Atlanta IP lawyer Sanford Asman isn't happy that CaseRails CEO Erik Dykema won't hand his company's name over to him—in fact, he's filed a trademark lawsuit over it, just as he said he would last month.
Asman believes that CaseRails is infringing his trademark rights to CaseWebs and CaseSpace, two websites that house his own litigation-management software. In fact, Asman believes any Web-based legal software with "case" in its name should be under his purview.
But even worse than having "Case" in his company's name, Dykema made the mistake of daring to discuss the ordeal with Ars Technica. And to Asman, the interview was pure defamation.
In an amended complaint (PDF), Asman maintains Ars' May 22 story about his case led to "numerous (unsuccessful) attempts to infiltrate" his websites, casewebs.com and casespace.com. And there's more:
Defendants Dykema, Zeller, and CaseRails... encouraged that website to publish derogatory comments as to Asman, and such publication did, in fact, take place, whereby, inter alia, (1) Asman was referred to as "Ass man"; (2) one of the readers of the blog apparently registered the domain "sanfordasman.com" and is using it to link to another website (namely, "The Scuzz Feed" which appears under the url, "sanfordasman.com") that Asman does not sponsor or endorse.
Writing "Ass Man" in a comment section isn't just mean talk on the Internet—to Asman, it's legally actionable defamation, and his lawsuit wants Dykema and CaseRails co-founder Kyle Zeller to pay.
[Editor's Comment: This looks like the second Atlanta-based IP lawyer to sue/to have sued EFF - the previous we reported here .]
(Score: 3, Funny) by aristarchus on Tuesday June 09 2015, @08:26AM
Hundreds of years? Not so fast! I was present at some of the original games, between 280 BC and when Theodosius (asshole!) banned them in 392 AD. The modern games only started in 1894. So not so many hundreds of years. And nothing so bad as FIFA! Silly circles? What do they even mean? Real Greeks from ancient times (like me) are embarrassed by the modern games. And by Bruce Jenner. And that toking swimmer dude. And what is with the skiing? Isn't that a German sport?
(Score: 2) by TheRaven on Tuesday June 09 2015, @09:21AM
Hundreds of years? Not so fast! I was present at some of the original games, between 280 BC and when Theodosius (asshole!) banned them in 392 AD. The modern games only started in 1894.
Yes, that's what I meant. There are restaurants in Athens that have been around in one form or another for longer than the modern Olympics with the word 'olympic' in their name. FIFA does seem to be approaching IOC levels of corruption, but they're still playing catchup.
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