Spyware/Adware/Search Engine Law Resources

Eric Goldman

Marquette University Law School

eric.goldman@marquette.edu

Last updated 7/3/2005

 

1-800 Contacts v. WhenU

 

District court opinion

WhenU appeal brief

Google amicus brief on appeal

EFF amicus brief on appeal

1800 Contacts response brief on appeal

Second Circuit opinion

 

U-Haul v. WhenU

 

District court opinion

 

Wells Fargo v. WhenU

 

District court opinion

 

WhenU v. Utah

 

FindWhat amicus brief (the district court bounced this brief and the NAI amicus brief, saying it did not want to consider amicus briefs during the fact-finding stage)

Preliminary Injunction (June 22, 2004)

 

American Blinds / Google

 

Google complaint

American Blinds complaint

Denial of Motion to Dismiss

 

Geico / Google

 

Public Citizen amicus brief

Denial of Motion to Dismiss (August 25, 2004)

Partial transcript of bench trial (where judge grants Google’s motion for summary judgment) (Dec. 15, 2004)

 

Playboy v. Netscape

 

Ninth Circuit opinion

 

Le Meridian Hotels v. Google

 

English translation of opinion

 

State Statutes

 

Utah Spyware Control Act

California Anti-Spyware Law (SB 1436, codified at Cal. B&P Code §22947)

Alaska anti-adware law

 

Other Materials

 

Overview of spyware/adware law (August 5, 2004)

Deregulating Relevancy in Internet Trademark Law (54 Emory L.J. 507 (2005))

Ben Edelman’s site [Ben and I definitely don’t see eye-to-eye on some topics, but he does an excellent job keeping track of new developments]