Freedom of Speech

Henry Mishkoff is a web designer whose firm does business as "Webfeats". When Taubman Co. began building a mall called "The Shops at Willow Bend" near Mishkoff's home, Miskoff registered the domain name "shopatwillowbend.com" and created a web site with that address. The site featured information about the mall, a disclaimer indicating that Mishkoff's site was unofficial, and a link to the mall's official site. Taubman discovered Mishkoff's site and filed a suit in a federal district court against him. Mishkoff then registered various other names, including "taubmansucks.com" with links to a site documenting his battle with Taubman. ( A web name with a "sucks.com" moniker attached to it is known as a "complaint name," and the process of registering and using such names is known as "cybergriping" - read about cyber-griping - click here) - Taubman asked the court to order Miskoff to stop using all of thse names. Should the court grant Taubman's request? On what basis might the court protect Mishoff's use of the names. Please read the case, and use the language in the case to post your analysis. (this is a requirement). read Tabuman Co. v. Webfeats, 319 F.3d 770 (6th Cir. 2003) - click here