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Wow, thanks for sharing this, Joly!!
Kathy
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> [Disclosure BLIP director Jonathan Askin is on the ISOC-NY Board]
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> http://www.brooklaw.edu/newsandevents/news/2013/01-16-2013.aspx
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> Another BLIP client, Chick Fil A Foundation
> <http://www.brooklaw.edu/newsandevents/news/2013/www.chickfilafoundation.com>,
> recently won a victory in a Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution
> case (UDRP) against Chick-fil-A, the national fast food chain.
> Students in the BLIP clinic conducted research and drafted pleadings
> in defense of their clients Jason Selvig and Davram Stiefler, two New
> York based comedians and parodists who created a website to criticize
> the controversial views expressed by Chick-fil-A and its president
> with regards to same-sex marriage.
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> Chick-fil-A’s parent company, CFA Properties, Inc. brought the UDRP
> claim challenging Selvig and Davram’s rights in the domain name,
> arguing that it was confusingly similar to their trademark and that it
> was registered in bad faith. In response, students in BLIP, in
> partnership with the Dumbo law firm of Lewis & Lin, argued that their
> clients had a legitimate right and interest in the domain name as they
> were simply exercising their First Amendment right of free speech and
> their right to criticize the controversial views expressed by
> Chick-fil-A. They also argued that the company could not prove bad
> faith, as Selvig and Stiefler were not seeking to commercially benefit
> from the website.
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> “BLIP students won this victory for the clients in the end by drawing
> a line between lawful parody and unlawful satire,” said Askin. “This
> was a great experience for students to defend clients in an actual
> case and really get a feel for the complexities at the intersection of
> internet law and free speech.”
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