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Google, Inc.

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Commentaries
Employment Law

The California Supreme Court has unanimously held that courts must consider “stray remarks” made by non-decision-making employees together with all other admissible evidence in order to determine whether a discrimination lawsuit should survive summary judgment. In Brian Reid v. Google, Inc., 235 P.3d 988, 50 Cal. 4th 512 (Cal. 2010),…
Posted:
11/17/2010
Commentaries
Trademark Law

The Second Circuit held that Google’s practice of recommending and selling plaintiff’s exact trademark to Google’s advertisers (including plaintiff’s competitors) in order to trigger ads forms a basis for an actionable claim under sections 32 and 43 of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. sections 1114 and 1125. Reversing the District…
Posted:
07/16/2009
Summaries
Copyright Law >
New Judicial Opinions

Viacom owns the copyrights in specified television programs, motion pictures, music recordings, and other entertainment programs.  In the underlying lawsuit, Viacom allege s violations of the Copyright Act of 1976 (17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.) by Google.  Because YouTube.com users contribute pirated copyrighted works to YouTube.com by the thousands,…
Date of ruling:
07/1/2008
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