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Google: the benign monopolist?

  • White & Case LLP
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  • Global, USA
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  • November 20 2009

There is something about copyright which evokes passion

Louis Vuitton Malletier, SA v. Akanoc Solutions, Inc., et al

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 9 2009

Jury awards trademark and copyright owner $31.5 million for contributory and vicarious trademark infringement and $900,000 for contributory and vicarious copyright infringement against defendant web site hosting companies; jury determined that defendants knew their customers were selling counterfeit goods and had the ability to disable or limit the web site hosting services that their customers were using to sell counterfeit goods but failed to do so

Louis Vuitton: a potential game-changer for contributory infringement liability

  • Holland & Knight LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • March 24 2010

The trial court in Louis Vuitton Malletier, S.A. v. Akanoc Solutions, Inc. et. al has upheld a $10.8 million award against an Internet Service Provider (ISP), in a decision that might be a real eye-opener to companies who had thought that the lack of specific Notice and Takedown provisions in the Lanham Act eliminates the need to take action on allegations of third-party trademark infringements on their websites

Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc, et al v. Fung, et al

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 20 2010

In copyright infringement action against operator of BitTorrent websites, court grants summary judgment to plaintiff movie studios on liability for inducement to infringe

Is virtual property real or intellectual?: Second Life class action moves forward

  • Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 13 2012

On November 20, 2012, the Northern District of California granted certification to one sub-class in a class action lawsuit against defendant Linden Research, Inc. (“Linden”

Fifty Shades of Grey and fan fiction: do you own your user-generated content?

  • Duane Morris LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • March 12 2013

The book series Fifty Shades of Grey and social media user "terms of service" might not seem to naturally intersect. After all, one is about being

"Google AdWords -- be careful what you bid for"

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • February 4 2010

Since the proliferation of the internet and online advertising, trademark owners have sought to prevent the unauthorized use of their marks as keywords for online advertising on search engines

Wikipedia: more than just a footnote for lawsuits

  • Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 15 2008

Since its inception in 2001, the online encyclopedia Wikipedia has grown to be the largest encyclopedia ever assembled

Forum selection clause in Google AdWords agreement applies to claims against Google for prior conduct

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • April 14 2010

The scope of the forum selection clause in the agreement applicable to the Google Adwords program extends to a plaintiff's dispute with Google over conduct predating the execution of the Adwords agreement, a district court ruled

The Google Book Search class action: how your copyrights may be affected by the pending settlement

  • Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 2 2009

The Google Book Search litigation and pending settlement has been increasingly in the news as the date of the court’s fairness hearing draws near

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