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This is one of those oh-so-stupid hard-eyerolling lawsuits that I blog for coverage purposes, but I blog it joylessly and with annoyance at the wasted time. I previously summarized<\/a> this case:<\/p>\n

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Jaime Rogozinski, a\/k\/a \u201cjartek<\/a>,\u201d created the r\/WallStreetBets subreddit, which became notorious for (among other lowlights) its role as a venue for hyping meme stocks like Gamestop. Rogozinski sought a trademark registration for the term \u201cWallStreetBets\u201d and published a book with the term in the title. In response, Reddit temporarily suspended his account and terminated his moderator privileges for attempting to monetize a community. Reddit also sought its own trademark registration for WallStreetBets. Rogozinski sued Reddit over the trademark and for removing his moderator privileges.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Ninth Circuit uncerimonously dismisses the case in a brief memo opinion.<\/p>\n

The panel says that Rogozinski doesn\u2019t have any trademark interest in the term \u201cWallStreetBets\u201d:<\/p>\n

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Rogozinski does not allege that he had previously used WALLSTREETBETS in commerce prior to its use on the r\/WallStreetBets subreddit; and by Rogozinski\u2019s own allegations, it was Reddit that created and provided the services that enabled Reddit\u2019s many users to contribute to the discussion on the r\/WallStreetBets subreddit by, for example, posting and engaging with one another about various trading strategies.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>Section 230 precludes his ancillary state-law claims, such as the publicity rights claim, over user content posted after Rogozinski lost control over the subreddit. Rogozinski\u2019s weak 230 workaround attempt doesn\u2019t go anywhere:<\/p>\n

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the only allegation in the Complaint suggesting that Reddit was even partially responsible for content posted on r\/WallStreetBets after Rogozinski\u2019s suspension is that Reddit once \u201cpartnered\u201d with r\/WallStreetBets moderators to provide users with digital artwork. But that is not enough to state a right-of-publicity claim because nothing in that artwork is alleged to have had any \u201cuniquely distinguishing features\u201d that made the offending content \u201cpeculiar to\u201d Rogozinski.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

[The last sentence cites to the classic Motschenbacher case involving the distinctive orange race car featured in the Winston cigarette TV commercial<\/a>].<\/p>\n

The contract-related claims fail because Reddit didn\u2019t violate any of its promises, given that Reddit\u2019s TOS had a standard \u201cwe can do whatever we want\u201d provision.<\/p>\n

The whole meme stock phenomenon is super-interesting, but this particular case devolved into a banal and rather routine failed account termination lawsuit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Case Citation<\/em>: Rogozinski v. Reddit, Inc.<\/a>, 2025 WL 1650019 (9th Cir. June 11, 2025)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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