At least three different courts released opinions dealing with social media during the first week of January 2012. The variety of these opinions demonstrates that social media will continue to influence every facet of law in the coming year. Evidence Law State v. Altajir, 2012 Conn. Lexis 2 (Supreme Court of Connecticut, Jan. 3, 2012). [...]
The First Three Social Media Cases of 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012 By Brian Wassom
Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: Doe v. Sex Offender Registry, evidence, facebook, pedophiles, probation, recusal, sex crimes, State v. Altajir, US v. Anderson
How I’ve Used Social Media in Trademark Litigation
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 By Brian Wassom
I never cease to be amazed at what people will write in social media–or at how useful some of those posts can be in court. Click here to read my latest post, titled “Mining Social Network Sites for Evidence in Litigation,” which is guest-hosted on my friend Paige Mill’s blog, IP@Tennessee [& beyond]. Paige is[...]
Filed Under: IP, Social Media Tagged With: actual confusion, breach of contract, evidence, facebook, licensing, Paige Mills, proof of service, Trademark & Unfair Competition, twitter, willful infringement, Yelp!
Authenticating Social Media Evidence (Or, “Boozy, His Boo, and What Not to Do”)
Sunday, May 1, 2011 By Brian Wassom
In prior posts, I’ve discussed the problem of proving identity online: how do you know that someone is who they say they are online? Anyone using social media asks that question (or ought to) every time they engage in an online conversation. It might be easy to answer that question if we’re messaging with a[...]
Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: authentication, criminal, evidence, impersonation, MySpace
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