, D.C. area advertised rental properties on Facebook, but only to users aged 50 and younger. Plaintiff, a 55-year-old woman, never saw these ads while searching for housing. She sued, claiming the companies discriminated against her based on age. Plaintiff argued that by excluding users over 50 from seeing [...]
The City and County of San Francisco sued the Port of Oakland and the City of Oakland alleging trademark infringement and unfair competition. The dispute began when Oakland renamed its airport "San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport," which San Francisco claimed created confusion and harmed the brand of its own airport, San Francisco International Airport [...]
In addition to causing free speech concerns, the bill is troubling in the way it gives unchecked power to the Executive Branch. Earlier this week the United States House of Representatives passed a bill that is being characterized as one that could ban TikTok. Styled as the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, the text [...]
In the realm of online communities, where does the ownership of trademark rights lie – with the platform hosting the community or the individual user who creates and develops it? The intriguing case involving Reddit and the founder of the well-known r/WallStreetBets subreddit presents a scenario that addresses this question concerning online communities and intellectual property rights. [...]
Imagine this scenario – a well-known founder of a company sets up social media accounts that promote the company’s products. The accounts also occasionally display personal content (e.g., public happy birthday messages the founder sends to his spouse). The company fires the founder and then claims it owns of the accounts. If the founder says [...]
