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US v. REARDEN

Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence for shipping child pornography over the Internet is affirmed where the government presented sufficient evidence to prove that...

LAKIN v. PRUDENTIAL SECS., INC.

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law
The district court erred in dismissing for lack of personal jurisdiction where plaintiffs may be able to establish a case of general personal...

JOHN DOE v. GTE CORP.

Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action arising over hidden web cameras in school locker rooms, dismissal under the Communications Decency Act of 1996 is affirmed where...

BONNEVILLE INT'L CORP. v. PETERS

Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property
Where plaintiffs claimed that the exclusion from copyright protection for "nonsubscription broadcast transmissions" of recorded music is unambiguously...

RESQNET.COM, INC. v. LANSA, INC.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action concerning a processes that downloads a screen of information from a remote mainframe computer onto a local personal...

CONZORZIO DEL PROSCIUTTO DI PARMA v. DOMAIN NAME CLEARING CO. LLC

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law
In a domain name dispute, the district court's entry of default judgment for the plaintiff is affirmed and the case is dismissed where defendant...

AMERICA ONLINE, INC. v. ST. PAUL MERCURY INS. CO.

Cyberspace Law, Insurance Law
In a liability dispute arising over software "bugs," the insurer did not have to indemnify where the underlying complaints did not allege physical...

STOREY v. CELLO HOLDINGS, LLC

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property
In an action brought under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA), the district court decision was vacated where the plaintiff had...

ACTV, INC. v. WALT DISNEY CO.

Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Because the district court erroneously construed various disputed claim limitations of a patent that concerns technology for the synchronization of...

AMWAY CORP. v. THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action for tortious interference with contract and with actual and prospective business relations, through internet publication of an allegedly...