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Patent Poetry: Fourth Circuit Overturns $1 Billion Copyright Infringement Verdict

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The Fourth Circuit has overturned a $1 billion verdict in a copyright case against Cox Communications. As the court explained, Defendant Cox Communications sells internet, telephone, and cable television service to 6...more

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Fourth Circuit Opens Door to Future ISP Defenses in Vacating $1 Billion Copyright Judgment Against Cox Communications

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On February 20, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (Fourth Circuit) vacated an unprecedented $1 billion judgment against Cox Communications, Inc. (Cox) for copyright infringement based on Cox’s customers’...more

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The State AG Report – 1.11.2024

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • Democratic AGs Support CFPB Proposal to Oversee Digital...more

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Fed Up with Fees, AG Mayes Settles with Cox Communications for $13 Million

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Arizona AG Kris Mayes settled with Cox Communications Inc. and affiliated entities to resolve allegations that the telecommunications company violated the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act by failing to adequately disclose price...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Feltzs Offers First Glimpse at How Federal Courts May Apply Wesson

Earlier this year, in Wesson v. Staples the Office Superstore, LLC, 68 Cal. App. 5th 746 (2021), the California Court of Appeals held that courts are empowered to limit or strike representative claims under the Private...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Internet Job Postings Pose Legal Perils for Employers

Today social media platforms, including Facebook and LinkedIn, allow employers to target their job listings based on various characteristics of the users they wish to reach. As a result, employers can theoretically identify...more

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Employers Should Immediately Review Recruitment Ad Practices Due to Facebook Class Litigation

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A little over a year ago, three major employers—T-Mobile, Amazon, and Cox Communications—were sued for allegedly discriminating on the basis of age in the way they recruited new employees via Facebook. The plaintiffs’ lawyers...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Help Wanted: How Your Online Job Advertisements Could Be Considered Age Discrimination

More and more employers are seeking employees on the internet through targeted advertisements on Facebook. Employers can target these advertisements to certain users based on age, location, interests, experience, among other...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Not Your Grandad’s Facebook? Targeted Social Media Ads Spur Age Discrimination Lawsuit

Can you target advertisements to a group based on age? The Communications Workers of America (CWA) and several individuals think not and filed suit against T-Mobile, Amazon, Cox Communications, and Cox Media Group. The...more

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Point of Novelty Enters Indefiniteness Analysis

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Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sprint Communication Co., Case No. 16-1013 (Fed. Cir., Sept. 23, 2016) (Prost, CJ) (Newman, J, dissenting). Sprint sued Cox for patent infringement, asserting several patents directed to...more

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The Tenth Circuit Affirmed Decision That Two Putative Class Actions Must Be Arbitrated

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This dispute involves two cable subscribers (Andrew Alwert and Stanley Freedman) who filed putative class actions against Cox Communications Inc. for allegedly tying monthly set-top box payments to its premium cable services....more

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Federal Circuit Patent Updates - September 2016

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Husky Injection Molding System v. Athena Automation Ltd. (No. 2015-1726, 9/23/16) (Lourie, Plager, Stoll) - Lourie, J. Dismissing an appeal from a PTAB decision in an IPR for lack of jurisdiction. “[W]e conclude that we...more

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A Split Panel of the Federal Circuit Debates the Standards for Definiteness

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In Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sprint Communications Co. LP, Appeal No. 2016-1013 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 23, 2016), the panel, consisting of Chief Judge Prost (authoring the opinion) and Judges Newman and Bryson, unanimously...more

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Claims Are Construed In Electronic Communications Case

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Cox Communications Inc., et al. v. Sprint Communications Company, L.P., et al., C.A. No. 12- 487-SLR, March 21, 2016. Robinson, J. Claim construction opinion issues regarding 43 terms from five patents....more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Entertainment and Media Litigation Update - February 2016

Be Reasonable: The U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Review the Standard for Awarding Attorneys' Fees to the Prevailing Party in Copyright Infringement Suits - Why it matters: On January 15, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court...more

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Balancing Copyright Owners' Rights With ISP Immunities

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When an online user violates copyright law, the copyright owner will frequently turn to the user's internet service provider (ISP) for relief. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) includes a safe harbor provision that...more

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ISPs on ALERT: Failing to Terminate Repeat Infringers Can Be Costly

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A recent court order from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia—and a resulting jury verdict – may be instructive to internet service providers (“ISPs”) when it comes to their “repeat...more

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Greater liability for ISP’s

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In a sure-to-be-appealed verdict last week, a federal court jury in the Eastern District of Virginia found Cox Communications liable to pay $25 million to music publisher BMG Rights Management for contributory copyright...more

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ISPs That Ignore Notices From “Copyright Trolls” Risk Losing DMCA Safe Harbor Protections

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Representing copyright owners attempting to enforce online infringement is often routine, but can sometimes prove challenging. This tends to be the case when a content owner is trying to address large scale infringement of...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - November 2015 #4

Sharing Is Caring? New Report Documents Apps Sharing User Data at High Rates - A new report has revealed that Apple and Android apps share information with third parties at high rates. Testing 55 of the most popular...more

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FCC Settles Data Breach Investigation with Cox Communications

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Recently, the Enforcement Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) entered into a settlement with Cox Communications (Cox) resolving an investigation into whether the cable operator failed to properly protect its...more

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FCC Fines Cable Operator Following Data Breach Investigation

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The FCC has been flexing its muscles in 2015 when it comes to enforcing data security requirements. In April, it reached a $25 million settlement with AT&T Services, Inc. for failing to safeguard customers’ personal...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Breaking News: $6 Million Cox Communications Cable Box Jury Verdict Overturned

As we previously reported (click here, here and here to read more), last month, a jury returned a $6.31 million verdict for a class plaintiff in a suit alleging that Cox Communications had illegally tied its premium cable...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

FCC settles data security enforcement action with Cox

In what had been touted as the first data security enforcement action with a cable operator, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has agreed to settle an enforcement action following a data breach with Cox...more

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FCC Issues First Privacy Enforcement Action Against Cable Operator

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In the third privacy-related enforcement action of the year, the FCC Enforcement Bureau entered into a $595,000 settlement with Cox Communications to resolve an investigation into the company’s loss of customer personal data....more

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