3 December 2003
Charles Lee Mudd Jr. (through his corporation ) files an amicus brief in support of petitioner Aimster
in its appeal to the United States Supreme Court over the Seventh Circuit's
decision in
In re: Aimster Copyright Litigation.
3 December 2003
Charles Lee Mudd Jr. provides a discussion on Super-DMCA laws at a luncheon
hosted by the Illinois State Bar Association's Intellectual Property Section.
The citation for the Illinois Super-DMCA statute is 720 ILCS 5/16-18,
et seq.
6 November 2003
Charles Lee Mudd Jr. is formally installed as a member of the
Board of Directors for the located in Chicago, Illinois.
October 2003
Charles Mudd successfully defends his John Doe client in E.Van
Cullens v. John Doe. The Court in E.Van Cullens v. John Doe
grants John Doe's motion to dismiss filed by his attorney, Charles Mudd,
seeking to dismiss the Plaintiff's claims should be dismissed in the 18th
Judicial Circuit, DuPage County, Illinois by having the Amended Complaint
. Plaintiff Van Cullens filed suit against John Doe for alleged defamatory
remarks made on
24 September 2003
Charles Lee Mudd Jr. attends Dr. Mark Macumber's press conference on the
launch of his "Patients First" family practice model. Dr. Macumber
is a client of Privacy Resolutions P.C.
8 September 2003
Charles Lee Mudd Jr. is heard on National Public Radio's All
Things Considered discussing the RIAA's legal initiative against file-swappers.
23 August 2003
Charles Lee Mudd Jr. comments on RIAA file-swapping in Rolling Stone Magazine's
September 4, 2003 issue.
25 July 2003
National Public Radio reports on the Recording Industry Association of
America (RIAA)'s efforts to fervently subpoena Internet service providers
for the names of individuals it suspects of swapping songs over the Internet.
Charles Lee Mudd Jr., who represents some of the individuals whose identities
have been subpoenaed, is interviewed. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports. NPR provides
the news story availble for listening on the .
15 July 2003
Charles Lee Mudd Jr. is quoted in the Florida Times-Union on
privacy and GPS technology.
2 July 2003
Chicago Tribune publishes an
regarding Jane Doe suit filed on July 1, 2003 by Charles Lee Mudd Jr.
1 July 2003
Charles Lee Mudd Jr. has agreed to provide legal representation to individuals
and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) being served subpoenas relating
to online communications and has become associated with the .
1 July 2003
Charles Lee Mudd Jr. files a suit in the United States District
Court, Northern District of Illinois on behalf of a Jane Doe for misuse
of personal and intimate nude photographs. The photographs were sent by
the defendant to Ms. Doe's friends, supervisor, employer, and various
other email addresses. The complaint includes privacy claims including
intrusion upon seclusion and public disclosure of private facts. In addition
to alleging the violation of Ms. Doe's privacy rights, the complaint also
includes claims for defamation, defamation per se, and violation of the
Electronic Communications Privacy Act.
19 June 2003
Student Press Law Center publishes an
on the Jane Doe suit filed against Columbia College and others by Charles
Lee Mudd Jr.
16 June 2003
Crain's Detroit publishes an
relating to the Monsterpatterns suit filed by Charles Lee Mudd Jr. in
the District of Michigan on behalf of Monsterpatterns.com, LLC against
the McCall and Simplicity pattern companies.
12 June 2003
The Chicago Journal publishes an article relating to the Jane
Doe suit filed by Charles Lee Mudd Jr. in the Circuit Court of Cook County,
Chicago, Illinois on behalf of Jane Doe against Columbia College Chicago,
ECHO, and others.
12 June 2003
Charles Lee Mudd Jr. served as local counsel for Consumers Union
and presented its motion for leave to present oral argument in support
of its amicus brief. The Court granted the motion and permitted Will DeVries,
a senior law student working with the Samuelson Law Clinic, to argue on
behalf of Consumers Union. The suit, styled The Chamberlein Group,
Inc. v. Skylink Technologies, Inc. and presently pending before the
United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, involves
the applicability of § 1201 of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.
Consumers Union argued that § 1201 of the DMCA should not be employed
as The Chamberlein Group, Inc. argues in its suit and motion for summary
judgment against Skylink Technologies, Inc.
6 June 2003
Red Streak publishes
relating to the Jane Doe v. Columbia College Chicago, et al.
5 June 2003
The Chicago Tribune ()
and Chicago Sun-Times (article) each publish articles relating to the
Jane Doe suit filed by Charles Lee Mudd Jr. in the Circuit Court of Cook
County, Chicago, Illinois on behalf of Jane Doe against Columbia College
Chicago, ECHO, and others. The suit brings several claims against the
defendants including, but not limited to, defamation, false light, misappropriation,
and misrepresentation.
4 June 2003
On behalf of his client Jane Doe, Charles Lee Mudd Jr.filed an action
in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois, against Columbia
College Chicago, ECHO magazine, and others. The suit brings several claims
against the defendants including, but not limited to, defamation, false
light, misappropriation, and misrepresentation. The complaint alleges
that a student photographer for the school publication ECHO represented
to Jane Doe, a figure model, that he would not photograph her during a
nude modeling session for an art class at Columbia College Chicago. Rather,
the photographer affirmed that he would take photographs of the students
and their drawings only. Contrary to these representations, the photographer
took photographs of Ms. Doe, and ECHO published two of these photos in
its print and online publication in the context of an article that begins
by referring to prostitution.
2 June 2003
The MicroEnterprise Journal publishes an
relating to the Monsterpatterns suit filed by Charles Lee Mudd Jr. in
the District of Michigan on behalf of Monsterpatterns.com, LLC.
21 May 2003
On behalf of his client , Charles Lee Mudd Jr. filed an action in the United States District
Court, Southern District of Michigan, Eastern Division against The McCall
Pattern Company, the Simplicity Pattern Company, their respective parents
and affiliates, and Digital River. The suit seeks declaratory judgment
on a number of issues relating to property rights (abandonment), intellectual
property (first sale doctrine), and the use of the Internet to sell property
in the secondary market. A copy of the complaint can be accessed here.
14 May 2003
Charles Lee Mudd Jr. served as local counsel for Consumers Union and argued
on its behalf with respect to its motion for leave to file brief of amicus
curiae in support of Skylink Technologies, Inc.'s opposition to Chamberlein
Group, Inc.'s motion for summary judgment. The Court granted the motion
and permitted Consumers Union to file an amicus brief. Charles worked
closely with Consumers Union's counsel, Jennifer Urban, Samuelson Clinic
Fellow of the at the Boalt
Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkely.
18 April 2003
The Chicago Tribune publishes an
(also available at )
relating to the Jane Doe suit filed by Charles Lee Mudd Jr. in the United
States District Court, Northern District of Illinois against Brian Westby
and Laura Meyer. The complaint alleges that Mr. Westby used Ms. Doe's
photograph (a head shot) to lure individuals to particular Yahoo! personals
of "virtual women" containing sexually suggestive comments.
Once individuals attempted to contact the virtual women by sending an
email, Mr. Westby sent spam advertising his adult web sites to the email
addresses of those individuals responding to the Yahoo! personals of the
virtual women.
January 2003
Charles Lee Mudd Jr. continues his relationship with John Marshall
Law School and will teachPrivacy Rights at John Marshall Law School for
the Spring 2003 semester.
