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"Law Firm's Case Against Blockshopper Allowed To Continue"

"Law Firm's Case Against Blockshopper Allowed To Continue": MediaPost's "Online Media Daily" today has a report that begins, "A federal judge Thursday refused to dismiss a case brought by the law firm Jones Day against online publisher Blockshopper.com, accusing it of trademark infringement for having linked to the law firm." (Via ABA Journal's "Law News Now" blog.)

I attempted moments ago to obtain a copy of the ruling from the web site of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, but the ruling is not yet available online, nor has it even been noted as of moments ago on the case's PACER docket, a current copy of which I have uploaded at this link.

In mid-September 2008, the organization Electronic Frontier Foundation issued a news release entitled "Law Firm Uses Bogus Trademark Claim in Attempt to Silence Online News Site; EFF Urges Judge to Dismiss Baseless Lawsuit" and also posted online this amicus brief that the organization was seeking to file in the case. In addition, EFF has this web page devoted to the case.

According to today's news report on yesterday's ruling, "The case drew the attention of digital rights groups including Public Citizen and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, who attempted to file friend-of-the-court briefs. Darrah Thursday denied their motion to get involved in the case."

Full post as published by How Appealing on November 14, 2008 (boomark / email).