<div dir="ltr"><div style>[Disclosure BLIP director Jonathan Askin is on the ISOC-NY Board]</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.brooklaw.edu/newsandevents/news/2013/01-16-2013.aspx">http://www.brooklaw.edu/newsandevents/news/2013/01-16-2013.aspx</a><br>
</div><div><br></div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;line-height:16px">Another BLIP client, </span><a href="http://www.brooklaw.edu/newsandevents/news/2013/www.chickfilafoundation.com" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,101,153);text-decoration:initial;font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;line-height:16px">Chick Fil A Foundation</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;line-height:16px">, recently won a victory in a Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution case (UDRP) against Chick-fil-A, the national fast food chain. Students in the BLIP clinic conducted research and drafted pleadings in defense of their clients Jason Selvig and Davram Stiefler, two New York based comedians and parodists who created a website to criticize the controversial views expressed by Chick-fil-A and its president with regards to same-sex marriage.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;line-height:16px">
<br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;line-height:16px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;line-height:16px">Chick-fil-A’s parent company, CFA Properties, Inc. brought the UDRP claim challenging Selvig and Davram’s rights in the domain name, arguing that it was confusingly similar to their trademark and that it was registered in bad faith. In response, students in BLIP, in partnership with the Dumbo law firm of Lewis & Lin, argued that their clients had a legitimate right and interest in the domain name as they were simply exercising their First Amendment right of free speech and their right to criticize the controversial views expressed by Chick-fil-A. They also argued that the company could not prove bad faith, as Selvig and Stiefler were not seeking to commercially benefit from the website. </span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;line-height:16px">
<br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;line-height:16px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;line-height:16px">“BLIP students won this victory for the clients in the end by drawing a line between lawful parody and unlawful satire,” said Askin. “This was a great experience for students to defend clients in an actual case and really get a feel for the complexities at the intersection of internet law and free speech.”</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;line-height:16px">
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