Can a court really issue an injunction ordering someone to refrain from engaging in such disparagement in blog comments and other such public forums? A federal court did so in the case of Freecycle Network, Inc. v. Oey (Eugene Volokh, Aug. 14).
Chronicling the high cost of our legal system
by Walter Olson on August 28, 2007
Can a court really issue an injunction ordering someone to refrain from engaging in such disparagement in blog comments and other such public forums? A federal court did so in the case of Freecycle Network, Inc. v. Oey (Eugene Volokh, Aug. 14).
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The standard would probably have to be clear and convincing for me to enjoin free speech on a trademark.
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