SoundCloud might be in for some trouble
The UK performing right organisation PRS for Music will sue SoundCloud for not paying songwriters royalties. The executive director of the organization is quoted to have said “After careful...
View ArticleAnother Antitrust Procedure Against Google
Google is facing another antitrust procedure. This time in India. The websearch giant was accused of rigging its search results to benefit its businesses. In their responses to queries raised by the...
View ArticleClass Action Status for Uber Drivers in California
A US judge just granted a class action status to Uber drivers in litigation over whether they are independent contractors or employees. A decision in this case might have vast consequences for the...
View ArticleGoogle, Apple And Others To Pay $415 M in a No-Poaching Suit
In a settlement Google, Apple, Adobe, Intel and others have to pay $ 415 M to their employees. The reason was a secret agreement to not poach staff from each other. The harmful effect of such an...
View Article“Slide to unlock” is not an invention
If you, like me, still own an “old” iPhone this news might be for you. The “Slide to unlock” feature is not an invention, decided Germany’s highest court. The feature lacks the necessary inventive...
View ArticleThe Right To Be Forgotten: Google’s Informal Appeal Was Rejected
The French data-protection regulator -CNIL- rejected Google’s informal appeal of its order to apply global delistings. In June this year CNIL ordered Google to widen its implementation of the “right...
View ArticleApple loses patent lawsuit to University of Wisconsin
Apple is guilty of infringing a patent owned by the University of Wisconsin. It now faces damages of up to $862 million dollars. Last year, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), which...
View ArticleHow Private Is The Private Messaging On Twitter?
A law suit filed last month suggests that Twitter direct messages might not be private. The company is allegedly eavesdropping on people who send private messages. If proven to be true, this may...
View ArticleConfirmed: Google Books Is Fair Use
A 2nd Circuit Court confirms that the books scanning activities by Google constitute a fair use. The Court found that to digitally copy a book to provide a search function is a transformative use....
View ArticleYou Can Pin It
Pinterest lost a trademark infringement suit filed against trip-planning website Pintrips. Pinterest claimed that the Pintrips has chosen a name deceptively close to its trademark. Pinterest also...
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