On March 20, 2008, Deutsche Telekom, the parent company of T-Mobile, sent a letter to Weblogs, Inc., the company that runs Engadget, requesting that it stop using the color magenta in the logo for its Engadget Mobile news blog. The letter, which is available on Engadget, states that T-Mobile has been "using the color magenta as a company identifier and core branding element for years," and that "the company therefore holds trademark protection for the use of this color in connection with its products and services in many territories around the world."

The letter goes on, in an uncommonly polite tone for a C&D, to indicate that customers might be confused about T-Mobile's relationship to the blog. Even more diplomatically, it continues: "we would therefore appreciate if you would replace the color magenta in the Engadget Mobile logo and discontinue using the color in a trademark-specific way on your website." The letter concludes with a request that Engadget "respond with any comments" within two weeks. T-Mobile officers deny that this is a cease-and-desist letter at all (which is a plausible reading), indicating instead that it was meant to "open a dialogue."

Engadget does not see the letter as a request or invitation to dialogue, but as a demand (also a plausible reading). And the blog has responded by posting the letter and arguing that there are no grounds for confusion. Engadget has also changed its logo in jest to make it look more like T-Mobile's. A number of other tech and mobile phone bloggers have "gone magenta" in solidarity with Engadget (here, here, here, and here). As of April 3, T-Mobile has taken no further action.

Disqus is a provider of a website comment system, which enables website operators and bloggers to fight spam and manage the comments appearing on their platforms. It also allows commenters to create profiles that store their comments from all websites and blogs using the Disqus system and incorporate ratings from other Disqus users. In December 2007, an individual claiming to be the president of a European company sent an email to Daniel Ha, a Disqus co-founder. The email complained about a comment appearing on a Disqus-enabled site. (In his post about the situation, Mr. Ha declined to identify the businessman or the site where the comment appeared.) The email demanded that Disqus remove the allegedly defamatory comment and threatened legal action in the United Kingdom, Sweden, and the United States if the company failed to comply.

Mr. Ha refused to remove the comment and responded to the email, arguing that the decision about whether or not to remove the comment belonged to the site operator originally hosting it, not Disqus. He also invoked CDA 230, which protects providers and users of interactive computer services from tort liability for the statements of third parties. Mr. Ha exchanged further correspondence with the unnamed businessman, but maintained his position that Disqus would not remove the comment.

In a follow-up comment to his blog post on the situation, Mr. Ha indicated that the site owner contacted him and indicated that the comment would be removed. The situation thus appears to be resolved.

The Gentle Wind Project ("GWP") was a "spiritual-healing" group that produced and distributed what it characterized as "healing instruments" based on designs communicated from "the spirit world." Husband and wife, James Bergin and Judy Garvey, left the group and started a web site, "Wind of Changes," to help others make informed decisions about GWP. On their site, Bergin and Garvey recounted their experiences with GWP and described what they characterize as the group's "bizarre" belief systems and practices.

Other defendants published links to the "Winds of Change" website on their websites and exchanged information and articles with Bergin and Garvey that were critical of GWP.

GWP threatened the couple with legal action and then, in May 2004, the group and a number of its leaders filed suit against them and the other defendants in the United States District Court for the District of Maine. In January 2006, the federal court granted summary judgment for Bergin and Garvey on the plaintiffs' RICO claims and dismissed the state-law defamation claims for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.

The GWP plaintiffs re-filed the defamation suit against Bergin and Garvey in state court in Maine. Before trial, in November 2006, the GWP plaintiffs asked for a settlement on Bergin and Garvey's terms. In the settlement agreement, the GWP plaintiffs dismissed the current suit and permanently abandoned any ability to sue Bergin and Garvey for anything the couple has written, including describing GWP as a cult, stating that the GWP "healing instruments" are "snake oil," or reporting the existence of group sexual activities, known to inner-circle members as "energy work." Under the terms of the agreement, Bergin and Garvey are expressly allowed to keep their Wind of Changes site open without any interference from GWP. Bergin and Garvey also received "an undisclosed amount" from the receiver of the GWP estate as compensation.

The federal court dismissed the action against Mr. Ross in January 2005. It also dismissed the claims against Ian Mander (from New Zealand) and refused to enter a default judgment against him. Mr. Mander was added to the settlement agreement between the GWP plaintiffs and Bergin and Garvey. Mr. Gamble and Mr. Fraser settled with the plaintiffs without payment and maintained their postings about GWP. Mr. Hassan settled with the GWP plaintiffs and removed all links to information about GWP in return for GWP removing statements made about him on its site.