As we have publicly stated previously, the search function is not a government-run utility, established by law and thus subject to bureaucratic oversight, but a service provided to consumers and businesses by private companies, which have set up...
Google recently commissioned a top first amendment rights academic to make their case that they are a media outlet, much like the New York Times, and are therefore protected by freedom of speech law. This February, they were ordered to pay $660,000...
If the companies fail to adhere to the agreement, Harris said they can be prosecuted under California's Unfair Competition Law and False Advertising Law. Less than a week after a Federal Trade Commission report condemned the lack of privacy...
Here, the competitor's use of the Thermal Bags by Ingrid falls outside of the bounds of nominative fair use and as a result, constitutes federal and common law unfair competition," Rosenberg said. Common law trademarks are treated as the right of...
And speaking of Google tweaking practices to abide the law, we're also awaiting to hear whether Google was granted renewal of its ICP licence in China. Google AdWords was found to abuse its dominant position on the French market and ordered to...
The case was dismissed, according to technology law blogger Eric Goldman. KinderStart had alleged a host of misdeeds, from free speech violation to unfair competition to defamation. Google has come out on top in a case filed last year by...
According to Tushnet, since there's no provision in trademark law penalizing false claims of trademark ownership, Google had to resort to other ways to go after Stoller. Google has sued serial trademark litigant and self-styled "intellectual...
Out-Law.com reports about a lawsuit filed in Florida involving meta tags. The complete Law.Com article is here (free registration required). The ACS complaint contends that Google's use of the word scholar infringes on ACSs SciFinder Scholar and...
The basis of trademark law is to protect consumers from "confusion" as well as to protect businesses from "dilution" and unfair competition. Both federal and state law provide trademarks protection. Google/Overture and American Blind Eric Goldman...
How the Law Protects Trademarks http://biz.findlaw.com/ip/nolo/faq/CEDEFCC8-4998-4C6C-8C1A189769480100.html Leading marketing lobby asks for anti-spam law. Mark Nutritionals ' claim was that this amounted to trademark infringement, as well as a...
Even worse, it's a law with no law enforcement agency. It's widely recognized and honored by the major crawlers, but it remains an unofficial law. The motto for the Robotcop project is "robots.txt: it's the Law.
Even worse, it's a law with no law enforcement agency. It's widely recognized and honored by the major crawlers, but it remains an unofficial law. The motto for the Robotcop project is "robots.txt: it's the Law.
A new chapter in search engine law was opened last week, when Mark Nutritionals filed lawsuits seeking $440 million in damages for alleged trademark infringement and unfair competition against AltaVista, FindWhat, Kanoodle and Overture.
