hiQ Labs, Inc. v. LinkedIn Corp.

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

Docket No. 23

EDWARD M. CHEN, United States District Judge ■

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff hiQ initiated this action after Defendant Linkedln issued a cease and desist letter and attempted to terminate hiQ’s ability to access otherwise publicly available information on profiles of Linked-ln users. The letter threatens action under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). Linkedln also employed various blocking techniques designed to prevent hiQ’s automated data collection methods. Linkedln brought this action after years of tolerating hiQ’s…