Richard Brian Newman's Legal Cases (5)

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Essociate, Inc. v. Clickbooth.com, LLC

Feb 11, 2015

OUTCOME: USDC (C.D. Cal.) granted Clickbooth.com’s Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, ruling that the claims asserted by Essociate, Inc.’s Internet based affiliate pooling patent were patent ineligible and therefore invalid

Essociate sued Clickbooth on December 3, 2013, accusing Clickbooth of infringing its eCommerce patent that allowed online merchants to track user traffic from websites that were not part of the seller’ ... s affiliate system. The lawsuit was another in a slew of patent infringement actions filed by Essociate against numerous affiliate networks dating back to 2009.

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Ibarra v. David Carpinello, Punch Drunk Gamer, Yahoo Sports, et al.

Jan 01, 2009

OUTCOME: Case Dismissed

I represented one of the defendants who allegedly "published" defamatory statements regarding plaintiff.

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Federal Trade Commission v. Coulomb Media, Inc. et al.

N/A

OUTCOME: Resolved cooperatively without without resulting litigation or finding of liability. Clients paid only a small fraction of the damages that network co-defendants were ordered to pay and an even smaller fraction of the damages sought by the FTC.

Represented online lead generators in FTC lawsuit alleging millions of dollars in damages for purportedly bogus blogs, news websites, testimonials and trial offers.

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Federal Trade Commission v. Respondent

N/A

OUTCOME: Successfully secured the prompt closure of the investigation.

•Represented an online lead generator in conjunction with a Civil Investigative Represented an online lead generator in conjunction with a civil investigative demand examining whether loan brokers, len ... ders, loan servicers and other marketers of loans had engaged in acts or practices in violation of the Mortgage Assistance Relief Services Rule and the Consumer Credit Protection Act.

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Federal Trade Commission v. Respondent

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OUTCOME: Successfully secured the prompt closure of the investigation.

Represented a leading online education business in conjunction with a civil investigative demand examining whether the company had engaged in deceptive acts or practices in violation of Section 5 of th ... e FTC Act, in connection with advertised placements rates of its graduates.

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