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: 1) by KGIII on Tuesday June 09 2015, @05:22PM
You have never seen their images that they post in those threads? They are (I admit) rather funny. One of the most common is charging their lasers which seems to indicate that they are going on the war path which may include the LOIC. Out of morbid curiosity I went and observed them. They are mostly harmless.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday June 09 2015, @05:56PM
Yeah, I've "observed" a couple of high profile shenanigans. It's been awhile though - maybe I've just forgotten some of it. You said "laser" and I immediately thought "ion cannon". I guess there wouldn't be a lot of difference if you happened to be standing downrange when either weapon was fired, right? About as much difference as there is between a howitzer and a mortar.
(Score: 1) by KGIII on Tuesday June 09 2015, @08:27PM
The last time I gave them any attention was during the LULZsec days. I do say, though, that that was truly amusing. They are a clever lot, I will not begrudge them that. I am reminded of a swarm.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."