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Intellectual Property Law

Boston University School of Law

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2011

Intermediary Liability

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'We Know It When We See It': Intermediary Trademark Liability And The Internet, Stacey Dogan Jan 2011

'We Know It When We See It': Intermediary Trademark Liability And The Internet, Stacey Dogan

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The recent history of intermediary liability decisions in copyright and trademark law reflects a notable resistance to rules that might constrain judicial discretion to ferret out bad guys. Indeed, a dichotomy appears to be emerging between two types of defendants: those who want infringement to happen and those who do not. In both copyright and trademark cases, courts are developing two distinct sets of rules to deal with two different classes of intermediaries. Good-faith intermediaries — those with a core business model unrelated to infringement — have an obligation to address infringement upon notice, but need not go out of …