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District Court Judge Louis Stanton has confirmed, once again, that YouTube operates well within the rules of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and therefore is protected by safe harbor. Google-owned video-sharing site YouTube has handed Viacom...
A Japanese man.who remains anonymous, complained to the Tokyo District Court after he discovered that his name was being linked to a crime he didn't commit in Google's autocomplete feature. A Japanese court has fined Google $3,100 for the...
District Court - Eastern District of Wisconsin because "she didn't show her name has any commercial value or that Google made any use of it (commercial or not). But a three-judge appeals court panel said Google's alleged improper use of Stayart's...
Still, Internet users searching for information about her see her name alongside “prostitute,” “escort,” and “red light district,” when typing Bettina Wulff into the Google search bar. In another case, an Argentina court ruled Google must censor...
District Court Judge William Alsup said Google "failed to comply" with his order of August 7 in the firm's patent litigation with enterprise database and applications vendor Oracle. The Court is concerned that the parties and/or counsel herein may...
District Judge Lucy Koh said the plaintiffs had shown economic injury could occur through Facebook's use of their names, photographs, and likenesses. Five Facebook members brought the case forward, though nearly one in three U.S.citizens could have...
The lawsuit, filed in the Northern California District Court, alleged that the company knowingly infringed on user privacy when it used browser cookies to track activity. Facebook said the claims were without merit and the social network would be...
Court of Appeals for the District of Colombia. The Federal Appeals Court has upheld the National Security Agency's decision not to release information confirming or denying if they have a relationship with Google.
District Court proceedings could be nearing an end. The two companies have for weeks argued their sides in a case which has included testimony from top executives on both sides. Oracle has argued in the case that Google knowingly lifted portions of...
We conclude that the District Court correctly held that the safe harbor requires knowledge or awareness of specific infringing activity, but we vacate the order granting summary judgment because a reasonable jury could find that YouTube had actual...
Tokyo District Court granted an injunction against the search giant on March 19, though the anonymous man behind the petition won’t have his way quite yet. However, in January of this year, a French court ordered Google to pay a $65,000 fine and...
A U.S.district court in New York issued a ruling in favor of the company, ordering the defendants to pay $583 million in damages from violations of the CAN-SPAM Act, as well as $27 million in damages for trademark infringement.
A Nevada District Court case has ruled in favor of Chanel, allowing the company to take down over 800 domain names that sell counterfeit products. Some feel this judge was extending well beyond his jurisdiction for a District Court ruling by...
One of Google's attorneys, Michael Ruben, made the official filing, stating that the courts should review the decision made by Ware "before forcing [Google] to proceed with protracted litigation at the district court" (as reported by Wired).
District Court, Western District of Washington, case number 01CR00310RSL- and this information is public- call them yourself if you want) was submitted alleging that zFire (Mike Prime) had violated his conditions of supervision by:
District Court - Eastern District of Wisconsin. European Union justice chief Viviane Reding, says sites like Google and Facebook must abide by data privacy rules or else they will face court action. Woman Loses Case vs.
District Court for South Carolina ordered Bright Builders to pay $770,750 in statutory damages and Christopher Prince, owner of the web site, $28,250, according to lawyers for the plaintiff, Cleveland Golf Company Inc," InternetRetailer noted.
District Court - Eastern District of Wisconsin. This case was also dismissed, with the court finding her name wasn't protected under the Lanham Act. The court rejects Stayart's publicity rights claim because she didn't show her name has any...
The district court was faced with the issue of whether Network Automation's usage of ActiveBatch in AdWords was legal. Buying ads based on a competitor's name doesn't violate trademark law, a court has ruled, overturning a lawsuit over AdWords and...
A Seattle district court judge disagreed, and dismissed Allen's complaint against 11 corporations, including Google and AOL. Court Rules Police Need Warrant To Access Email by Frank Watson The Sixth Court of Appeals ruled that police need a search...
