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• Advocacy Group Sues Over North Carolina's Incentives To Woo Google

  Published: July 25, 2007, 2:37 pm

  Tags: Google Legal

  filed against state Google incentives from Triangle Business Journal reports that the North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law has filed a lawsuit to challenge the incentives given to Google to build a server farm in North Carolina. The advocacy group claims the incentives violate various laws and provisions in the state's

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• Google, Microsoft & Others Want Copyright Warnings To Be Clearer

  Published: August 1, 2007, 9:28 am

  Tags: Google Legal

  Google, Others Contest Copyright Warnings from the Wall Street Journal reports the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA), which includes Google and Microsoft, are filing a complaint with the FCC about how some content companies are taking their copyright warnings a bit too far. The CCIA would like the FCC to require these

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• More Join YouTube Class Action Suit Copyright

  Published: August 7, 2007, 10:20 am

  Tags: Google Legal

  parties join Google copyright lawsuit from Reuters reports that eight more parties have joined the class action copyright lawsuit against Google's YouTube. As we reported earlier, the lawsuit that English soccer's Premier League Ltd and music publisher Bourne & Co have against YouTube is now beginning to get more support from other

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• Google Sued For Trademark Infringement By American Airlines Over Sponsored Ads

  Published: August 17, 2007, 9:39 am

  Tags: Google Legal

  American Airlines is suing Google over trademark infringement in AdWords. As Eric points out, this type of lawsuit is nothing new to Google. Many companies have taken Google to court for allowing advertisers to bid on their trademarked names. However, in this case, American Airlines, the two words, are extremely generic names - although

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• Brazil Says Google Still Not Cooperating Over Illegal Orkut Activities

  Published: August 23, 2007, 10:09 am

  Tags: Google Legal

  prosecutors say Google has not provided Orkut user information regarding crimes from the International Herald Tribune reports Google Brazil is still not complying with Brazilian authorities' requests to hand over information on those using Orkut for illegal activities. Some use Orkut to help spread child pornography and hate speech.

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• CCIA, Google & Microsoft Launch "Defend Fair Use" Web Site

  Published: August 29, 2007, 10:30 am

  Tags: Google Legal

  Google, Microsoft-backed group ready to Defend Fair Use from Ars Technica reports Google and Microsoft are backing a new web site, organized by the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), named Defend Fair Use. The web site is accepting signed petitions to support their push to make copyrights clearer to consumers. We reported

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• American Airlines Sues Google Over Keyword Ads

  Published: August 17, 2007, 5:34 pm

  Tags: Advertising Adwords Google Legal

  for a trademark owner to sue Google for keyword-triggered ads--been there, done that. However, the fact that American Airlines pulled the trigger catches my attention. Many trademark owners who have sued Google had relatively obscure brands. Rescuecom? JTH Tax? Check-n-Go? Even American Blinds is hardly a household name. In contrast, American

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• The Content in Google Apps Belongs to Google

  Published: August 29, 2007, 1:44 pm

  Tags: Business Google Legal

  on Doc and Spreadsheets to Google. It's almost too incredible to believe, so here's the wording from the mighty Google maw itself: you grant Google a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce, adapt, modify, publish and distribute such Content on Google services for the purpose of displaying,

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• Google Victory In American Blinds Settlement Over Trademark-Triggered Search Ads

  Published: September 3, 2007, 4:04 pm

  Tags: Google Legal

  lawsuits filed against Google over search ads -- that by American Blinds & Wallpaper -- has been settled in what I'd agree with legal analyst Eric Goldman in calling a stunning victory for Google. Google has to pay nothing and change nothing to see the case disappear. Eric has posted the eight-page settlement here (PDF

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• Australian Watchdog Has Day In Court Over Google "Selling Top Spot"

  Published: September 10, 2007, 11:13 am

  Tags: Google Legal

  Google's 'top spot for sale' from News.com reports the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has had their day in court against Google. We reported earlier that Australian Watchdog Sues Google Over Deceptive Search Ads. ACCC wanted the hearing to be moved to a different jurisdiction. Justice Allsop heard ACCC's case and has

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• ACCC Takes On Google Over Deceptive Conduct

  Published: September 11, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Online, Accc, Google, Legal

  consumer advocate alleging Google and The Trading Post (owned by Telstra subsidiary Sensis) contravenes the Trade Practices Act by representing an association with another business when one doesn't exist. The ACCC is seeking injunctions that would restrain Google from publishing such sponsored hyperlinks. Google continues to deny any

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• Google Calls For International Privacy Standards

  Published: September 14, 2007, 2:08 pm

  Tags: Google Legal

  Google is calling for a discussion on international privacy standards to take place, both through a blog post on its site today and in a speech that was given to a Unesco conference today. From the post by Peter Fleischer, Google's global privacy counsel: Click to continue reading...

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• Verizon Vs. Google: Verizon Wireless Sues The FCC Over "Open Network" Requirement

  Published: September 15, 2007, 3:43 am

  Tags: Google Legal Wireless

  "When Google lobbied successfully for the inclusion of an "open network" requirement in the upcoming wireless spectrum auction, it was seen as a coup for consumers. The open network clause would mean that consumers would be able to take their handsets and devices to the network of their choosing. At first, Verizon agreed

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• How Do You Spell Google? Man Files Suit Saying It's His Social Security Number, Upside Down

  Published: September 21, 2007, 10:15 am

  Tags: Google Legal

  Google sued for 'crimes against humanity' from the Register reports a man named Dylan Stephen Jayne sued Google for $5 billion. What did he sue Google for? Technically, he is suing for "crimes against humanity" because if you search in Google for a scrambled version of Dylan Stephen Jayne's social security number, up comes Google's name.

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• MySpace News Is Stealing Your Search Results

  Published: September 22, 2007, 5:03 am

  Tags: Google Legal Publishing

  found the traffic source: Google.   Framed pages of blogs and news sites, complete with MySpace News branding and MySpace URL, are being indexed by Google as original content, stealing search engine placement and direct links from content creators.   A search of Google found thousands of MySpace News pages presenting story

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