Fahad HMay 17, 20171 min readGoogle holds onto its trademark as federal court rules it has not become genericGoogle has not committed “genericide,” according to the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals. While people have used “google” to refer to...
Fahad HApr 17, 20172 min readGoogle settles Russian antitrust case over default Android appsGoogle and Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) have settled the antitrust case focused on the pre-installation of Google apps on...
Fahad HMar 17, 20171 min readGoogle, Facebook to face large fines in Europe unless they change policiesGoogle, Facebook and several other large US-based internet sites have had a tense relationship with EU regulators, who see many of their...
Fahad HMar 3, 20172 min readLocksmiths try again to sue Google over fake local listingsHere’s a familiar story: a group of locksmiths has filed a class action lawsuit against Google, Microsoft and Yahoo. They claim the...
Fahad HJan 24, 20172 min readOracle complains to EU that Google now has unfair ad-targeting advantageNew complaints about Google’s ad-targeting capabilities may compound the company’s existing legal challenges in Europe. According to an...
Fahad HNov 10, 20164 min readGoogle to EU on Android: your way means less innovation and higher pricesThe European Commission (EC) has three ongoing antitrust “complaints” against Google. One of the three involves Google’s Android...
Fahad HOct 21, 20162 min readProPublica slams Google for opt-in targeting changes that happened in JuneHe said. She said. ProPublica is taking Google to task for privacy policy changes that combine web browsing data and user profiles for...
Fahad HAug 17, 20161 min readGoogle antitrust woes: new South Korean probe, Russian court rejects appealGoogle continues to face mounting antitrust challenges around the globe. Beyond the three active complaints in Europe, directed at...
Fahad HAug 11, 20161 min readRussia fines Google nearly $7MM for ‘anticompetitive’ app pre-install rulesLast year, the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS) found that Google violated its competition law by requiring...
Fahad HJul 15, 20162 min readGoogle touts YouTube anti-piracy moves, critics remain criticalGoogle is a long-standing target of critics who claim that the company “encourages piracy.” While this is not a uniformly held view, and...
Fahad HJul 14, 20162 min readWith third EU antitrust complaint, Google confronts $20 billion in potential finesAs expected, the European Commission (EC) filed a third “Statement of Objections” against Google parent Alphabet Inc. on Thursday. The...
Fahad HJun 30, 20161 min readCourt: Viacom, not Google, on the hook for tracking kids’ behavior onlineIn a class-action lawsuit that alleged illegal tracking of kids’ web browsing and video-viewing habits, Google was released from the...
Fahad HJun 30, 20163 min readGoogle’s new My Activity and Ads Personalization seek to make ads better, provide more user coRoughly a year ago Google introduced “My Account,” a centralized privacy and security center where people could manage their data and...
Fahad HJun 6, 20162 min readSupreme Court allows AdWords class action against Google to proceedAccording to Reuters, the Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Alphabet/Google concerning an advertiser class action. The...
Fahad HMay 26, 20161 min readGoogle wins its Java case against Oracle (again), saves billions in fees — for nowOracle was seeking roughly $9 billion in licensing fees and damages from Google for the use of Java APIs in Android. However, earlier...
Fahad HMay 24, 20161 min readFrench tax officials perform early morning raid on Google offices in ParisGoogle’s offices in Paris were “raided” today by 100 tax officials, according to the BBC. The company is accused of owing France nearly...
Fahad HMay 16, 20162 min readReport: Europe readying “record-breaking” $3.4 billion antitrust fine against GoogleAccording to the London-based The Daily Telegraph, Google is about to get hit with a “record-breaking” antitrust fine by the European...
Fahad HMay 11, 20162 min readReport: FTC looking at reopening antitrust investigation against GoogleFederal Trade Commission (FTC) officials may be preparing to reopen the “search bias” antitrust investigation against Google. That’s...
Fahad HApr 25, 20162 min readGoogle, Microsoft agree not to fight proxy regulatory battles against one anotherLast week, Microsoft and Google decided to play nice. The two companies agreed to stop filing complaints about one another with...
Fahad HApr 20, 20162 min readEurope says Google broke antitrust law with app rules, Android contractsAs expected, Google has been hit with a formal “Statement of Objections” (antitrust charges) by the European Commission regarding its...
