Facebook, Inc. v. Power Ventures, Inc.

  1. March 28, 2017

    Social Media CEO Pleads With Judge Over Absent Counsel

    The CEO of a social media aggregation company battling Facebook's claim that it hacked users accounts in violation of federal privacy law has asked a California judge to temporarily delay a fight over damages, citing an inability to contact his lead counsel for the past 30 days.

  2. September 25, 2013

    Facebook Wins $3M Award In IP, Spamming Case

    A California federal judge on Wednesday awarded Facebook Inc. $3 million in damages and granted the company a permanent injunction in its unfair competition lawsuit against Power Ventures Inc. and its founder over alleged violations of copyright and spamming laws.

  3. April 19, 2012

    Facebook Wants $18M Over Spamming Scheme In IP Suit

    Facebook Inc. has asked the California federal judge hearing the remainder of a copyright and unfair competition suit to level more than $18 million in damages against Power Ventures Inc. over alleged violations of computer fraud and spamming laws, according to a brief unsealed Tuesday.

  4. September 08, 2011

    CORRECTED: Facebook Wants More Docs From Power Ventures In IP Suit

    Facebook Inc. on Wednesday asked the California federal judge overseeing the remainder of its copyright and unfair competition suit against Power Ventures Inc. to make the company produce information concerning its alleged unauthorized access of the Facebook website to download user data.

  5. February 22, 2011

    Facebook Settles Some IP Claims With Brazilian Site

    Facebook Inc. has settled copyright, trademark, unfair competition and Digital Millennium Copyright Act claims against a Brazilian website accused of allowing Internet users to indirectly access Facebook through an all-in-one networking portal.

  6. October 23, 2009

    Judge Turns Off Power.com's Claims Against Facebook

    A federal judge has dismissed antitrust counterclaims brought by Power.com against Facebook Inc., although he will allow the smaller company to replead as it looks to fight off allegations of copyright and trademark infringement.

  7. September 03, 2009

    Facebook Asks To Toss Web Portal's Antitrust Claims

    Facebook Inc. has asked a judge to dismiss a set of antitrust counterclaims filed by Power Ventures Inc., in a suit alleging Power Ventures competes unfairly and infringes Facebook trademarks and copyrights by allowing Internet users to indirectly access Facebook through its Web site.

  8. January 05, 2009

    Facebook Squares Off Against Brazilian Web Portal

    Facebook Inc. has slapped a Brazilian Web site with copyright, trademark and unfair competition claims for allowing Internet users to indirectly access the social networking site through an all-in-one networking portal.

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