Patentwizard v. Kinko's

Citation
Patentwizard, Inc. v. Kinko's, Inc., 163 F.Supp.3d 1069 (D.S.D. 2001) (full-text).

Overview
The CDA immunizes Kinko's (a commercial copy store) from liability arising from allegedly defamatory statements made in a chat room by a customer using a computer rented from Kinko's. The court held that Kinko's qualified as an "interactive computer service" under the CDA and as such as shielded from liability for any defamatory statements made by third parties on its network.