Eddie On Everything

Attention domain parkers and registrars offering “cash parking” and domain monitization services:
Yes, you can be held liable for contributory trademark infringement if you knowingly profit from your clients’ infringement.
So sayeth the Southern District of Florida.

More specifically, the allegations against the defendants included conduct enabling a class of customers comprised of fictitious entities and anonymous individuals [...]

Over the last 3 weeks, my business has received at least 15 calls from the number 800-679-0336. Each call features a computer voice that says “Hi, this is Kami, may I please speak to the woman of the house?” No, Kami, you may not.
A little research shows that this number belongs to a [...]

This rather poetic case comes to us from the Michigan Court of Appeals. Who said that judges don’t have a sense of humor?

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Fisher v. Lowe
333 N.W. 2d 67 (Mich. App. 1983)
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A wayward Chevy struck a tree
Whose owner sued defendants three.
He sued car’s owner, driver, too,
And insurer for what was due
For his oak tree that [...]

Texas Judge Samuel Kent has gained nationwide notoriety owe to his propensity to write humorous orders and opinions.
This Judge Kent classic doesn’t disappoint, as he denies a defendant’s request for transfer from Galveston to Houston due to due to claimed travel inconveniences, assuring Defendant that “the trip [to Galveston] should be free of [...]

This has to be one of my all-time favorite cases.
Penned in 1999, it’s quickly becoming a law school classic as Legal Research instructors across the country have their students track down the case in “How to use the Reporter” exercises.
At my law school, the reported that contains this case flips right [...]

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times – most practicing attorneys are about as emotionally advanced as a fourth grade student. Looks like there’s a Judge in Florida who agrees with me.
From CNN:
NEW YORK (FORTUNE) – Faced with the inability of two bickering attorneys to resolve even the most [...]