--- title: The Ninth Circuit Holds That Text Messages Are Subject to a Telemarketing Law date: 2009-12-01T00:00:00-05:00 author: Import Bot canonical_url: "https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/articles/the-ninth-circuit-holds-that-text-messages-are-subject-to-a-telemarketing-law" section: Articles --- # The Ninth Circuit Holds That Text Messages Are Subject to a Telemarketing Law December 2009 Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal The article examined the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision involving a mobile marketing campaign in the case titled *Satterfield v. Simon & Schuster*. The article also discussed the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the definition of an ​“automatic telephone dialing system” and the ruling’s impact on mobile marketers. - Share this entry - - - - - [ View entry pdf ](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.kelleydrye.com/content/uploads/pdf-snapshots/the-ninth-circuit-holds-that-text-messages-are-subject-to-a-telemarketing-law-20230802201018.pdf) ### Attachments - [The Ninth Circuit Holds That Text Messages Are Subject to a Telemarketing Law](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.kelleydrye.com/content/uploads/attachments/The-Ninth-Circuit-Holds-That-Text-Messages-Are-Subject-to-a-Telemarketing-Law.pdf) ### Related Services - [Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) Defense](https://www.kelleydrye.com/practices/telephone-consumer-protection-act-tcpa-defense) - [Advertising and Marketing](https://www.kelleydrye.com/practices/advertising-and-marketing) Blog [ ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-rectangles/Blog_Post_Listing.svg) ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-Images/Trade_and_Manufacturing_Monitor.webp?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=750&q=80&w=1125&s=fa2fce63dfde7da177148c0e92116e0e) ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/trade-and-manufacturing-monitor/ustr-announces-final-tariff-rates-exclusions-and-tariff-rate-quotas) Trade and Manufacturing Monitor July 24, 2026 [ ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/trade-and-manufacturing-monitor/ustr-announces-final-tariff-rates-exclusions-and-tariff-rate-quotas) Article [ ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-Images/AI_Head.webp?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=750&q=80&w=1125&s=068f8566021201ef249ea185eac69761) ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-rectangles/Articles_Listing.svg) ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/articles/ai-is-amazing-your-ads-about-it-still-have-to-be-true) July 23, 2026 [ ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/articles/ai-is-amazing-your-ads-about-it-still-have-to-be-true)