Net neutrality regulations could, if the music industry gets its way, usher in more Internet surveillance and a crackdown on suspected pirates.
This week, just about every music trade group called for broadband policies–which could include a new federal law–that would “encourage” Internet providers to crack down on suspected piracy by their [...]
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NEWS: RIAA pushes Google, Verizon for piracy crackdown
August 20th, 2010 No Comments
Tags: anti-piracy · Google · Piracy
NEWS: Google eases trademark ad policy in Europe
August 4th, 2010 1 Comment
Google is for the first time to allow brands in Europe to advertise alongside search results for competitors’ trademarks.
The move brings Europe into line with its AdWords policy in the US, Japan, the UK and dozens of other countries, after winning a legal battle against a group of French brand owners in March.
Google, the world’s [...]
Tags: Brand Protection · copyright · Google · trademark
NEWS: Judge Sides With Google in Viacom Video Suit
June 24th, 2010 No Comments
In a major victory for Google in its battle with media companies, a federal judge in New York on Wednesday threw out Viacom’s $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against Google’s YouTube, the No. 1 Internet video-sharing site.
The ruling in the closely watched case could have major implications for the scores of Internet sites, like YouTube [...]
Tags: Copyright Infringement · Google · Intellectual Property · Viacom · YouTube
NEWS: Music Biz Wants Google to Stop Linking to The Pirate Bay
June 22nd, 2010 No Comments
A recent copyright takedown notice from the UK’s BPI revealed that the music group has been demanding that Google take down links not just to precise URLs where music is hosted on cyberlockers, but rather more generally referencing the entire site. Now it appears that IFPI, the BPI’s big brother, is trying a similar strategy, [...]
Tags: BPI · Google · IFPI · Music Piracy · Pirate Bay
News: Rosetta Stone loses court case against Google
April 30th, 2010 No Comments
Foreign language education company Rosetta Stone Inc. said Thursday it lost a court case in which it sued Google Inc. for allowing rivals to advertise copycat software when Rosetta trademarks are used in search terms.
The company said it was “deeply disappointed” that its suit was dismissed by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District [...]
Tags: Adwords · counterfeit software · Google · Rosetta Stone · Trademark Infringement
News: Google-China Flap Déjà Vu for Microsoft
April 2nd, 2010 No Comments
Hong Kong, China (CNN) — A fight between a technology titan and the world’s fastest-growing economy. Trade war tensions rising between Beijing and Washington, as U.S. legislators howl about unfair Chinese business practices and the Chinese media assail American arrogance.
No, it’s not the current battle between Google and China — but the fight between Microsoft [...]
Tags: china · Google · Intellectual Property Rights · Microsoft · Piracy
News: EU Court Backs Google on Linking Ad Sales to Brands
March 26th, 2010 No Comments
The European Union’s highest court ruled that Google Inc. can continue selling ads linked to searches for brand names, a judgment that protects a crucial revenue stream for the search-engine provider.
The ruling followed a lawsuit brought by luxury-goods group LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, which complained that ads sold by Google infringed its trademarks [...]
Tags: Adwords · Google · intellectual property law · Louis Vuitton · Trademark Infringement
News: Google Wins Court Victory Over Louis Vuitton
March 24th, 2010 No Comments
Google today won the latest stage in a legal battle with luxury goods manufacturers after Europe’s highest court ruled that the search engine does not breach companies’ rights by allowing online advertisers to buy key search words.
The European Court of Justice ruled that allowing third parties to [...]
Tags: Counterfeiting · Google · Louis Vuitton · Luxury Goods · LVMH · Trademark Infringement
News: Software Industry Loses Patience with China
March 19th, 2010 No Comments
China, notorious as a hub of software piracy, has been steadily cleaning up its act. In 2004, 90% of the software used in China was pirated, according to the Business Software Alliance, an industry group that represents 100 members, including Microsoft (MSFT), Autodesk (ADSK), and Symantec (SYMC). By 2008, according to the most recent statistics [...]
Tags: Business Software Alliance · china · Google · illegal software · IP Rights · software piracy
Commentary: The Case With Intellectual Property
July 1st, 2010 No Comments
There have been several recent intriguing intellectual property cases, shining light on legal trends in regards to the Internet and brand protection.
Tags: Adwords · Digital Millennium Copyright Act · Ebay · Google · LVMH · Tiffany & Co. · YouTube