Intellectual Property - Consumer Web Site – Auto Dealer Feedback – Immunity
By Deborah Elkins
July 24, 2008
A car dealership cannot sue a consumer Web site on which shoppers posted negative experiences for defamation and tortious interference with business expectancy; an Alexandria U.S. District Court says defendant Consumeraffairs.com Inc. has immunity from suit under the Communications Decency Act because the statements at issue came from a “separate information content provider” and defendant was merely an interactive computer service.
Nemet Chevrolet Ltd. v. Consumeraffairs.com Inc. (USDC-ED) (VLW 008-3-274) (25 pp.)
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