16 April 2012 - Let Games begin! In what almost every pundit is calling the “World Series” or “World Cup” of intellectual property trials”, the Google/Oracle trial gets underway today with jury selection in a federal court in San Francisco. And it is a biggie. The trial marks the [...]
5 May 2010 —Google’s Chief Legal Officer, Chief Privacy Counsel, and former Chief Financial Officer have each been sentenced to six months in prison by an Italian court for violating the country’s privacy laws. The decision (the “Decision”), issued by the Criminal Court of Milan (the “Court”) on February 24, 2010, and published on April [...]
12 September 2009 — Here is an excellent analysis of the Google Book Search project by Christopher Caldwell of the Financial Times. Sceptics often ask of new government programmes: if it is so worthwhile, why is the private sector not doing it already? A similar question can be asked of companies claiming to be acting [...]
3 September 2009 — Amazon has panned Google’s book settlement with the Author’s Guild saying that the deal “restrains competition” and “usurps the role of Congress in legislating solutions” as copyright and new technologies collide. It is a member of the Open Book Alliance – which counts Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo as members — and other groups have [...]
7 August 2009 — Google sponsored a webinar on July 29th to discuss what the Google Library Project Settlement means for publishers and authors. The panel featured four people who were involved in crafting the agreement: Richard Sarnoff, co-chair, Bertelsmann, Inc., Association of American Publishers (AAP) board of directors; John Sargent, CEO, Macmillan, AAP board of directors; Jan Constantine, general [...]
20 July 2009 - The European Commission is reportedly seeking comment on how Google Inc.’s proposed virtual library project — currently being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice for possible antitrust violations — will affect authors’ and publishers’ copyrights. Commission officials will meet with European copyright holders on Sept. 7 to evaluate a deal in [...]
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