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  1. Google Not Responsible for Content of Paid Search Ads, Australian Court Rules

    Watchdog group the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission filed this first-of-its-kind lawsuit against Google in 2007. Google has been cleared of charges that it failed to adequately distinguish paid search ads from organic search results.

  2. Google Sued by Germany’s Former First Lady for Prostitution-Related Search Suggestions

    Google is facing another lawsuit over their autocomplete search feature. In response to rumors during her husband Christian Wulff’s presidency, she filed a sworn affidavit with the German courts denying any involvement in prostitution.

  3. Google Seeks Ban on iPhone, iPad in Patent Lawsuit

    This isn't the first time that Motorola has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple. Google's Motorola Mobility division has filed a patent infringement claim against Apple over the Siri voice control and location-based services used on...

  4. Google Hit With Patent Lawsuit Over Chrome for Mobile Technology

    EMG filed a complaint in the U.S. Google is being sued by California-based EMG over technologies used in its Chrome mobile web browser. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, alleging that Google's Chrome web browser infringes patents...

  5. Miami Heat Minority Owner Sues Google Over Unflattering Photo

    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...

  6. LinkedIn Hit With $5 Million Lawsuit Over Stolen Passwords

    When we asked it whether it was true, LinkedIn confirmed that the lawsuit had been filed against it over the data loss. Professional social network Linkedin faces a class action lawsuit from a user for failing to protect private data following a...

  7. Facebook Settles Privacy Lawsuit, Buys Facial Recognition Company Face.com

    In lawsuit documents filed in Angel Fraley et al.individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated vs. Facebook has been ordered to pay $10 million to charity to settle a lawsuit over Sponsored Stories.

  8. Facebook Privacy Lawsuit Seeks $15 Billion

    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 was hit with a $15 billion privacy lawsuit hours before its initial...

  9. Google’s Rosetta Stone AdWords Woes Continue as Case Reopened

    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. A successful lawsuit in one country doesn’t necessarily mean global...

  10. Google, Microsoft, Yahoo Working With White House on Do No Track Browsing

    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...

  11. Privacy Group Sues FTC to Stop New Google Privacy Policy

    Google has not yet commented on the lawsuit. The complaint was filed today in a Washington, D.C.federal district court. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) is suing the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in the hopes of stopping the new...

  12. Man Changes Name to Mark Zuckerberg to Defend Selling Likes

    Guez (in return) a revengeful (sic) lawsuit, claiming that Mr. Please note - the lawsuit New Zuckerberg refers to seems to actually have been a cease and desist letter. As he told the Huffington Post in an emailed statement: “Facebook decided to...

  13. Adult Companies Bring Antitrust Lawsuit Against ICANN, .XXX Registry

    Two adult entertainment companies have filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the operators of the .xxx top-level domain, and the administrator of the Domain Name System (DNS), alleging violations related to the controversial TLD, AVN reported.