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Twitter Deletes Copied Jokes, but is Copying a Tweet Really Copyright Infringement?

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Imagine crafting the perfect Tweet, sure to bring viral glory, then finding you have come up short because someone else re-posted it without giving you an ounce of credit. This is a real problem Twitter users…

August 12, 2015

District Court finds ‘Redskins’ trademarks disparaging & offensive in ‘Pro-Football, Inc. v. Blackhorse’

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On July 8, 2015, a United States district court in Alexandra, Virginia upheld a decision by the United States Patent & Trademark Office that the “Redskins” trademarks were too disparaging to be protected by federal…

July 17, 2015

Lawsuits filed by Tamaroff cost so far $92,400

MDFL BitTorrent Lawsuit update: 231 lawsuits filed by Tamaroff & Tamaroff

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As you may have already heard, Tamaroff & Tamaroff, attorneys who used to represent BitTorrent defendants in the federal courts in Florida, switched sides earlier this year. They put the brakes on representing Defendants and began representing…

April 25, 2015

Plastic the Movie Lawsuits in Florida

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Plastic may lack ‘plausibility’ as a film, but, unfortunately, Plastic the Movie lawsuits have just enough plausibility to pass judicial muster in SDFL Earlier this month, for Plaintiff Plastic the Movie Limited, Miami Attorney M. Keith…

April 25, 2015

Manny Film lawsuits – 40 new cases in Florida

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Thanks to a tip-off from the Die Troll Die blog, we can see 40 new Manny Film lawsuits in our Florida courts. The chart below was pulled this morning from PACER. All of these cases,…

March 10, 2015

Think twice before evicting rent-to-own tenants

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An interesting landlord-tenant case appeared in today’s Florida Law Weekly summaries that involved evicting rent-to-own tenants. In the case, which was in Volusia County, the court decided that, when a tenant has signed a rent-to-own agreement,…

January 27, 2015

New Florida law requires demand letter to car dealers before litigating under FDUTPA

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New demand letter to car dealer requirement In 2014 the Florida legislature introduced a new law that imposes a new presuit requirement of a demand letter before filing lawsuits against motor vehicle dealers for violations of Florida’s…

December 28, 2014

Compelled self-defamation and what to do when a former employer gives a bad reference

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The theory of “compelled self-defamation” is generally raised where there has been an employment relationship. Although it may be argued in some other jurisdictions, it is not accepted by courts in Florida. If the theory…

December 28, 2014

Communications Decency Act protects website in a lawsuit for removal of defamatory postings

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4th DCA: CDA applies to injunctions, too Earlier this month, the Fourth District Court of Appeals found that the Communications Decency Act protected websites in actions for injunctive relief as well as those for damages. West…

December 21, 2014

Law Blog – Latest Articles

District Court finds ‘Redskins’ trademarks disparaging & offensive in ‘Pro-Football, Inc. v. Blackhorse’

MDFL BitTorrent Lawsuit update: 231 lawsuits filed by Tamaroff & Tamaroff

Plastic the Movie Lawsuits in Florida

Manny Film lawsuits – 40 new cases in Florida

Think twice before evicting rent-to-own tenants

New Florida law requires demand letter to car dealers before litigating under FDUTPA

Compelled self-defamation and what to do when a former employer gives a bad reference

Communications Decency Act protects website in a lawsuit for removal of defamatory postings

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