JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

In Edible IP, LLC v. Google, LLC, 313 Ga. 2022), Edible IP, a company that sells edible floral shaped arrangements made out of fruit, sued Google, an internet search company, for using Edible’s EDIBLE ARRANGEMENTS trade name as part of its auctioned keyword advertising. 305, 2022 Ga.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has found in Google LLC's favor that all claims in a patent for a voice-based information system are invalid, a setback for Parus Holdings Inc. as the two companies battle over patent infringement in California district court.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has ruled in favor of Google LLC that all challenged claims in an EcoFactor Inc. thermostat patent are unpatentable as obvious, while the companies also face off in multiple federal district courts.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In re Google LLC ( Fed. 2023 ) This is another mandamus action win by Google on convenience grounds. Jawbone Innovations, LLC sued Google for patent infringement back in 2021 in W.D.Tex. Jawbone is a Texas company and has a physical base in Waco. Jawbone is a Texas company and has a physical base in Waco.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 31, 2023

by Dennis Crouch Rafqa Star LLC v. Google LLC , No. Google is one of the largest companies in the US with extensive ties not just to every state, but virtually every household in the entire country. denied Google’s motion to transfer venue. 6:22-cv-01207-ADA, 2022 WL 3747666 (W.D.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Google LLC said on Thursday that it will begin to offer legal protections to customers accused of copyright infringement after using the search giant's generative artificial intelligence products, following similar initiatives recently announced by other tech companies.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Cameron Atkinson self-describes as “a Christian, a trial and appellate lawyer at Pattis & Smith, LLC, a former business consultant, a published constitutional scholar, and a general hell-raiser.” Google and Twitter Defeat Lawsuit Over Account Suspensions/Terminations–DeLima v. It didn’t go so well for him.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 17, 2022

While that element was later suspended , the injunction also prohibits any company (ISPs, webhosts, CDN providers, DNS providers, domain companies, advertising services, financial institutions, payment processors) from doing any business with the sites, now or in the future. ” the company’s opposition reads.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 23, 2023

Western District of Texas Judge Xavier Rodriguez has ruled in separate cases that Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Cisco do not infringe four network security patents that a company called CTD Networks LLC has asserted against a wide swath of the tech industry.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Google and YouTube urged a Texas federal judge Monday to trim claims from tech company Wildseed Mobile LLC over five video ad and smartphone notification-related patents, saying claims of willful and indirect infringement rely on "boilerplate recitations" of the law and that YouTube doesn't belong in the suit at all.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

YouTube LLC , 2022 WL 278386 (N.D. Google and Twitter Defeat Lawsuit Over Account Suspensions/Terminations–DeLima v. Google and YouTube Aren’t “Censoring” Breitbart Comments–Belknap v. Other unsuccessful lawsuits triggered by Rep. Schiff’s jawboning: AAPS v. Schiff , Daniels v. Facebook , and Doe v. Some Jawboning Posts.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 26, 2023

.’s other evidence isn’t close: There is no evidence before the Court that any of the identified government officials, who are not parties to this case, demanded that Google adopt a COVID-19 medical misinformation or vaccine misinformation policy. Google LLC , 2023 WL 5440787 (N.D. 21 citing Miami Herald Pub. .”)

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 13, 2023

MVL Film Finance LLC Targets Google When MVL Film Finance LLC (MVL) was incorporated in 2004/5, its purpose was to finance Marvel Studios’ production of 10 “live-action or animated films” based on up to 10 of Marvel’s comic book characters. A date reference is also interesting.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 16, 2024

The first thing many founders/entrepreneurs think of when starting a new business is, “I need an LLC.” ” The establishment of a Limited Liability Company (LLC) in Texas can be a strategic maneuver for entrepreneurs and businesses aiming to leverage the benefits of limited liability and operational adaptability.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2021

None of the statements mention Plaintiffs’ names, their YouTube or Google accounts, their channels, or their videos. Senate, and a DOJ antitrust suit against Google—allegedly linked to whether Defendants appropriately moderated certain types of content. Google means they lose. Google LLC , 2021 WL 4864418 (N.D.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Spirit Halloween Superstores LLC. 3: 22-CCB-0081 – Hiro LLC v. Dragvertising LLC. This case stems from a dispute between a company that was launching a mobile app (Hiro) and a company that was briefly hired to help design that app, Dragvertising. JMC Pop Ups LLC. 2: 220-CCB-0037 – Wood v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Google , LLC , 925 F.3d Grindr, LLC , 306 F. Google LLC , No. Patel claimed “he was injured because he could not find specified content on Google’s search engine or other companies’ search engines.” Google LLC, 2023 WL 2671381 (N.D. 3d 1263, 1267 (D.C. ” * M.K.

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Google, which operates the world’s most popular search engine, recently defeated an antitrust claim brought by an online supplier of stock images in the case Dreamstime.com, LLC v. Google, LL C, decided on December 6, 2022, by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The location of a datacenter matters—the location of third-party datacenters affects companies’ (datacenter customers’) decisions whether to use the datacenters for colocation or other services. Google employees did not install, maintain, or physically access the servers located in the datacenters. by guest blogger Marketa Trimble.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

Google , FAN v. Google LLC , 461 F. Google ; and ADFI v. cites to O’Handley v. Padilla , Doe v. Facebook ]. 22, 2021); Lewis v. 3d 938, 952-53 (N.D. 2020), aff’d , 851 F. App’x 723 (9th Cir. 2021); La’Tiejira v. Facebook, Inc. , 3d 981, 994-95 (S.D. 2017); Parker v. PayPal, Inc. LEXIS 130800, at *16-17 (E.D.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The pair falsely represented to YouTube and an intermediary company identified only by the initials A.R. Batista is a citizen of the Dominican Republic, president of Musika LLC, CEO of MediaMuv LLC , and the member and statutory agent of Elegre Records LLC. ” one reads.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Edible Arrangements objected to Google selling its trademark to trigger keyword ads. The Edible team had the brilliant idea of suing Google for “theft of personal property” and “conversion,” where the stolen/converted asset was the trademark. Case Citation : Edible IP, LLC v. 1-800 Contacts v.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

A California federal judge granted Google LLC's request to invalidate all remaining patent claims in a tech startup's infringement suit against the search company over online advertising technology, finding some weren't supported by the court's claim construction and others were either unpatentable or invalid.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 26, 2022

Ohio AG Yost claims that Google’s search engine is a common carrier and a public utility. Nominally, his goal is to redress Google self-preferencing, but that’s a transparently pretextual excuse to censor search results and wow #MAGA voters. First, Google’s motto is puffery. This is a crazy case.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 5, 2021

Kid Car NY, LLC v. LLC, 2021 WL 466975 (S.D.N.Y. The Counterclaim alleges that Kid Car purchased “KIDMOTO” as keyword on Google and that by using ‘kid car’ in the resulting advertisement there is a likelihood of consumer confusion.” The Google AdWords purchase too may not alone evidence bad faith.

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The IPKat

MAY 28, 2023

In 2014, Mr Y founded Productions Systems, a company dedicated to the creation of digital fonts. In 2016, Production Systems was commissioned by Google LLC to create the "Spectral" typeface for distribution on the Google Fonts website. Le Monde Journal font In 2008, Mr X collaborated with Mr Y.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 11, 2021

NY Times : Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg’s Partnership Did Not Survive Trump. * “ False Accusation: The Unfounded Claim that Social Media Companies Censor Conservatives.” Alba Web Designs, LLC, 2021 WL 280065 (W.D. NY Times : Google Seeks to Break Vicious Cycle of Online Slander. ” * Same Condition LLC v.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 24, 2022

Various media companies embedded the photos using Instagram’s proprietary embedding tools. Breyer has tossed the case, holding that the media companies are not liable for direct copyright infringement and that Instagram is not liable for secondary copyright infringement. Instagram LLC , Case No. In September, U.S.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

proper but inconvenient forum); 22-104 In re: Google LLC (W.D. All of the parties listed above are major nationwide companies that have successfully litigated in courts across the country. (proper but inconvenient forum); 22-101 In re: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. arguing both improper venue and also inconvenient forum).

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Most startups fail to survive long term, and the reasons for those failures are as varied as the companies and their products, goals and mission statements. But what if a failed company lived or, or at least its intellectual property?

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 4, 2022

Instagram, LLC, could mean the end to the server test, a once widely-followed copyright doctrine established by the 9th Circuit in Perfect 10, Inc. Breyer dismissed the case, holding that the media companies are not liable for direct copyright infringement and that Instagram is not liable for secondary copyright infringement.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Cap Export, LLC v. Defendants allegedly distributed the false advertisement to Cap Export’s online sales partners—including Amazon, Walmart, and Wayfair—which caused a decrease in Cap Export’s product ranking and sales, through Google Ads, and through a press release published in July 2019 on the Business Insider website. Zinus, Inc.,

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 2, 2021

Schneider indicated she wanted to add two companies – Uniglobe Entertainment, LLC and AST Publishing. YouTube and Google were not impressed. In her response filed late last week, Schneider argues that she is completely within her rights to amend her complaint and places the blame for delays firmly on YouTube and Google.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

We are pleased to bring you a guest post from Payal Saraogi, on a recent decision of the Delhi High Court on Google’s use of trademarks as advertisement keywords. Google India Private Limited and others. Payal has graduated from the School of Law, Christ University in 2020, and currently practices as a disputes lawyer.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 14, 2022

Unsurprisingly there is a lot of speculation that Google/YouTube is responsible and anecdotal evidence seems to back that up, with someone close to the project referencing Google LLC in connection with the action. While that remains unconfirmed for now, there are many reasons why Google might want to step in.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

companies including Cloudflare, PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, and Google. Once again, the companies requested access to information held by U.S. internet companies to support a potential lawsuit in Vietnam or Japan. If rightsholders in Japan want content taken down, they should focus on hosting companies.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 29, 2023

company run by two men built a multi-million dollar business on this scheme. The scammers’ company, MediaMuv LLC., The scammers’ company, MediaMuv LLC., Google previously went on the record stating that tens of thousands of accounts are terminated each year due to dubious copyright infringement claims.

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