
Twitter Sued By User Who Wants @SunValley Back, Claims Twitter Acted Like Bully
@sunvalley since 2010, Barshack received an email from Twitter last year notifying him that a report had been filed declaring he was...

Facebook Settles Litigation Over “Timelines” Trademark
reported by InsideFacebook based on an SEC filing: We are also party to various legal proceedings and claims which arise in the ordinary...

YouTube Beats Viacom In Copyright Suit (Again); Viacom To Appeal (Again)
YouTube beat Viacom again today in the long-running copyright battle the two have waged, and Viacom is again saying that it plans to...

Facebook Loses Motion, Faces Likely Trial Over Timelines Trademark
Timelines (plural). It obtained federal trademark registration for its name. Then, Facebook came along and used that term for its, well,...

Google Prepares New Streaming Music Service As Record Industry Slams Company’s Anti-Piracy Eff
reports from late last week indicating that Google is negotiating with major labels in anticipation of the launch of Spotify-like music...

Oracle V. Google Part Deux: The Copyright Appeal
Oracle has filed an appeal in its unsuccessful copyright and patent case against Google involving the Java programming language...

Twitter.org Being Used For Scams, Twitter Seeks To Gain Control Of Rogue Domain
Twitter.org” as well. It would have saved the company from the headache of trying to gain control of the domain, which is now being used...

UPDATED: Study: Google, Yahoo & Quantcast Ad Networks Supporting Pirate Movie, Music Sites
Which ad networks are — deliberately or inadvertently — contributing to piracy of movies, TV shows and music by running ads on the sites...

U.S., Euro Governments Seize 132 Domain Names Selling Counterfeit Goods
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced today that 132 domain names have been seized this year in two campaigns...

Twitter Will Hide, Not Remove, Tweets That Violate Copyrights
GigaOm first reported the news on Sunday, following a tweet from Jeremy Kessel, Twitter’s manager of legal policy. Kessel linked to the...

One Down: Google Settles With Publishers Over Book Scanning
announced today that it had settled long-standing litigation with Google over its book scanning project. Google was sued in late 2005...

Google Reveals Prominent Legal Expert Among Paid Consultants
The judge wasn’t satisfied with that response and ordered Google to try again and produce a list of paid commentators by August 24. At...

Judge: “Google Failed To Comply” With Order To Disclose Paid Authors, Bloggers
On August 17, 2012 Google filed a statement that read in part: Neither Google nor its counsel has paid an author, journalist, commentator...

Google Bows To Pressure, Will Penalize Sites Accused Of Copyright Infringement
Beginning this week, Google will be penalizing certain sites that are frequently accused of violating copyright laws. In a blog post...

Pinwheel Has A New Name: Findery
couldn’t use that name anymore, the location-based startup has chosen a new name: Findery. It also has a new lantern icon (shown at...

Caterina Fake Startup Pinwheel Forced To Change Name After Lawsuit
Pinwheel, which is still in private beta, is probably going to be forced to change its name. TechCrunch reported yesterday that a court...

Lawsuit Accuses Google, YouTube Of Stealing Sharing Idea In Google+ Hangouts
CamUp, is accusing Google of stealing trade secrets and violating its copyrights when it added a “Watch with Friends” video sharing...

Fighting Legal Threats With Humor & Charity: The Oatmeal Vs. FunnyJunk
What could be worse than a web site apparently using your content without permission? How about getting a legal threat from that same...

Google Compromises End Street View Litigation In Switz, Book Suit In France
That requirement was seen as a threat to Google’s ability to continue to operate Street View in Switzerland — because it could only blur...
























