Unsolicited E-mail - Cases

Cases involving America Online:	Cyber Promotions Over the Air Equipment Prime Data Worldnet Systems other AOL cases
Cases involving Cyber Promotions:	America Online Apex Global Information Services Bigfoot Partners CompuServe Concentric Network Earthlink Network Prodigy Services Web Systems WorldCom
Other cases:	In re Canter Engst v. Knight Expert Pages FTC v. Maher Juno v. Scott Allen New York v. Lipsitz Parker v. C.N. Enterprises RustNet v. Bawkon Seidl v. Greentree Mortgage SimpleNet v. VNZ Snow v. Doherty Strong Capital Management v. Smith Typhoon v. Kentech Enterprises (German court decision) Junk Email Resource Page AOL Legal: Recent Decisions
Miscellaneous:	Acceptable use policies Unsolicited e-mail statutes

America Online, Inc. v. Cyber Promotions, Inc.

America Online, Inc. v. Cyber Promotions, Inc., No. 96-462 (E.D. Va. complaint filed Apr. 8, 1996) [WWW] (subsequently consolidated with Cyber Promotions' action filed in E.D. Pa.).
Cyber Promotions, Inc. v. America Online, Inc., C.A. No. 96-2486, 1996 WL 565818 (E.D. Pa. Sept. 5, 1996) (temporary restraining order) [WWW | Westlaw], rev'd (3d Cir. Sept. 20, 1996), partial summary judgment granted, 948 F. Supp. 436 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 4, 1996) (on First Amendment issues) [WWW | Lexis | Westlaw], reconsideration denied, 948 F. Supp. 436, 447 (Dec. 20, 1996) [WWW | Lexis | Westlaw], temporary restraining order denied, 948 F. Supp. 456 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 26, 1996) (on antitrust claim) [WWW | Lexis | Westlaw], settlement entered (E.D. Pa. Feb. 4, 1997) [NEWS.COM report].

America Online, Inc. v. Over the Air Equipment, Inc.

America Online, Inc. v. Over the Air Equipment, Inc. (E.D. Va. complaint filed Oct. 2, 1997) [WWW] [NEWS.COM report], preliminary injunction entered (Oct. 31, 1997) [NEWS.COM report], settlement order entered (Dec. 18, 1997) [Wired News report].

America Online, Inc. v. Prime Data Worldnet Systems

America Online, Inc. v. Prime Data Worldnet Systems (E.D. Va. complaint filed Oct. 17, 1997) [WWW] [NEWS.COM report].

Other America Online lawsuits

America Online has filed several other suits related to unsolicited bulk e-mail. Details are available on the AOL Legal web site.

Bigfoot Partners, L.P. v. Cyber Promotions, Inc.

Bigfoot Partners, L.P. v. Cyber Promotions, Inc. (S.D.N.Y. complaint filed Oct. 6, 1997) [WWW] [NEWS.COM report].

In re Canter

In re Canter, No. 95-831-O-H (Tenn. Bd. Prof. Resp. Feb. 25, 1997) [WWW], disbarment order entered (Tenn. June 5, 1997).

CompuServe Inc. v. Cyber Promotions, Inc.

CompuServe Inc. v. Cyber Promotions, Inc., No. C2-96-1070 (S.D. Ohio Oct. 24, 1996) (temporary restraining order) [WWW], preliminary injunction entered, 962 F. Supp. 1015 (S.D. Ohio Feb. 3, 1997) [WWW | Lexis | Westlaw], final consent order filed (E.D. Pa. May 9, 1997) [WWW].

Concentric Network Corp. v. Wallace

Concentric Network Corp. v. Wallace, No. C-96 20829-RMW(EAI) (N.D. Cal. complaint filed Oct. 2, 1996) [Complaint; Press release], stipulated judgment entered (Nov. 5, 1996) [WWW] [Press release].

Cyber Promotions, Inc. v. Apex Global Information Services, Inc.

Cyber Promotions, Inc. v. Apex Global Information Services, Inc., No. 97-5931, 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15344, 1997 WL 634384 (E.D. Pa. Sept. 30, 1997) (preliminary injunction) [WWW | Lexis | Westlaw] [NEWS.COM report].

Cyber Promotions, Inc. v. WorldCom

Cyber Promotions, Inc. v. WorldCom (complaint filed June 24, 1997) [Press release].

Earthlink Network Inc. v. Cyber Promotions, Inc.

Earthlink Network Inc. v. Cyber Promotions, Inc. No. BC 167502 (Cal. Super. Ct. L.A. County May 7, 1997) (preliminary injunction) [Press release], consent judgment entered (Mar. 30, 1998) [WWW] [Press release].

Engst v. Knight [WorldTouch Network]

Engst v. Knight, No. 98-2-17831-1 SEA (Wash. King County Super. Ct. complaint filed July 17, 1998) [WWW] [NEWS.COM report].

Expert Pages

Expert Pages v. Buckalew, No. C-97-2109-VRW, 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12205, 1997 WL 488011 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 6, 1997) (dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction) [Lexis | Westlaw] [Expert Pages documents].
Expert Pages v. Lawinfo.com, No. 97-1302 SI ENE, 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13242 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 22, 1997) (dismissed upon settlement) [Lexis] [Expert Pages documents].
Expert Pages v. Universal Networks, Inc., No. 97-1542 SI ENE (N.D. Cal. May 2, 1997) (temporary restraining order) [WWW] [Expert Pages documents].

Federal Trade Commission v. Maher

Federal Trade Commission v. Maher, (D. Md. complaint filed Mar. 4?, 1998) [WWW] [Press release].

Juno Online Services, L.P. v. Scott Allen Export Sales

Juno Online Services, L.P. v. Scott Allen Export Sales, No. 97 Civ. 8694 (S.D.N.Y. complaint filed Nov. 21, 1997) [WWW].

Parker v. C.N. Enterprises

Parker v. C.N. Enterprises, No. 97-06273 (Tex. Travis County Dist. Ct. complaint filed May 26, 1997) [WWW] [Press release], temporary injunction entered (Sept. 17, 1997) [WWW] [Press release], permanent injunction entered and damages awarded (Nov. 10, 1997) [WWW] [Press release] [Additional information].

People of New York v. Lipsitz

People v. Lipsitz, 663 N.Y.S.2d 468 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1997) [WWW | Lexis | Westlaw] [Press release].

Prodigy Services Corp. v. Cyber Promotions, Inc.

Prodigy Services Corp. v. Cyber Promotions, Inc. (S.D.N.Y. filed Oct. 18, 1996), settlement entered (Dec. 13, 1996) [Press release].

RustNet, Inc. v. Bawkon

RustNet, Inc. v. Bawkon (E.D. Mich. complaint filed Aug. 25, 1997), temporary restraining order entered (Aug. 1997) [Press release] [Interactive Week article].

Seidl [localhost.com] v. Greentree Mortgage

Seidl v. Greentree Mortgage (Colo. Boulder County Dist. Ct. complaint filed Sept. 1997) [WWW] [Boulder County Business Report article].

SimpleNet v. VNZ Information & Entertainment Services

SimpleNet v. VNZ Information & Entertainment Services (S.D. Cal. complaint filed Nov. 13, 1997) [NEWS.COM report], default judgment entered (Apr. 15, 1998) [Press release].

Snow v. Doherty

Snow v. Doherty, No. 97-CV-0635(RM) (N.D. Ind. complaint filed Sept. 22, 1997), dismissed without prejudice (Mar. 25, 1998) [WWW].

Strong Capital Management, Inc. v. Smith

Strong Capital Management, Inc. v. Smith, No. 97-C-0371 (E.D. Wis. complaint filed Apr. 14, 1997) [WWW].

Typhoon, Inc. v. Kentech Enterprises

Typhoon, Inc. v. Kentech Enterprises, No. CV 97-6270 JSL (AIJx) (C.D. Cal. complaint filed Aug. 20, 1997) [WWW] [NEWS.COM report], partial settlement entered (Sept. 30, 1997) [WWW].

Web Systems Corp. v. Cyber Promotions, Inc.

Web Systems Corp. v. Cyber Promotions, Inc., No. 97-30156 (Tex. Harris County Dist. Ct. complaint filed June 1997) [WWW], temporary restraining order entered (June 6, 1997) [NEWS.COM report].

German court decision

Beschluß des Landgerichts Traunstein [trial court], 2HK O 3755/97 (Oct. 14, 1997) (temporary injunction entered against sender of unsolicited commercial e-mail) [WWW] [EC LABnews report].

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