Controversy
In August 2008, Jones Day filed a lawsuit over the website Blockshopper linking to their own website while discussing condo purchases by two of the firm's associates. The suit argues that linking to their site in this matter dilutes their service mark. This is seen by some as an abuse of trademark law and potentially harmful of the concept of linking.
In November, 2008 the judge overseeing the trial, Judge John W. Darrah of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division, ruled to dismiss claims against BlockShopper founders Brian Timpone and Edward Weinhaus and granted a request by Jones Day to block amicus briefs from the Electronic Frontier Foundation and others on the grounds that they were biased.
In February, 2009, Blockshopper and Jones Day settled the case, allowing BlockShopper to continue to cover Jones Day attorneys and embed deep links to Jones Day attorney profiles on non-Jones Day owned sites. The case and settlement runs against precedent set in prior cases regarding deep linking.
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