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How Patents May Stifle Innovation!
Thomas Friedman once famously said – The world is flat! While I did not completely agree with him when I read it, I am beginning to see some truth to it. At least as far as Innovation is concerned. Yes, Patents have been around for a while now. So have Patent Infringement Lawsuits. Most of [...]
Apple Sues HTC In A Not-So-Veiled Attack On Android
It’s the news that has thrown the Tech World into a tizzy. Apple Corp is suing HTC for patent infringement. 20 of them! No surprise that they are all related to the iPhone – user interface, architecture and hardware. The lawsuit has been filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and a U.S. District [...]
Google Can Again Be In Court For Book Search Service
Google may again be in court because of Google Book Search service, Justice Department has started an inquiry on the antitrust settlement with authors and publishers. In 2005 Authors Guild and Association of American Publishers filed a class action against Google. According to the suite Google practice of scanning copyright books from library and using [...]
Scrabulous Gets Wiped off Facebook
One of the most popular games on Facebook, Scrabulous, that has been responsible for countless wasted internet hours, has been wiped off the site. The game is no longer accessible for Facebook’s members from US and Canada.
Google In Better Position In the Copyright Lawsuit against Viacom
It was back in March 2007 that Viacom had filed a lawsuit against the search-engine giant Google, over copyright infringement. In the lawsuit that was filed against YouTube and its parent company, Google, Viacom had claimed that more than 150,000 unauthorized clips have been viewed for an astonishing 1.5 billion times.
EMI turns Serial Suer!
EMI (Electric and Musical Industries Ltd.) has done it again! This time, they are suing social-networking site Hi5, video advertising start-up VideoEgg and 10 John Doe defendants for allegedly infringing on the copyrights of EMI content that appears on Hi5, particularly music videos.
Universal Music sues two video sharing websites
Universal Music Group filed lawsuits against two video-sharing Web sites Grouper.com and Bolt.com for copyright laws violation and by allowing users to share music clips and other content without permission.
Grouper.com was acquired by Sony pictures in August for $65 million. Universal Music agreed to a content licensing agreement with YouTube and negotiated licensing deals with [...]