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Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (“CDA”) protects online service providers of interactive websites against liability that can arise from third party content.[1] Section 230(c)(1) provides “[n]o provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.”[2] While section […]

The Washington Supreme Court denied Section 230 immunity to Backpage.com for its role in facilitating sex trafficking. Here’s what the ruling means for online platforms.

The City of Inglewood was ordered to pay over $100,000 after filing an unreasonable copyright infringement lawsuit. Here’s what the case teaches about copyright abuse.

  The video game industry is a global industry, and it is worth $65 billion in the United States (hereinafter U.S.). It is made up of cutting edge technology, creative engineering, and imaginative character and setting designs. The World of Intellectual Property Magazine (hereinafter WIPO Magazine) reports that video games are “the fastest growing sector […]

The Lanham Act, the federal law governing trademarks, specifically prohibits the registration of trademarks that fall into a number of categories. For example, Section 2(e) lists the following types of marks that are precluded from registration: Marks that are merely descriptive of the goods or services offered under the marks; Marks that are primarily geographically […]

The FCC preempted Michigan laws that restricted municipal broadband networks. Here’s what the FCC ruling meant for local governments seeking to build community broadband infrastructure.

Revision Legal attorneys regularly assist individuals and businesses that have been the subject of domain theft. Recently, we have learned of one individual that may be connected to these activities. Specifically, we are aware that multiple domain names have been reported as stolen and now list an individual by the name of YINZHONG XIE as the Registrant […]

Revision Legal is hiring a paralegal. Specifically, we are looking for an intelligent and self-motivated individual who will provide our attorneys with high quality substantive and procedural legal and administrative work.   Revision Legal is an international intellectual property and business law firm. We help large and small businesses produce value for their clients. We […]

In the modern world, defamation of character on the Internet is pervasive. Whether the defamatory post was made by a forum troll or a business competitor, defamation of character on the Internet can be a very serious issue because, once indexed and spread, it can be very difficult to remove or control. Worse, if you […]

Revision Legal’s Internet slander attorneys regularly help victims of Internet slander remove defamatory statements from the Internet. Unfortunately, Internet slander is becoming increasingly common, and, if it is not removed in a timely manner, it may become extremely difficult to stop the spread of Internet slander. Our Internet slander attorneys are experts in removing Internet […]