160 Articles match "Jurisdiction"

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• Ninth Circuit Upholds Lower Court Ruling On Internet Jurisdiction Case
  
  The Ninth Circuit has upheld a lower court judge's ruling holding that a San Diego law firm is subject to personal jurisdiction in the Northern District of California,based on purposeful availment in an Internet website plagiarism case. Another law firm
  Media Law Prof Blog - Friday, August 7, 2009
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• Appellate Watch: Are Domain Names "Property" That Can Be Seized Under State Forfeiture Laws?
  
  16, 2008), a Kentucky trial court ruled that Kentucky courts of general jurisdiction have subject matter and in rem jurisdiction over civil forfeiture proceedings seeking seizure of domain names through which illegal gambling was conducted in Kentucky. quot; Tags: jurisdiction Domain Names in rem forfeiture seizure gaming
  New Media and Technology Law - Thursday, December 11, 2008
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• Sacha Baron Cohen and David Letterman Say “Vassup!” to Diversity Jurisdiction
  
  Thankfully for him, the fine lawyers at NBC paid attention in their Civil Procedure class, and have honed in on an issue that could dismiss the case entirely — subject matter jurisdiction. government, subject matter jurisdiction is still lacking. So what is the basis for this odd legal coupling? 8211; Casey McLaughlin.
  JetLawBlog - Tuesday, April 13, 2010
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• Extraterritorial Jurisdiction In Cyberspace
  
  Chris Reed, Queen Mary University of London School of Law, has published Think Global, Act Local: Extraterritoriality in Cyberspace. Here is the abstract. It is uncontroversial that states are entitled to apply their national laws to foreign cyberspace actors where
  Media Law Prof Blog - Monday, July 19, 2010
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• Must every pending copyright case be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction? Yes, EVERY case?
  
  And -- in nearly every circuit -- a copyright registration (or a refusal) is a jurisdictional pre-requisite for filing an infringement action. So if the Register's appointment doesn't really count, then the registrations she issues don't count, and the courts adjudicating ongoing copyright cases lack jurisdiction and must dismiss them all.
  Copyrights & Campaigns - Thursday, May 21, 2009
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• Merits briefs urge reversal of Second Circuit in Tasini follow-on; say Section 411(a) is 'mandatory but not jurisdictional'
  
  The parties entered into a class action settlement, but the settlement was rejected by the Second Circuit, on the grounds that Article III courts lack jurisdiction to adjudicate claims involving unregistered works. that Section 411(a) is jurisdictional and the Second Circuit should be affirmed. In the first, as New York Times v.
  Copyrights & Campaigns - Wednesday, May 27, 2009
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• In Michigan, Dog Semen is Outside the Jurisdiction of a Family Court
  
  Thank God, that’s settled. Posted in misc.
  The Legal Satyricon - Saturday, April 11, 2009
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• Ruling on Motion to Dismiss in Ciolli v. Iravani
  
  Jurisdiction Defendants Ross Chanin, ReputationDefender, Mark Lemley, and Heide Iravani asserted that they lacked the minimum contacts required for the exercise of personal jurisdiction over them in Pennsylvania. Op. [.].
  The Legal Satyricon - Wednesday, April 1, 2009
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• UPDATE: JACKSON BROWNE v. JOHN McCAIN ET AL. DISTRICT COURT DENIES DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS AND SPECIAL MOTIONS TO STRIKE; DISMISSES THE OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION
  
  KWIKA represents renowned singer/songwriter Jackson Browne in a suit alleging that former Republican candidate for President John McCain, the Republican National Committee and the Ohio Republican Party infringed Mr. Browne’s copyright and trademark rights and violated Mr. Browne’s right of publicity by including Mr. One [.].
  KWIKA Entertainment Law Blog - Sunday, February 22, 2009
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• Pilots Overwhelmingly AFTRA Again
  
  About 60 pilots for scripted network primetime programs will be shot under AFTRA contracts this year, while few – or perhaps none – will be produced under SAG jurisdiction, according to sources close to the two unions, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Maybe so. So, AFTRA’s reach is growing in network primetime scripted programming.
  Digital Media Law - Monday, February 8, 2010
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