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24 Nov, 2008 3:08 pm
Ars Technica: "Coupons, Inc. drops DMCA Lawsuit Against Coupon Hacker": A copyright lawsuit against a man who posted instructions on how to print unlimited copies
of coupons has been dropped. The defendant, John Stottlemire, posted to his website this week that he had reached a settlement with Coupons, Inc. after a year-long
legal battle over the digital coupons, and that Coupons would not be able to file another similar ...
26 Mar, 2008 2:17 pm
... battles involving movies, music or even literature: He's accused of liberating something that is already free. Coupons Inc. argues the coupon hack is no
different from the likes of "DVD Jon" Johansen's program DeCSS. In a friend-of- ... use Stottlemire's program and to those that do not. No circumvention is necessary to access the
copyrighted work in question -- a coupon. The site's security measures Stottlemire was able to circumvent are solely intended to prevent users from printing additional, ...
9 Apr 4:06 pm
... against a North Carolina man who posted commands allowing users to print an unlimited number of valid coupons. Coupons, Inc., based in Mountain View,
California, agreed in November to dismiss the case - a move that left unanswered whether ... on his tenbucks.net personal website, along with instructions showing shoppers how to
circumvent copy protection on downloadable, printable coupons from Colgate, General Foods and others, for everything from cereal to soap. Stottlemire insisted he did not ...
13 Apr 9:28 am
... its 2007 lawsuit against John Stottlemire, who posted code on his site that enabled users to print an unlimited number of legitimate coupons. The two parties had settled
shortly after the suit was filed but Stottlemire, perhaps in a misguided boast, claimed to have "kicked their ass" and that, in turn, caused Coupons Inc. to attempt to
reopen the case on the grounds that Stottlemire had breached the confidentiality clause of the settlement. Though the court did ...
21 Feb 9:29 am
From SEC Press Release on the Cooper Ponzi Scheme. On February 18, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission obtained a court order halting an alleged $4 million Ponzi scheme
perpetrated by Hawaii-based Billion Coupons, Inc. ("BCI") and its CEO Marvin R. Cooper. The Complaint alleges that BCI and Cooper raised $4.4 million from 125 investors
since at least September 2007 and specifically targeted members of the Deaf community in ...
24 Apr, 2008 6:00 am
... is not present in this case. Instead, Ellis bases her entire argument on the premise that this is a coupon settlement and that such settlements are, in general, inherently
suspect and improper. In fact, ... .W.2d 422 [$1,000 coupon toward purchase of new van or truck within 15 months]; Synfuel Technologies, Inc. v. DHL Express (USA) ... no
cost for defendant].) The law review article is Leslie, A Market-Based Approach to Coupon Settlements in Antitrust and Consumer Class Action Litigation (2002) 49 UCLA ...
22 Apr, 2008 5:42 pm
... is not present in this case. Instead, Ellis bases her entire argument on the premise that this is a coupon settlement and that such settlements are, in general, inherently
suspect and improper. In fact, ... (28 U.S.C. § 1712), although inapplicable to this proceeding, is "highly suspicious" of coupon settlements because it requires the court to
hold a special hearing to determine their value. ... Cal.App.4th at pp. 711-713; Wershba v. Apple Computer, Inc. (2001) 91 Cal.App.4th 224, 247; Dunk, supra, 48 ...
30 May, 2008 12:27 pm
... Food Distributors Association ("MFDA") filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of retailers, wholesalers, and state retail associations that administer coupon programs for
small retailers. The suit alleges that these industry stakeholders have been harmed by two coupon processors - International Outsourcing Services and Inmar, Inc. - that
have conspired to defraud retailers, limit competition, and breach fiduciary obligations to serve as bona ...
17 Mar, 2007 11:10 am
Intervention, Inc. v. Avanir Pharmaceuticals et al., 2007 WL 772889 (Cal. App. 1 Dist.) This was an appeal by an objector to a settlement of a false advertising class action
based on the claim that Abreva, a cold sore ... ; and there was only one objector out of a nationwide class estimated to exceed one million. Moreover, the trial court found that the
coupon provided a benefit to class members who'd be otherwise difficult to identify and reach. The $1 million research fund was a significant ...
2 Jan, 2007 8:32 pm
Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Bauer; 06 CV 086, D. North Dakota. Order granting temporary restraining order, December 15, 2006. Plaintiff is Northwest Airlines, the 5th largest
U.S. air carrier with a ... at trial, I believe the additional elements of the domain name, DISCOUNTCOUPONS, should have been sufficient for consumers to not be confused. The discount
coupons are from Northwest, so Bauer should be able to argue nominative fair use of Northwest's trademark in the domain name. We shall see how ...
20 Sep, 2007 1:40 am
... class action against Crown Auto. See Veal v. Crown Auto Dealerships, Inc., 2007 WL 2700969 (M.D. Fla. Sept. 13, 2007). The class members ... 125 and $500 in cash payments and
some members also received a $100 coupon. The author of this post, one of Crown's counsel, attended the fairness hearing. In approving ... pre-dated the Class Action Fairness
Act, under CAFA, settlements containing a coupon component will receive heightened scrutiny. This case provides anecdotal evidence that it will become more ...
25 Feb, 2007 11:54 am
... In a Fairfax County, Virginia Food Lion, a customer and a Food Lion manager got into an argument over the use of certain coupons. It goes without saying that coupon
use is a very contentious issue. So perhaps it's not surprising that the manager then knocked over the customer's grocery cart. ... customer then sued Food Lion for malicious
prosecution and assault, and was awarded $3,800 in punitive damages, and $1,200 in attorney's fees. Alam v. Food Lion, Inc., Fairfax County General District Court.
9 Jan, 2007 6:00 am
In Fears v. Wilhelmina Model Agency, Inc., ___ F.3d ___ (2d Cir. Jan. 4, 2007), the Second Circuit affirmed an order granting final ... not allow for the computation of fees on
the basis of such non-damages items as discounts on coupons received in settlement. A key consideration required by the PSLRA "is the result actually achieved for class ...
However, the only mention of fees to be allowed to class counsel deals with the award of fees in coupon settlement cases. See 28 U.S.C. § 1712(a)-(c). Slip ...
30 May, 2008 9:00 pm
DMCA Safe Harbor Provisions: CVS Wants to Clip Coupon-Linking Blog; From: CVS Pharmacy, Inc. To: Google, Inc. [Blogger] Date: 2008-05-16
27 Apr, 2008 9:00 pm
DMCA Safe Harbor Provisions: Pizza Hut Doesn't Dig Scanned Coupon; From: Pizza Hut, Inc. To: Digg Date: 2008-04-28
6 Feb, 2007 10:33 pm
... subsequently granted the motion, at least for the most part. Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 222 F.R.D. 137 (N.D. Cal. 2004). The Ninth Circuit ... me between the eyes. The
first one is the discussion of Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharm., Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993). The plaintiffs had retained a sociologist, who testified that ... excellent, and this
case won't devolve into some high-end version of a coupon settlement scam, I have to wonder. . . . . Should they have the right to eliminate the non-economic ...
20 Aug, 2007 8:53 am
Coupon Hacker Faces DMCA Lawsuit In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in San Jose, California, last month, Coupons Inc. accuses Stottlemire of creating and
giving away a program that erases the unique identifier, allowing consumers to repeatedly download and print as many copies of a particular coupon as they want. The lawsuit also
charges Stottlemire with posting tutorials on bargain-swapping sites DealIdeal.com and thecouponqueen.net on how to ...
28 Nov, 2008 12:28 pm
... owes Novell millions (plus interest) (Ars Technica) Coupons, Inc drops DMCA lawsuit against coupon hacker (Ars Technica) (Techdirt) McCain responds to Jackson
... First-to-file rule convinces District Court to transfer cybersquatting case: eNom, Inc v Philbrick (Seattle Trademark Lawyer) Blockshopper request to dismiss Jones Day ...
online process allowing users to upload and share photos (Law360) Move Inc wins verdict of invalidity and noninfringement in patent case alleging its website infringed ...
3 Jul, 2008 10:01 pm
... several claims in the case Coupons, Inc. v. Stottlemire, in which we had, in March, filed an amicus brief. Coupons offers online coupons that consumers
can access ... library research, and the other statutory exceptions to copyright." Because the court agreed that Coupons's DMCA claims "blur the carefully constructed distinction
between 'access controls ... but it seems unlikely to us that Coupons can do that.) At the hearing, EFF's positions were ably argued by Hari O'Connell and Domenic Ippolito, law
...
1 Apr 4:15 am
... . 23, 2009 Anthony Vassallo, Kenneth Kenitzer, and Equity Investment Management and Trading, Inc. LR-20966 Mar. 23, 2009 Anthony A. James and James Asset Advisory, L.L ... J.
Coutris; J. Coutris Partners, LP; Joseph S. Fernando; Wellington Capital Enterprises, Inc.; James J. Coutris; and Dimitrios I. Gountis See also: SEC Complaint LR-20936 Mar ...
and Temporary Restraining Order LR-20906 Feb. 19, 2009 Billion Coupons, Inc. (aka Billion Coupons Investment) and Marvin R. Cooper See also: SEC Complaint LR- ...
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