Stateside, a U.S.second circuit court of appeals panel overturned a judgment in YouTube’s favor in April this year, reinstating a $1 billion lawsuit against Google by media giant Viacom. So says a judgment by a court in France in the case of TF1...
In March 2011, a United States court for the Ninth Circuit (California) ruled in the case of Network Automation, Inc.v. Rosetta Stone’s trademark infringement lawsuit against Google, first filed in 2009 and dismissed by a Virginia court in August...
Google’s argument, according to papers filed with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, is that because the WiFi networks weren’t password-protected, Google didn’t violate federal wiretap law: PanoMap Technologies of Florida has filed a complaint in...
Hanna, 11CH36731, Cook County, Illinois, Circuit Court, Chancery Division (Chicago). Groupon filed a civil complaint October 24 in an Illinois court accusing two former sales managers of taking trades secrets with them when they quit Groupon to...
Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that Perfect 10 failed to show a causal connection, however, by not providing a statement from any former subscribers and by not proving it was sound financially before the copyright infringements.
Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Facebook and Zuckerberg in April, upholding the settlement made in 2008. The Winklevosses and their partner Divya Narendra dropped their legal dispute against Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg, deciding not to...
Advanced Systems Concepts, Inc, in the United States Courts for the Ninth Circuit (California), brought forth a ruling that finally clears up buying competitor names, business names, and trademarked names in pay-per-click campaigns.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit as soon as possible. This means that the court has decided that YouTube is protected by the safe harbor of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) against claims of copyright infringement.
Trademark: The Next Generation SEW EXPERTS: SEARCHING FOR MEANING Last week's Second Circuit Court ruling in the case of Rescuecom Corp.v. Today's Top Story: KevinRyan Google turned my head a bit when I first saw it, particularly because of a few...
Last week's Second Circuit Court ruling in the case of Rescuecom Corp.v. It's a crazy mixed-up world out there. We stand on the precipice of disaster in regulating just about everything that can or will be controlled.
Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans rejected Yahoo's bid to move the trademark suit brought by American Airlines in a Texas court. If the case goes to court and Yahoo loses could it create a change in all paid search?
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has dismissed a suit brought forth by Pitt County, North Carolina (Greenville, NC is located there for those who are NC-challenged) to charge online travel sites such as Expedia and Travelocity for hotel...
Others' Trademark Terms In Meta Tags Illegal: Georgia Court RulesThe 11th Circuit Court of Georgia ruled the use of others' trademarks in meta tags infringes trademark laws. We've collected all the search marketing news from selected posts to the...
Others' Trademark Terms In Meta Tags Illegal: Georgia Court RulesThe 11th Circuit Court of Georgia ruled the use of others' trademarks in meta tags infringes trademark laws. Here we've collected today's top news stories posted to the Search Engine...
The 11th Circuit Court of Georgia ruled the use of others' trademarks in meta tags infringes trademark laws, according to North American Medical Corp.v. Unfortunately, it's hard to parse this case because the court is imprecise about which metatags...
Adding more confusion to the case law surrounding trademark issues and search advertising, a Sixth Circuit federal court in Kentucky found that keyword advertising is a "trademark use in commerce" under the Lanham Act.
Both seem to be written by the same law firm and were from the suit lodged in the Circuit Court of Miller County, Arkansas. CV-2005-52-1, in the Circuit Court of Miller County, Arkansas. The Settlement Notice informs you of the Court's...
Some of you may know me already, from either the SES circuit, or from the Search Engine Watch discussion forums, where I have acted as an the Community Editor for over 2 years. Australian Court Ruling Could Impact Search - Aussies crack down on...
Certainly Google could short-circuit this by dropping the scores and the meter altogether (please do it). It was heard in court earlier this month, and you can review the transcript and analysis of that hearing.
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, on Oct. Ruling On Playboy Appeal In Welles Case US Court of Appeals, For the Ninth Circuit, Feb.http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/9th/0055009p.pdf US Court of Appeals for Ninth Circuit D.C.
