Google had said that it would not return "piracy" websites in its search results as an attempt to see off alleged assaults on the media cartels' most-holy copyrights. Google has been accused of not deranking so-called "piracy" websites as it...
In Alsup's original ruling, he ordered Google and Oracle to hand over the names of journalists and bloggers they paid during the Java copyrights and patents lawsuit by August 17. Google has been given clarification and a deadline of Friday to...
Google says it's much easier to identify and block child porn with its algorithms than figuring out who holds copyrights on video. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is urging Google to make some changes to their copyright...
As for the book itself, it could also be worth a thousand or more lawsuits, depending on who holds the copyrights to the various images within the book. Look out Merriam-Webster, there's a new competitor in town: Google.
The licensing and copyrights being examined will come from YouTube, Postini, and Doubleclick intellectual properties that were transferred to foreign holdings. This is largely thanks to the 2003 approval of "Google Ireland Holdings," a division of...
Copyrights should only be applied mildly to avoid discouraging people from picking it up. This strategy is so great because it forms a reusable, multi-usable, and specifiable asset that can become its own link building machine.
Unfortunately, search engines routinely point people to rogue websites, including in situations where the customer is looking for a legitimate site," Maria Pallante, acting U.S.register of copyrights, said in prepared testimony to the House...
Besides, Google owns a certain video site that can host plenty of material that Google doesn't own the copyrights for. Search terms like BitTorrent (and several other combinations of the word "torrent"), RapidShare, and Megaupload are among the new...
The Public Policy blog at Google outlined their new moves to protect copyrights including "prevent terms that are closely associated with piracy from appearing in Autocomplete. Search Engine Optimization
The Public Policy blog at Google outlined their new moves to protect copyrights including "prevent terms that are closely associated with piracy from appearing in Autocomplete. The post titled "Making Copyright Work Better" also stated changes...
Next week: we'll review copyrights, Web agreements, and domain name issues. Many people are pushing out new Web sites, blogs, social media pages, or just expressing opinions online. If you aren't careful, you might find you crossed the line or didn...
While Lessig makes some good points about the use of patents and copyrights, trading one government agency for another doesn't seem like a plausible solution. Just weeks before the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, Lawrence...
The company said its count of unauthorized clips represents only a fraction of the content on YouTube that violates its copyrights. Viacom President and CEO Philippe Daumann joined Kevin Johnson, President of Microsoft, onstage last Wednesday at...
No doubt YouTube will feel pressure to protect copyrights and clean up trademark infringement. Hulu, the video search engine for copyrighted and trademarked entertainment, will premiere Wednesday. It will be a minor Internet miracle if the GE...
A search for "Amp Energy Drink" leads to a number one result for Ampenergy.com, with the ridiculous description "The likeness of Dale Earnhardt Jr.the #88 AMP/National Guard Chevrolet, and other related trademarks and copyrights are used with the...
As with copyrights, there is no requirement that you register a trademark for it to be considered for protection. In our previous article, we covered the law fundamentals search marketers should know about online trademarks.
The DMCA only applies to copyrights, but we tend to follow, as an industry, the same procedures for trademark infringement – primarily because we don't have anything better, and this is what the law provides us with.
The latest was in San Jose, "Copyrights and Trademarks – What Search Marketers Should Know. As part of a series looking at Internet and intellectual property law, Eric Goldman, assistant professor and director of the High Tech Law Institute at...
We have a little more application of the law of copyrights and trademarks now than we did going back 5 or 6 years ago. As part of a series looking at Internet and intellectual property law, we spoke with Deborah A.
Being that I was a huge Internet nerd, in law school I tailored my studies towards the Internet – lots of IP property matters – copyrights, trademarks, domain name law, etc. As part of a series looking at Internet and intellectual property law, we...
