EFF "Censorship & Free Expression - SLAPPs" Archive

Cases - SLAPP

IP SLAPP

Information relating to abuse of intellectual property law to silence critics, prevent reverse engineering, defend a monopoly or obsolete business model, or harm competitors, or thwart the public interest.

Documents Cases

Cases involving discovery abuse

Information relating to abuse of legal discovery (a legal term of art meaning a court order to turn over documents or other information), including subpoenas, to strip online commentators of anonymity (or otherwise misuse the discovery process to silence critics).