Federal Court Cases

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Saved by the bell: Copyright troll Patrick Collins, Inc. too slow for data purge

On May 10, 2012, Patrick Collins, Inc., plaintiff in at least two of the notorious “copyright troll” cases, voluntarily dismissed all the John Doe defendants in a case filed in the Orlando division of the Middle District of Florida because “the time period for which the Internet Service Providers retain the data of the identities…

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WFTV Channel 9 covers case against Orange County Sheriff’s Office about a wrongful arrest in Orlando

Today Attorney Cynthia Conlin was interviewed on Channel 9 news about a case currently being litigated in the Middle District of Florida, Orlando, Joanne Shea v. Orange County Sheriff’s Office, 6:11-cv-01677-JA-DAB, about a woman who was wrongfully arrested because she had a similar, yet different, name to a fugitive.  See the Channel 9 news story here on this…

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ConlinLaw Episode 2: Baby Buddies v. Toys ‘R’ Us

Here I discuss Baby Buddies Inc. v. Toys “R” Us, Inc., 22 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. C1159b (11th Cir. 2010), a case where Baby Buddies alleged that Toys R Us’s pacifier holder infringed Baby Buddies’s copyright in its own similar pacifier holder. Much thanks to Justyna who allowed me to shoot footage of the cutest…

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