Morgan v. Goldman Sachs & Co., No. 09-14110 (S.D. Fla. filed April 13, 2009).
Status: Settled.

On March 26, 2009, investment advisor (and law school graduate) Michael Morgan began the www.goldmansachs666.com blog (also accessible at www.goldmansachs13.com) as "an open forum for facts and discussion about what part Goldman Sachs and their executives played in the current Global Economic Crisis." On April 8, the company sent Morgan a letter claiming that he was violating its trademark and demanding that he stop using the domains. Five days later Morgan sued, seeking a declaratory judgment that his use of the domains did not violated the Goldman Sachs trademark. In July 2009, the parties settled with an agreement that Morgan would put a disclaimer on his sites.

Links and Court Documents:
http://www.goldmansachs666.com/2009/04/goldman-sachs-v-mike-morgan.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/5137489/Goldman-Sachs-hires-law-firm-to-shut-bloggers-site.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/14/mike-morgan-florida-blogg_n_186549.html
http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/amlawdaily/2009/04/gripe-site-blogger-bites-back-at-goldman-sachs.html
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/04/23/media-world-short-seller-not-unloading-anti-goldman-site/
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202432304181&Goldman_Sachs_Backs_Down_in_Legal_Battle_With_Blogger
Complaint: http://www.morganfl.org/assets/mikesblog/GoldmanSachs666_Complaint.PDF
Stipulation and dismissal: http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/files/stipulation-and-dismissal.pdf

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