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  • Peteski Productions, Inc. v. Gawker Media, Inc.
    Date: 05/06/2013
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Texas
    Publication: Blog
    Peteski Productions is the copyright owner of the television show the Dr. Phil Show, and Gawker Media is the owner of the sports news website Deadspin.com. This dispute concerns coverage by both Deadspin.com and the Dr. Phil Show addressing the... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/10/2013 - 9:49am - 0 comments
  • Phillips v. BoroughVENT.com
    Date: 04/08/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
    Publication: Forum
    BoroughVENT.com, an online forum to discuss the Borough of Gettysburg, PA and surrounding region, and one of its adminstrators, Debra Golden, were the recipients of a complaint filed with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission. The complaint, brought by two... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/08/2008 - 12:54pm - 1 comments
  • PhoneDog, LLC v. Kravitz
    Date: 07/15/2011
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Micro-blog
    PhoneDog, LLC, an "interactive mobile news and reviews resource," filed suit against former employee Noah Kravitz on July 15, 2011, for ownership of a Twitter account Kravitz used while he was employed by PhoneDog. As a product reviewer for PhoneDog, Kravitz was... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/09/2012 - 5:09pm - 0 comments
  • Pivar v. Myers
    Date: 08/16/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Blog
    In August 2007, Stuart Pivar sued science blogger P.Z. Meyers and Seed Media Group, LLC (SMG) for defamation in federal court in New York. According to the complaint, Pivar is an "industrial, inventor and scientist" who edited a book called Lifecode, which... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/15/2007 - 2:05pm - 0 comments
  • Planned Parenthood of Columbia/Willamette, Inc. v. American Coalition of Life Activists
    Date: 10/26/1995
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Verdict (plaintiff)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Oregon
    Publication: Print, Website
    Planned Parenthood and the other plaintiffs sued the American Coalition of Life Activists (ACLA) and others for alleged violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE) and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). Specifically, the plaintiffs objected... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/26/2009 - 11:05am - 0 comments
  • Platinum Equity v. San Diego Reader
    Date: 06/26/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Print, Website
    Platinum Equity, LLC, the parent company of the Union-Tribune newspaper, sent a letter to the San Diego Reader, another local newspaper with a website edition, cautioning them against publishing a story on two lawsuits charging Platinum with workplace sexual harassment.... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/26/2009 - 7:12pm - 0 comments
  • Polich v. Nahmod
    Date: 07/11/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Injunction Issued
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Arizona
    Publication: Blog
    In July 2008, freelance writer and gay rights blogger David Nahmod, who blogs on David's Open Forum and on the gay news website www.lavenderliberal.com, was enjoined by an Arizona judge from posting online the names or hometown of a couple in Arizona... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/15/2008 - 4:34pm - 0 comments
  • Polo Ralph Lauren v. Boing Boing
    Date: 10/02/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Material Removed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California, Canada
    Publication: Blog
    In October 2009, Ralph Lauren sent a DMCA takedown notice to Boing Boing's webhost, Priority Colo, alleging that Boing Boing's posting of a Ralph Lauren advertisement violated its copyright. The Ralph Lauren advertisement featured a... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/14/2009 - 12:53pm - 0 comments
  • Port Arthur Independent School District v. Klein
    Date: 05/03/2001
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Texas
    Publication: Blog
    In 2001, the Port Arthur Independent School District sued Philip Klein and his company Klein & Associates Political Relations for defamation after Klein published a post on the South East Texas Political Review blog stating that a "huge fight" had... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/15/2008 - 3:32pm - 0 comments
  • Powermark Homes v. John Doe
    Date: 05/25/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Ohio
    Publication: Website
    Powermark Homes Inc., a homebuilder in Ohio, and two of its principals, Mark and Lisa Powers, sued the anonymous operator of Powermark Homes Alert.  At the time of the suit, the homepage for the site included a picture of Mark... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/23/2008 - 11:38pm - 0 comments
  • Pratt v. McMahon
    Date: 01/06/2006
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Website
    Jeffrey Pratt, a lawyer at the California law firm Peters & Freedman, sued Elizabeth and Arnold McMahon for libel and invasion of privacy based on statements they posted on their website, American Homeowners Resource Center, which describes itself as... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/16/2008 - 6:07pm - 0 comments
  • Prenda Law v. Godfread
    Date: 02/12/2013
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Illinois
    Publication: Blog, Email, Forum
    This action is closely linked to two other threats in the database: Steele v. Godfread and Duffy v. Godfread. Plaintiff Prenda Law is a law firm that has brought numerous plaintiff-side copyright cases concerning the sharing of movies... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/07/2013 - 11:49am - 0 comments
  • Pressler v. Mills (Lawsuit)
    Date: 01/30/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New Jersey
    Publication: Blog, Broadcast
    Sheldon H. Pressler, a principal of the law firm Pressler & Pressler LLP, sued Scott Mills, publisher of the CAIPNJ blog, for defamation in New Jersey state court.  The complaint also named CAIPNJ.org and CAIPNJRadio as defendants.  Pressler alleges... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/04/2009 - 12:38pm - 0 comments
  • Price v. Moore
    Date: 04/20/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: North Carolina
    Publication: Broadcast, Website
    According to a local police report, Ronald Price, a school board member, took a number of campaign signs supporting democratic congressional incumbent, Brad Miller, and put them in the trunk of his car. The county democratic party, which owned the signs, did... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:58pm - 0 comments
  • Prince v. Prince Fan Sites
    Date: 11/06/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California, China, Netherlands
    Publication: Website
    Lawyers for the musician formerly known, and now currently known, as Prince have sent cease-and-desist letters and at least one DMCA takedown notice to the three largest Prince fansites, Prince.org, Princefams.com, and Housequake.com, demanding that... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/25/2008 - 2:59pm - 0 comments
  • Princeton v. RedState
    Date: 05/14/2010
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
    Publication: Blog
    On May 14, 2010, Princeton University Archivist and Curator of Public Policy Papers, Daniel J. Linke, sent an email to RedState, a right-of-center blog, requesting that RedState remove a copy of Elena Kagan's undergraduate thesis from their... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/18/2010 - 3:32pm - 0 comments
  • Privé Vegas, LLC v. Politz
    Date: 08/20/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Nevada
    Publication: Blog
    Privé Vegas, LLC and two of its owners sued Las Vegas-based blogger Michael Politz in August 2008, alleging trademark infringement, dilution, and "disaparagement" under the Lanham Act, defamation, trade libel, tortious interference with business relations, and extortion. The company operates... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/25/2008 - 6:24pm - 0 comments
  • Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association v. SHARK
    Date: 12/11/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Illinois
    Publication: Website
    YouTube.com shut down the account of Showing Animals Respect And Kindness ("SHARK"), an animal rights activitist group, after the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association ("PRCA") filed DMCA takedown notices in December 2007 regarding SHARK videos that... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/11/2008 - 4:07pm - 0 comments
  • Programmes Internationaux D'Echanges v. Grijalva
    Date: 09/21/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Injunction Issued
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: North Carolina
    Publication: Email, Website
    Programmes Internationaux D'Echanges (P.I.E.), a French nonprofit that organizes student exchange programs, filed suit against Danielle Grijalva, director of the Committee for Safety of Foreign Exchange Students (CSFES), over emails and postings on CSFES's website that criticized the... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/18/2008 - 5:39pm - 0 comments
  • Proman v. Google
    Date: 12/12/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Blog
    On December 12, 2009, Matthew Brian Proman and NAPW, Inc. (d/b/a National Association of Professional Women) sued Google, Inc. and 10 John Doe defendants in New York state court, asserting claims for "misappropriation of Plaintiffs' names for trade and advertising purposes" and... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/25/2010 - 3:41pm - 0 comments

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