Federal Court Questions Whether Damages Exist in LinkedIn Account Ownership Dispute

The ownership of social media accounts in the employment context remains a very hot topic. 

In fact, you might remember the case of Eagle v. Morgan, Case No. 11-4303, E.D.Pa., a heavily disputed case regarding the ownership of a company LinkedIn account, which we’ve blogged about previously.  In a post-trial hearing last week, the federal district court judge suggested that the LinkedIn account may have belonged to Eagle, however, there were no actual damages for her former employer’s alleged unlawful access of the account, and thus, Eagle’s claim against her former employer was unlikely to succeed.

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