all - Opinion Summaries

US v. ANGEVINE

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Cyberspace Law
Defendant, a professor who agreed to a policy governing computer use, did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in his university-supplied...

CHAMBERS v. TIME WARNER, INC.

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In deciding the motion to dismiss plaintiff-musicians' copyright claims, it was improper for the district court to consider defendants' affidavits and...

US v. SLANINA

Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law
Given the absence of notice from the defendant's employer that his computer usage would be monitored, and the lack of any indication that other...

US v. THOMPSON

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Cyberspace Law
In an appeal of sentences for violating child pornography law, 18 U.S.C. section 2252A(a)(5)(B), district court did not err by applying a two-level...

US v. ANDERSON

Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law
In prosecution of defendant convicted of possessing child pornography on a computer hard drive that had been transported in interstate commerce,...

KELLY v. ARRIBA SOFT CORP.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
The creation and use of "thumbnails," miniature versions of images, in a search engine falls within the fair use doctrine, however, the display of the...

PLAYBOY ENTER., INC. v. WELLES

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Defendant's use of "Playboy" and "Playmate of the Year" on her personal website's headlines, banner ads and metatags was correctly determined to be...

NAT'L CABLE & TELECOMM. ASS'N, INC. v. GULF POWER CO.

Communications Law, Cyberspace Law
47 USC 224(b) of the Pole Attachments Act, which requires the Federal Communications Commission to set reasonable rates for attachments to telephone...

FERGUSON v. FRIENDFINDERS, INC.

Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law
Business and Professions Code 17538.4, which regulates unsolicited e-mail advertisements, does not violate the Dormant Commerce Clause of the US...

US v. PAUL

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Cyberspace Law
Under USSG 2G2.2, and USSG 2G2.4, an email offering a book on child pornography is sufficient to show an "intent to traffic" in child pornography for...