Paul, Weiss won a significant victory for our client Baidu on hot-button issues concerning the security of online businesses. Following a cyberattack, Baidu sued the domain registrar in the Southern District of New York for damages resulting from it. The Court held that Baidu sufficiently pleaded acts of gross negligence such that, under New York law, the purported liability limitations in the service agreement would not be enforceable if Baidu's allegations are proven.

Paul, Weiss achieved a significant settlement in the Southern District of New York for long-time client Weight Watchers International, Inc. (WWI), in its false advertising suit against Jenny Craig, Inc. Following the successful motion for a temporary restraining order, WWI competitor Jenny Craig, Inc., agreed permanently to cease and refrain from broadcasting, publishing or disseminating its advertising campaign that falsely claimed that Jenny Craig clients lost twice as much weight as those following the Weight Watchers weight loss program.

Paul, Weiss won a major victory for its client DVD FLLC in achieving the dismissal, with prejudice, of a complaint by EcoDisc AG alleging violations of the antitrust laws and false advertising. EcoDisc alleged that DVD FLLC violated the Sherman Act, the Lanham Act, and various state laws by announcing to its licensees that EcoDisc's brand of "thin DVDs" do not comply with the standard DVD specifications and that manufacture of such discs could be a breach of the license agreement. The court ruled that EcoDisc failed to meet its pleading burden, and that further amendment would be futile.

Paul, Weiss achieved a significant victory yesterday on behalf of National Music Publishers' Association, Inc., the Songwriters Guild of America and the Nashville Songwriters Association International, when the D.C. Circuit affirmed the rates and terms for the mechanical license under Section 115 of the Copyright Act set by the Copyright Royalty Judges (CRJ) in October 2008.

Paul, Weiss won a major victory for its clients The DVD Forum and DVD Format/Logo Licensing Corporation (DVD FLLC), when Senior District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer of the Central District of California dismissed an antitrust and Lanham Act complaint brought against them by Swiss company EcoDisc Technology AG.