Trademark, Contract Claims Over Twitter Account Hack Dismissed By Federal Judge

(October 31, 2018, 5:29 PM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — A blog operator did not sufficiently plead that Twitter Inc. contributed to any trademark infringement or breached any contractual duty when one of its user’s accounts was hacked, a California federal judge ruled Oct. 24, granting Twitter’s motion to dismiss (Worldwide Media Inc., et al. v. Twitter Inc., et al., No. 5:17-cv-07335, N.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 182700)....