The law had been greatly revamped from the initial proposed law, which would have allowed publishers to charge licensing fees to search engines for the right to publish short snippets from their sites, such as the short snippets that appear in...
Open source, GNU, and Creative Commons licensing are all based in this spirit. Yet, many people are still trying to figure out exactly how social plays into their search strategy. Where are things headed?
Last year the company merged with I/P Engine, an intellectual property firm that makes money by licensing patents. Microsoft has become the latest company to face a suit from Vringo subsidiary Innovate/Protect (I/P) engine over search patents.
The new image search allows you to find photos that are available for re-use using the Creative Commons licensing terms using a standard Yahoo Images search. Flickr has an entire page dedicated to the various Creative Commons licensing used on Flickr.
German publishers have been lobbying government for at least a few years to bring into law a licensing system for search engines that link to news content. It’s a proposed piece of legislation that seems absurd on its face and only becomes more...
The two companies have been at odds since licensing talks failed in 2010. Google's Motorola Mobility division has filed a patent infringement claim against Apple over the Siri voice control and location-based services used on iPhones and iPads.
The two will join forces via data licensing and technology integration to offer global link building and link analytics to advertisers and agencies. Link intelligence firm Majestic SEO and Rio SEO, a search and social media marketing technology...
In a statement provided to V3, the company said that its licensing deal with Google had expired, bringing an end to an Apple-developed YouTube player. Apple will drop the stand-alone version of the YouTube video player from its iOS mobile platform.
The companies announced Friday that they would be cross-licensing each's respective patents and entering into an agreement which would allow both sides to collaborate on advertising deals and promote content.
The companies also agreed to amend their existing technology licensing agreements, enabling Alibaba to operate Yahoo China under the Yahoo brand for up to four years. Yahoo has agreed to sell its half of its stake in Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba...
Oracle has contended that the platform is operating without proper licensing, while Google believes its code is well clear of any patent violations. Google has moved that its patent infringement case with Oracle be declared a mistrial following...
Geographic targeting is also an option (and very useful), and you can choose to see data from Klout, Kred or PeerIndex along with your results (you can’t see data for more than one at a time due to API licensing issues, unfortunately; none of them...
As the Google-Oracle trial continues into its second week, Oracle lawyers today interrogated Google executives Andy Rubin and former CEO Eric Schmidt about emails written within the company on the topic of Java licensing in 2005 and 2006.
Smartphone and tablet adoption, the wealth of streaming service options through your set top box or video game console, licensing agreements for content, vertical integration, and net neutrality only scratch the surface as to what we will see in...
The two companies have been disputing the issue for over a year, with Oracle claiming Google wilfully refused to seek out a licensing deal over the use of the technology, which it acquired in its $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems.
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He suggested that Google would have no choice but to start licensing Java as no other technologies would be suitable for use within Android and Chrome. Ahead of an upcoming trial in April over claims that Google's Android operating system has...
Yahoo has warned Facebook that it will face legal action if the social network doesn't sign licensing deals for patents Yahoo believes Facebook is using for its advertising systems, according to reports.
Microsoft also pre-empted any criticisms from Google that it has undertaken similar action against Android manufacturers, claiming that its licensing deals have only been implemented for non-industry standard patents.
Google's commitments were more ambiguous and do not provide the same direct confirmation of its SEP licensing policies. U.S.and EU antitrust authorities have approved Google's proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility.
