Google allegedly “reneged on its FRAND [fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory] commitments and pursued – or threatened to pursue – injunctions against companies that need to use [Motorola Mobility’s] standard-essential patents in their devices...
They are available from a group of 29 companies that came together to offer their H.264 patents to the industry on FRAND [fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory] terms. Microsoft has filed a formal complaint against Motorola with the European...
The division’s concerns about the potential anticompetitive use of standard essential patents (SEP) was lessened by the clear commitments by Apple and Microsoft to license SEPs on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms, as well as their...
Google must stop suggesting searches that lead users to anti-Semitic websites and scrub its search results pages of 76 "highly discriminatory" sites now that a judge has granted a request by Jewish community organization DAIA in Argentina.
The Google-Verizon duet calls it a "new, enforceable prohibition against discriminatory practices. In the light of the ongoing debate about web neutrality, Google and Verizon have put together seven points in a proposal to legislators.
Then, there's the potential impact of all the negative press on Google this quarter: for instance AdMob being blocked by Apple just as Google's buy of AdMob was cleared by regulators; its acknowledged failure in collecting payload data; the...
Last week, the French competition body, Autorité de la concurrence, asked that Google reinstate French location data company Navx into its AdWords service as the search engine was found to have demonstrated discriminatory behavior against the...
Discriminatory Practices In a statement, the Autorité de la Concurrence said Google's treatment of advertisers (i.e.its clients) on AdWords was unfair, and the Mountain View-based company failed to provide information in "an objective, transparent...
As a result, these providers are in a position to influence whether and how consumers and producers can use the on-ramps to the Internet -- and we've already seen several examples of discriminatory actions or threats that impair openness.
I distinguish between "zero price regulations" (such as Markey's bill (which I say I am against)) and what I called "zero discriminatory surcharge rules" (which I say I am for). The zero discriminatory surcharge rules are just that -- rules against...
Two years ago, the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed a suit which accused Craigslist of posting discriminatory ads under the Fair Housing Act. According to the ruling, “Doubtless Craigslist plays a causal role in the sense...
These have been fun from what I have heard.a little discriminatory but maybe an invite for DaveN will show him there are a lot of women in our space. Li Evans at Marketing Gurus is organizing a Women of Search luncheon Monday August 20 during SES.
Google and Yahoo Come to the Aid of Craigslist As many people already know, Craigslist is being sued under federal housing discrimination law for allowing the posting of allegedly discriminatory ads seeking certain types or classes of roommates...
As many people already know, Craigslist is being sued under federal housing discrimination law for allowing the posting of allegedly discriminatory ads seeking certain types or classes of roommates and tenants (e.g.based on religious...
As many people already know, Craigslist is being sued under federal housing discrimination law for allowing the posting of allegedly discriminatory ads seeking certain types or classes of roommates and tenants (e.g.based on religious affiliation...
The second article suggests that Google's use of "PageRank" to help rank web pages needs to be regulated, claiming that it is discriminatory against new sites and produces the same inequities that some see in paid placement.
The second article suggests that Google's use of "PageRank" to help rank web pages needs to be regulated, claiming that it is discriminatory against new sites and produces the same inequities that some see in paid placement.
