Public Citizen Calls on Presidential Candidates, Parties to Pledge Not to Use Dangerous, Manipulative Deepfakes
Petition to the FDA to Strengthen Safety Warning for Botox and Related Drugs and Remove Misleading Claims From Botox/Botox Cosmetic Labeling
Lamparello v. Falwell August 24, 2005 Christopher Lamparello created a web site to criticize Jerry Falwell’s views on homosexuality, using the domain name fallwell.com. Falwell brought…
Nissan Motor Co. v. Nissan Computer Corp. April 18, 2005 A federal district judge decided that Uzi Nissan did not infringe the trademark of the Nissan auto companies by creating…
Bosley v. Kremer April 04, 2005 California company brought suit in Illinois against a California man who runs web sites devoted to the alleged misconduct of…
Alvis Coating v. Townsend December 01, 2004 Public Citizen defended Alan and Linda Townsend from Alvis, Inc.’s attempt to shut down a website that the Townsends created…
TMI, Inc. v. Maxwell April 21, 2004 Plaintiff, the builder of Trend Maker Homes, sued Maxwell for maintained a web site at “trendmakerhome.com.” that recounted his disappointment…
Falwell v. Cohn March 04, 2003 Well-known fundamentalist preacher Jerry Falwell brought suit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia against…
Coca Cola Co. v. Purdy February 14, 2003 Anti-abortion activist registered domain names using several different companies’ trademarks as a way of drawing public attention to websites denouncing…
Crown Pontiac v. Ballock June 10, 2002 In this cyberspeech case, Public Citizen defended Thomas Ballock’s right to criticize the Crown Pontiac car dealership. Mr. Ballock purchased…
Alitalia v. Porta January 01, 2001 Trademark suit in federal court in New York by airline seeking to suppress a web site posted at “www.alitaliasucks.com” by…