Facebook, Inc. v. Power Ventures, Inc.
Lawsuit brought by Facebook in the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Facebook, Inc. v. Power Ventures, Inc. is a lawsuit brought by Facebook in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California alleging that Power Ventures Inc., a third-party platform, collected user information from Facebook and displayed it on their own website. Facebook claimed violations of the CAN-SPAM Act, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA"), and the California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act.[1] According to Facebook, Power Ventures Inc. made copies of Facebook's website during the process of extracting user information. Facebook argued that this process causes both direct and indirect copyright infringement. In addition, Facebook alleged this process constitutes a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"). Finally, Facebook also asserted claims of both state and federal trademark infringement, as well as a claim under California's Unfair Competition Law ("UCL").
Facebook, Inc. v. Power Ventures, Inc. | |
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Court | United States District Court for the Northern District of California |
Decided | May 11, 2009 |
Docket nos. | 5:08-cv-05780 |
Citation(s) | 91 U.S.P.Q.2d 1430 |
Holding | |
Case Pending; Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Denied; Defendant's Motion for a more definite statement Granted in Part, Denied in Part. | |
Court membership | |
Judge(s) sitting | Jeremy D. Fogel |
Keywords | |
Copyright, DMCA, Lanham Act, Trademark, Unfair Competition |