District Judge Lucy Koh said the plaintiffs had shown economic injury could occur through Facebook's use of their names, photographs, and likenesses. The proposed class-action lawsuit accused Facebook of violating California law by featuring user...
A California judge has denied a motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit from employees claiming that a group of high profile tech companies, including Google and Apple, conspired in a "no poaching" deal.
Recently, we’ve seen Google lose an AdWords case on appeal in Australia, where the judge ruled that Google had “engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct in four cases. However, Chief Judge William Traxler wrote for the three-judge appeals court...
Some feel this judge was extending well beyond his jurisdiction for a District Court ruling by handing control of hundreds of sites (owned by webmasters across the globe) and a chunk of the Google index (property of a California-based business...
A federal judge in California has ruled that it's possible searchers could be confused about whether a company produces Styrotrim or is associated with it. So Google potentially could delay the trial by asking the judge to issue a stay until after...
In June, the company promised to appeal after it lost its battle with Google-owned YouTube when a judge decided that the video-sharing was protected by the safe harbor of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) against claims of copyright...
A California judge has dismissed a $45 million lawsuit against online advertising network, ValueClick. The judge threw out the case because he said the federal CAN-SPAM Act took precedent over a state law barring false commercial emails.
Judge Throws Out Copyright Infringement Suit Against Online Video Site Veoh Posted by Nathania Johnson Aug 28, 2008 A California federal court judge, Judge Howard Lloyd, has thrown out a copyright infringement suit against online video site Veoh.
A California federal court judge, Judge Howard Lloyd, has thrown out a copyright infringement suit against online video site Veoh. The judge's reasoning was that Veoh is protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's (DMCA) safe harbor...
After submitting a report, a global panel of experts will judge the competition. The lucky winners will compete to visit Google's Mountain View, California headquarters and connect with the acclaimed AdWords team.
Earlier this month, the judge certified two separate classes in the case. A class-action lawsuit filed in California against retail giant Target could accelerate the need for those plans, and could potentially have wide implications for online...
What started as a student suing target.com this time last year, has now grown into a class action lawsuit that just received certification from a federal court judge in California, Reuters reported. Judge Marilyn Patel of the U.S.
Google Adding Copyright Filters To YouTubeDuring a copyright-infringement lawsuit hearing involving Viacom and Google, a Google attorney told the judge the company was working "very intensely" on a video recognition technology.
Google Adding Copyright Filters To YouTubeDuring a copyright-infringement lawsuit hearing involving Viacom and Google, a Google attorney told the judge the company was working "very intensely" on a video recognition technology.
You be the judge. Google Helping State Government Sites Get IndexedGoogle has teamed up with four state governments – Arizona, California, Utah and Virginia – to make public information on their Web sites more searchable.
Yahoo Settles Clickfraud Lawsuit A California judge has approved Yahoo's proposed settlement of a class action click fraud case brought against the company by Checkmate Strategic Group in June 2005. If you're not familiar with our blog, click on...
A California judge has approved Yahoo's proposed settlement of a class action click fraud case brought against the company by Checkmate Strategic Group in June 2005. From The SEW Blog. Google AdWords Adds Statistics Tabs
A California judge has approved Yahoo's proposed settlement of a class action click fraud case brought against the company by Checkmate Strategic Group in June 2005. Judge Taylor, a retired federal judge, will be overseeing the extended claims...
It is not clear if there will be a ruling on Friday, the article does state that the judge "will rule at 9am in California (5pm BST) on nine counts, including whether or not Google should warn sites about changes in their ranking as well as on...
It is not clear if there will be a ruling on Friday, the article does state that the judge "will rule at 9am in California (5pm BST) on nine counts, including whether or not Google should warn sites about changes in their ranking as well as on...
