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Marlboro Maker Altria Sues China-Based Websites
Posted on 16 Feb 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

RICHMOND, Va. - (AP) Marlboro maker Altria Group Inc. said Wednesday it is suing seven Chinese online retailers, alleging they sold counterfeit versions of its top-selling cigarette brands to customers in the U.S. The owner of the nation's largest... Read More

Tags: Marlboro , Philip Morris , Websites , Altria , gray market , Chinese online retailers , Intellectual Property , Litigation , Lanham Act , lawsuit , Internet , Chinese Web site , counterfeit cigarettes , cigarette , tobacco

N.Y. Attorney General Sues Online Tobacco Sites
Posted on 6 Feb 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

MINEOLA, N.Y. - (AP) Six website operators are violating a state law that bans the online sale of tobacco to customers in New York, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Thursday. Schneiderman said lawsuits were filed a day earlier in state Supreme... Read More

Tags: New York , Ohio , Schneiderman , Websites , Centers for Disease Control , American Lung Association , Vermont , Litigation , lawsuit , New York attorney general , Connecticut , Internet , Washington , cigarette , Maryland , tobacco

Copyright Lawsuits Filed Over Airport Pat-Down Photo
Posted on 16 Feb 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

DENVER - (AP) A law firm that targets the unauthorized use of news content on the Internet has filed 32 lawsuits in federal court in Colorado seeking to stop the use of a Denver Post photograph showing an airport pat-down. The lawsuits are being closely... Read More

Tags: airport pat-down , Colorado , Ku Klux Klan , Websites , Nevada , newspapers , Transportation Security Administration , online content , MediaNews Group , Litigation , Righthaven LLC , Las Vegas Review-Journal , Denver Post , copyright , lawsuit , content , Internet , Fair Use , David Duke , pat-down

Court Dismisses Viacom's $1 Billion Copyright Claims Against YouTube
Posted on 8 Dec 2010 by Stephen Fisher, Janet Kim Lin, Gail Manuguid

In June 2010, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in favor of YouTube by dismissing Viacom's claims for copyright infringement. The court held that general knowledge was not enough to bar YouTube from protection under... Read More

Tags: YouTube , Websites , Litigation , online service providers , safe harbor provision , Digital Millennium Copyright Act