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European Commission Accuses Google Of Anti-Competitive Behavior
May 2, 2016(Comments: 0)May 2, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — The European Commission (EC) antitrust team and Google are continually at loggerheads. The latest: a formal antitrust complaint over Android and another separate complaint on prioritization of shopping search results.... -
IP Flow Links – Getty Images Accuses Google Images Of Encouraging Piracy
Apr 29, 2016(Comments: 0)Apr. 29, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Hi folks, here’s your IP news update for the week: Getty Images has filed a complaint with the European Commission claiming that Google Images encourages widespread piracy of images. Representative... -
IP Flow Links – Kendrick Lamar Sued For Ripping Off Bill Withers Song
Apr 20, 2016(Comments: 0)Apr. 20, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Hi folks, your weekly IP news update: The copyright-holders of Bill Withers song “Don’t You Want to Stay” filed an infringement lawsuit against Kendrick Lamar last week accusing him of using... -
SCOTUS Affirms That Google Books Falls Under Fair Use
Apr 19, 2016(Comments: 0)Apr. 19, 2016(Mimesis Law) — On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States dismissed a petition for appeal from the Authors Guild who claimed that Google’s digital library of books, Google Books, constituted copyright infringement.... -
Google Tax And The EU’s Trend Towards Ancillary Copyright
Apr 8, 2016(Comments: 0)Apr. 8, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — How is this EU-wide ancillary copyright idea still a thing? EU Digital Commissioner Günther Oettinger certainly thinks it’s still worth exploring. In fact, he said that it’s his “personal ambition... -
IP Flow Links – “Feyoncé”: Beyoncé Slaps a Lawsuit On It
Apr 7, 2016(Comments: 1)Apr. 7, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Hi folks, your IP news update this week: Beyoncé has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against knock-off brand “Feyoncé” which sells clothing and other products with featuring that term. Queen Bey... -
IP Flow Links – Oracle Seeks $9.3B From Google In Copyright Suit
Mar 31, 2016(Comments: 0)Mar. 31, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Hi folks, here’s your IP news update for the week: Oracle, who is suing Google for copyright infringement over the use of certain parts of Java language, will ask the... -
IP Flow Links – Spotify Sued Twice In Two Weeks For Copyright Infringement
Jan 15, 2016(Comments: 0)Jan 15, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Hi folks, here’s your weekly IP update: Spotify is being sued by artist Melissa Ferrick for copyright infringement in California. She claims Spotify did not notify her and obtain a license... -
IP Flow Links – Samsung Agrees To Pay Apple $548M In Patent Infringement Suit
Dec 4, 2015(Comments: 0)Dec 4., 2015 (Mimesis Law) — Hi folks, here’s your IP news update for the week: Samsung has agreed to pay Apple $548 million in damages in a patent infringement suit dating back to 2011. A... -
Mimesis IP Links: Jury throws out patent infringement case against Google
Oct 20, 2015(Comments: 0)Oct. 20, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — Introducing a weekly IP update on the major news stories from the past week. Patent troll SimpleAir had their patent infringement case against Google thrown out of court by a jury...