A Texas teacher is suing two of her former students for defamation after they allegedly wrote false and defamatory statements about her following an oral storytelling exercise. Elizabeth Ethredge has filed suit against the two students after they allegedly posted statements concerning the teacher following an oral storytelling exercise wherein the teacher purportedly asked the students to contact an individual, alleged to have stolen personal property from Ethredge’s son, to purchase personal property from the alleged thief in an attempt to recover it. Ethredge was fired from her position as a teacher days after the two students posted the Facebook comments in question. She is now suing for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Online affiliate marketing is big business now. Affiliate marketing, of course, has been around for a long time. Basically, a business or a person agrees to promote and recommend a product, a brand of products, or even a whole business in exchange for various things of value. Generally, the affiliate does not actually sell the […]
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Yes, as long as the proposed trademark meets the other requirements for registration. U.S. trademark laws do not require that only the English language can be used for trademarks. However, whatever the language, trademarks must meet the legal requirements, including functionality, distinctiveness, uniqueness, etc. For example, every trademark must function as a trademark in that […]
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In a new ruling, a California federal judge has declared the entirety of California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (“CAADCA”) to be unconstitutional. Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1798.99.28 et seq. See media report here and the Opinion here. The case is Netchoice, LLC. v. Bonta, Case No. 22-cv-08861-BLF (US N.Dist. Cal, March 13, 2025). The CAADCA […]
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