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Silver v. Lavandeira [1]

Submitted by DMLP Staff on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 00:29

Summary

Threat Type: 

Lawsuit

Date: 

07/22/2008

Status: 

Pending

Location: 

New York

Verdict or Settlement Amount: 

N/A

Legal Claims: 

Breach of Contract
On July 22, 2008, Elizabeth Silver, a blogger on PerezRevenge.com (now www.rPulse.com), which describes itself as a "website where celebrities could post information about their careers, events and when necessary personal lives without the taint of rumor or speculation" sued rival celebrity... read full description
Parties

Party Receiving Legal Threat: 

Mario Hermando Lavandeira, Jr. aka Mario Lavandeira aka Perez Hilton

Type of Party: 

Individual

Type of Party: 

Individual

Location of Party: 

  • New York

Location of Party: 

  • California
  • New York
  • New Jersey

Legal Counsel: 

Pro se

Legal Counsel: 

Bryan J Freedman - Freedman and Taitelman LLP; Jeffrey M. Eilender - Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP
Description

On July 22, 2008, Elizabeth Silver, a blogger on PerezRevenge.com (now www.rPulse.com [2]), which describes itself as a "website where celebrities could post information about their careers, events and when necessary personal lives without the taint of rumor or speculation" sued rival celebrity blogger Mario Lavandeira (aka Perez Hilton), who operates the blog perezhilton.com [3], for copyright infringement, violation of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, and other claims.

On July 21, 2008, Hilton had sued Silver, Infuse LLC, and Margie E. Rogers over their use of the name PerezRevenge, claiming the use was a violation of the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, as well as unfair competition, federal dilution of trademark, and unfair trade practices. See the related claim, Lavandeira v. Infuse, LLC [4].

Update: 

On January 7, 2009,  a magistrate judge issue a Report and Recommendation rejecting Silver's claims.  After Silver failed to object to the Report, the court on February 26 adopted the Report and Recommendation in its entirety.  According to a March 06 order issued by the court, Silver appears to have then filed for voluntary dismissal of the case.

Related Links: 

  • Los Angeles Times: Perez Hilton sues Perezrevenge.com for cyber-squatting [5]
  • Huffington Post: Perez Hilton Sues PerezRevenge.com Team For Cyber-Squatting [6]
  • Entertainment and Media Law Blog: PerezRevenge: Is Perez Hilton the Victim of a Reverse Domain Hijacking? [7]
  • Technology & Marketing Law Blog: Perez Hilton Wins IP Lawsuit [8]
Details

Web Site(s) Involved: 

perezhilton.com [3]

PerezRevenge.com [9]

www.rPulse.com [2]

[9]

Content Type: 

  • Video
  • Photo
  • Text

Publication Medium: 

Blog

Subject Area: 

  • Trademark
Court Information & Documents

Jurisdiction: 

  • New York

Source of Law: 

  • New York

Court Name: 

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Court Type: 

Federal

Case Number: 

1:08-cv-06522

Relevant Documents: 

PDF icon 2009-02-26-Silver v. Lavandeira Order Adopting Report and Recommendation.pdf [10]
PDF icon 2009-03-06-Silver v. Lavandeira Order for Follow-up Conference.pdf [11]
CMLP Information (Private)

Threat Source: 

MLRC

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Source URL (modified on 08/20/2014 - 11:07pm): https://www.dmlp.org/threats/silver-v-lavandeira

Links
[1] https://www.dmlp.org/threats/silver-v-lavandeira
[2] http://www.rPulse.com
[3] http://www.perezhilton.com/
[4] https://www.dmlp.org/threats/lavandeira-v-infuse-llc
[5] http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/07/perez-hilton-su.html
[6] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/23/perez-hilton-sues-perezre_n_114551.html
[7] http://reporter.blogs.com/thresq/2008/07/perez-hilton-su.html
[8] http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2009/03/perez_hilton_wi.htm
[9] http://www.perezrevenge.com
[10] https://www.dmlp.org/sites/dmlp.org/files/sites/citmedialaw.org/files/2009-02-26-Silver%20v.%20Lavandeira%20Order%20Adopting%20Report%20and%20Recommendation.pdf
[11] https://www.dmlp.org/sites/dmlp.org/files/sites/citmedialaw.org/files/2009-03-06-Silver%20v.%20Lavandeira%20Order%20for%20Follow-up%20Conference.pdf