Katz has included Google in the lawsuit this time because he filed a DMCA request over the picture of him sticking his tongue out and they refused to bow to his demand for censorship. In the lawsuit, they state, “Registration of the Image with the...
The proposed class-action lawsuit accused Facebook of violating California law by featuring user “Likes” as Sponsored Stories without compensation or an opt-out option. In lawsuit documents filed in Angel Fraley et al.individually and on behalf of...
Rosetta Stone’s trademark infringement lawsuit against Google, first filed in 2009 and dismissed by a Virginia court in August 2010, has been revived by a federal appeals court. This is the second lawsuit that has been revived against Google within...
Meanwhile, a lawsuit was filed in federal court in Delaware against Google because “Google’s willful and knowing actions violated” federal wiretapping laws and other computer-related statutes by bypassing Safari's privacy settings, attorneys for...
While the lawsuit was filed on behalf of two plaintiffs by Chicago law firm Edelson McGuire, the case is set up to become a class action suit. Immediately after the case was filed, a comScore representative stated: "We have reviewed the lawsuit and...
Reese Richman filed a lawsuit Aug.against one of the ISPs and the group behind the hijacking technology. Several Internet service providers (ISPs) are intentionally hijacking search queries to gain affiliate dollars, according to Reese Richman LLP...
Viacom filed its lawsuit last year, asking for damages for the unauthorized viewing of programming from MTV, Comedy Central and other networks, including such hits as "The Colbert Show" and "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
So it must have come as a shock to the Conspiracy Theory community that Google prevailed in an appeal of the most bizarre lawsuit ever filed against the search engine. The District Court reviewed the lawsuit and dismissed it sua sponte (on its own...
If you purchased online advertising from LookSmart between January 1, 2002 and the present, you may be a class member in a class-action lawsuit, Lane's Gifts and Collectibles et al.v. Both seem to be written by the same law firm and were from the...
One amusing and telling example of this, shared by Goldman, is the trademark lawsuit and counter-suit between the companies Humble Abode and Buying for the Home. In our previous article, we covered the law fundamentals search marketers should know...
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 marketers. They don't know what they need to do to satisfy the law.
For that you have to actually file a lawsuit, which must be done through the courts. The DMCA is fully enforceable by law, with civil suits able to be filed in federal court for both compensatory and punitive damages.
Suit filed against AOL; seeks to block search history storage that a class action lawsuit has been filed against AOL seeking $1,000 in damages for each person whose search records were released last month.
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. Google Book Search Wins Victory In German...
I wrote earlier this month of a French lawsuit becoming the third one I knew about filed against Google over its book scanning project. I just got word that Google lost the French lawsuit we reported on Monday involving the Louis Vuitton trademark.
Advertisers must decide: take the pennies offered by Google and be happy with the status quo or opt out and pursue legal restitution through a lawsuit," says Pollard. Meanwhile, the law firm pushing for advertisers to stay out sent this release...
For more Google lawsuit news, I posted an item yesterday that discusses a patent infringement case against Google regarding some of the technology the company uses to power the VoIP portion of Google Talk.
United States, filed a class action lawsuit in federal court against Google over the Google Library book scanning project which is part of Google What does Google have to say about the lawsuit? The EFF article points to this analysis (PDF) by...
Postscript from Gary: I did a bit of searching and on August 11th, the same day a lawsuit was filed against Aaron Wall/SEO Book, another suit was filed in a Neveda District Court listing TrafficPowerSucks.com (and those who run the site) as...
Postscript (from Gary): If you would like to read the actual complaint filed in the lawsuit, I've posted a copy (48 pages; PDF) here. Postscript 2: Internet Archive DMCA Circumvention Lawsuit from Seth Finkelstein looks at how the robots.txt file...
