Google hit with $15 million verdict in U.S. trial over audio patents
1 year, 9 months ago

Google hit with $15 million verdict in U.S. trial over audio patents

The Hindu  

Alphabet's Google must pay patent holding company Personal Audio LLC $15.1 million for infringing two patents related to audio software, a Delaware federal jury said in a verdict made public on Wednesday. Personal Audio had argued that Google's music app Google Play Music featured playlist downloading, navigation and editing features that violated its patent rights. A spokesperson for Personal Audio's law firm Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth said on Wednesday that the firm was pleased with the verdict. The Delaware verdict came less than a month after a San Francisco jury ordered Google to pay Sonos $32.5 million for patent infringement amid a sprawling intellectual property dispute between the companies over smart-speaker technology.

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Google makes its appeal to overturn jury verdict branding the Play Store as illegal monopoly
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Google makes its appeal to overturn jury verdict branding the Play Store as illegal monopoly

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Google went to appeals court Monday in an attempt to convince a three-judge panel to overturn a jury’s verdict declaring its app store for Android smartphones as an illegal monopoly and block the penalties imposed by a federal judge to stop the misbehavior. In a nearly hour-long presentation in San Francisco’s Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Google …

Google must face part of US consumer lawsuit over search dominance
2 months, 1 week ago

Google must face part of US consumer lawsuit over search dominance

The Hindu  

Google has failed to persuade a judge in California to throw out a lawsuit accusing the technology giant of monopolising the online search market. San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Rita Lin in a ruling on Thursday said consumers can proceed for now with allegations that the Alphabet unit's business practices hampered the development of high-quality rival search engines. The lawsuit …

Apple seeks to defend Google's billion-dollar payments in search case
3 months ago

Apple seeks to defend Google's billion-dollar payments in search case

The Hindu  

Apple has asked to participate in Google's upcoming U.S. antitrust trial over online search, saying it cannot rely on Google to defend revenue-sharing agreements that send the iPhone maker billions of dollars each year for making Google the default search engine on its Safari browser. Apple does not plan to build its own search engine to compete with Alphabet's Google, …

Google's AI-Fueled Profits Continue Despite Regulatory Threats
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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Google's AI-Fueled Profits Continue Despite Regulatory Threats

Associated Press  

Google's financial performance remains strong despite challenges from AI and regulatory scrutiny. The company's profits and revenue increased due to its moneymaking machine powered by its search engine, but this is primarily attributed to the AI investments. The company is facing legal challenges from the US Department of Justice and Virginia state authorities regarding its search engine and digital advertising …

Google Might Have To Pay Over $100 Billion To Settle All The Lawsuits Filed Against It By Competitors & Advertisers
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Google Might Have To Pay Over $100 Billion To Settle All The Lawsuits Filed Against It By Competitors & Advertisers

ABP News  

Google has been under a lot of heat recently, especially after a federal judge ruled that the tech giant is a monopolist. The ruling determined that Google leveraged its dominance in text advertising to set “supra-competitive prices,” or prices that exceed what would be typical in a competitive market, thereby securing “monopoly profits” on text ads, such as those displayed …

"Google is a monopolist": Judge sides with Biden administration, says tech giant broke antitrust law
7 months, 3 weeks ago

"Google is a monopolist": Judge sides with Biden administration, says tech giant broke antitrust law

Salon  

Google illegally monopolized online search by paying companies like Apple and AT&T to make Google the default search engine on their devices, a federal judge ruled in a landmark antitrust case on Monday. The decision from U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta is the one of the most significant rulings against a tech giant in the last two decades and …

Google wants judge, not jury, decide upcoming antitrust case in Virginia
10 months, 1 week ago

Google wants judge, not jury, decide upcoming antitrust case in Virginia

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The company argues in court papers filed Thursday that …

Google wants judge, not jury, to decide upcoming antitrust case in Virginia
10 months, 1 week ago

Google wants judge, not jury, to decide upcoming antitrust case in Virginia

Associated Press  

Google on Thursday asked that a judge, rather than a jury, decide whether it violated U.S. antitrust laws by building a monopoly on the technology that powers online advertising. The company argues in court papers filed Thursday that it’s unprecedented for a jury to decide a federal antitrust case brought by the government. The right to a jury trial, based …

Google to pay $700 million in case over whether its app store is an illegal monopoly
1 year, 3 months ago

Google to pay $700 million in case over whether its app store is an illegal monopoly

NPR  

Google to pay $700 million in case over whether its app store is an illegal monopoly Enlarge this image toggle caption Jeff Chiu/AP Jeff Chiu/AP Google has agreed to pay $700 million and will make changes to its app store it has resisted for years in order to resolve a an antitrust lawsuit brought by state attorneys general, the company …

US takes on Google: What to know about biggest antitrust trial in decades
1 year, 6 months ago

US takes on Google: What to know about biggest antitrust trial in decades

Al Jazeera  

Google has grabbed a 90 percent market share in search in the US in recent years, the government estimates. A blockbuster antitrust trial is underway in Washington, DC, where the United States Department of Justice and a coalition of state attorneys general have accused Alphabet’s Google of unlawfully abusing its dominance in the search engine market to maintain monopoly power. …

US takes on Google in landmark antitrust trial
1 year, 6 months ago

US takes on Google in landmark antitrust trial

The Hindu  

Google faces its biggest ever legal challenge in a Washington court on Tuesday, as it fends off accusations from the US government that it acted unlawfully to build its overwhelming dominance of online search. The trial is the biggest US antitrust case against a big tech company since the same department took on Microsoft more than two decades ago over …

Google fails to end $5 billion consumer privacy lawsuit
1 year, 7 months ago

Google fails to end $5 billion consumer privacy lawsuit

The Hindu  

August 09, 2023 10:24 am | Updated 10:24 am IST A U.S. judge rejected Google's bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it invaded the privacy of millions of people by secretly tracking their internet use. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on Monday said she could not find that users consented to letting Google collect information about what they viewed …

Judge allows key U.S. antitrust Google search claims to go to trial
1 year, 7 months ago

Judge allows key U.S. antitrust Google search claims to go to trial

The Hindu  

A U.S. judge hearing the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit accusing Google of unlawfully maintaining monopolies in the internet search market let stand key claims made by the federal government. U.S. Judge Amit Mehta in Washington in a decision made public on Friday granted Google's request on some grounds but allowed the remainder of the claims to proceed to trial next …

Google Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over Allegedly Misusing Internet Data To Train Its AI Systems
1 year, 8 months ago

Google Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over Allegedly Misusing Internet Data To Train Its AI Systems

ABP News  

A proposed class action lawsuit was filed against Google, accusing the company of misusing personal information and copyrighted material to train its artificial intelligence systems. In response, Google's general counsel, Halimah DeLaine Prado, clarified that the company has long been transparent about its use of data from public sources, such as openly available information and public datasets, to responsibly train …

Today’s Cache | Chatbots and mental health; Google infringed patents; Tech companies allege unfair cloud practices
1 year, 9 months ago

Today’s Cache | Chatbots and mental health; Google infringed patents; Tech companies allege unfair cloud practices

The Hindu  

Chatbots and mental health The increasing use of mental health chatbots powered by AI, due to stretched resources, is proving to be a double-edged sword. While some mental health counselors say that chatbots might simulate empathy when dealing with users, it’s not the same as real human empathy, a 2023 study by the American JAMA internal medicine journal found that …

U.S. jury says Google owes Sonos $32.5 million in smart-speaker patent case
1 year, 10 months ago

U.S. jury says Google owes Sonos $32.5 million in smart-speaker patent case

The Hindu  

Alphabet Inc.'s Google must pay $32.5 million in damages for infringing one of smart-speaker maker Sonos Inc.'s patents in its wireless audio devices, a San Francisco federal jury decided on Friday. Sonos first sued Google for patent infringement in Los Angeles and at the U.S. International Trade Commission in 2020, accusing the tech giant of copying its technology during their …

U.S. court sanctions Google for deleting evidence in antitrust cases
1 year, 11 months ago

U.S. court sanctions Google for deleting evidence in antitrust cases

The Hindu  

Alphabet Inc.'s Google LLC intentionally destroyed employee "chat" evidence in antitrust litigation in California and must pay sanctions and face a possible penalty at trial, a U.S. judge ruled on Tuesday. U.S. District Judge James Donato in San Francisco said in his order that Google "fell strikingly short" in its duties to preserve records. In a court filing last year, …

Google 'Incognito' users lose appeal to sue for damages as class
2 years ago

Google 'Incognito' users lose appeal to sue for damages as class

The Hindu  

Consumers suing Alphabet Inc.'s Google LLC over its data collection practices have lost their early appeal to pursue money damages as a class action seeking billions of dollars. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Wednesday rejected the plaintiffs' bid to appeal a lower court decision last year that denied class action status for money damages claims against Google. …

U.S. Justice Dept accuses Google of evidence destruction in antitrust case
2 years, 1 month ago

U.S. Justice Dept accuses Google of evidence destruction in antitrust case

The Hindu  

U.S. Justice Department lawyers say that Alphabet Inc.'s Google destroyed internal corporate communications and have asked a federal judge to sanction the company as part of the government's antitrust case over its search business. The DOJ asserted in a court filing unsealed in a Washington D.C. federal court on Thursday that Google failed to timely suspend a policy allowing the …

Google faces $1 billion UK trial over app store pricing
2 years, 8 months ago

Google faces $1 billion UK trial over app store pricing

The Hindu  

Google faces a London trial over an estimated 920-milion-pound damages claim after a court authorised a lawsuit that alleges the Alphabet-owned tech giant overcharged 19.5 million customers for app store purchases. The class action, which was certified by the Competition Appeal Tribunal on Monday, alleges Google abused its dominant position by charging up to 30% commission on popular apps on …

U.S. asks judge to sanction Google in pretrial document fight
3 years ago

U.S. asks judge to sanction Google in pretrial document fight

The Hindu  

The U.S. Justice Department, which has accused Alphabet Inc's Google of breaking antitrust law in its search business, asked a judge to find that the company abused an attorney-client privilege designation to avoid turning over documents. In a court filing, the Justice Department asked for Google to be sanctioned for creating a "Communicate with Care" program that trains workers to …

Texas sues Google over local radio ads for its smartphones
3 years, 2 months ago

Texas sues Google over local radio ads for its smartphones

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ attorney general on Wednesday sued Google, alleging the company asked local radio DJs to record personal endorsements for smartphones that they hadn’t used or been provided. In the lawsuit filed in Montgomery County, Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton said Google engaged in false and misleading practices in violation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices—Consumer Protection Act. …

Google Copied Sonos' Speaker Technology, Rules US Court
3 years, 2 months ago

Google Copied Sonos' Speaker Technology, Rules US Court

ABP News  

New Delhi: In a significant ruling, the US International Trade Commission has said that Google violated five patents of high-tech speaker and audio technology company Sonos, relating to smart speakers. In January 2020, Sonos sued tech giant Google for allegedly copying its wireless speaker design, urging the ITC to ban Google products like laptops, phones and speakers. According to Lazarus, …

U.S. Supreme Court backs Google over Oracle in major copyright case
3 years, 11 months ago

U.S. Supreme Court backs Google over Oracle in major copyright case

The Hindu  

The U.S. Supreme Court handed Alphabet Inc's Google a major victory on Monday, ruling that its use of Oracle Corp's software code to build the Android operating system that runs most of the world's smartphones did not violate federal copyright law. In a 6-2 decision, the justices overturned a lower court's ruling that found Google's inclusion of Oracle's software code …

Google asks U.S. judge to move states’ antitrust lawsuit to California
4 years, 2 months ago

Google asks U.S. judge to move states’ antitrust lawsuit to California

The Hindu  

Alphabet Inc's Google has asked a U.S. judge in Texas to transfer an antitrust lawsuit filed by 10 states in December to a court in California, a state that has more relevant witnesses and documents needed by the company, it said. In December, Texas and nine other states sued Google LLC in a U.S. court in Sherman, Texas, accusing the …

Google Hit With Another Lawsuit Challenging Its Dominance
4 years, 3 months ago

Google Hit With Another Lawsuit Challenging Its Dominance

NPR  

Google Hit With Another Lawsuit Challenging Its Dominance Enlarge this image toggle caption Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images Updated at 6:32 p.m. On Thursday, a bipartisan group of 38 attorneys general hit Google with the company's third antitrust complaint in less than two months, zeroing in on its role as "the gateway to the Internet." Sponsor Message …

Google antitrust: the lawsuits just keep coming
4 years, 3 months ago

Google antitrust: the lawsuits just keep coming

CNN  

CNN Business — Google is now facing its third antitrust lawsuit. It mirrors an earlier antitrust suit filed by the Justice Department and 11 states earlier this fall that claimed Google uses anticompetitive agreements to secure a dominant position for its search engine on smartphones. “The states also allege that Google’s acquisition and command of vast amounts of data obtained …

Google hit with third US antitrust suit in two months
4 years, 3 months ago

Google hit with third US antitrust suit in two months

Al Jazeera  

A bipartisan coalition of states sued Alphabet Inc.’s Google Thursday alleging broad antitrust violations in the online search market, marking the third U.S. case against the search giant in two months. The Justice Department and 11 Republican state attorneys general sued Google on Oct. 20 in the most significant monopolization case in more than two decades. Colorado Attorney General Phil …

Texas sues Google for ‘anticompetitive conduct’, attorney general says
4 years, 3 months ago

Texas sues Google for ‘anticompetitive conduct’, attorney general says

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Texas is suing Google for anticompetitive conduct, according to state …

Google in the firing line as SEVEN states prepare to file anti-trust lawsuit against the tech giant
4 years, 4 months ago

Google in the firing line as SEVEN states prepare to file anti-trust lawsuit against the tech giant

Daily Mail  

A bipartisan group of state attorneys general plans to file an anti-trust lawsuit against Alphabet's Google as early as next month, according to two people briefed on the matter. The Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google in October, and this group of states has said it planned to combine its case with the government's. There are three facets …

Google Antitrust lawsuit: All you need to know
4 years, 5 months ago

Google Antitrust lawsuit: All you need to know

The Hindu  

The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday sued Google, claiming the company illegally maintained monopoly over search and search-related activities. The Justice department claimed Google’s 80% market share in search engine business was made possible by the deals it struck with smartphone makers, which helped it put its search service as default for users. The department noted that almost half of …

Biggest Antitrust Case Against Google! US Department Of Justice Files Lawsuit Over Charges Of Monoplising Search Services
4 years, 5 months ago

Biggest Antitrust Case Against Google! US Department Of Justice Files Lawsuit Over Charges Of Monoplising Search Services

ABP News  

The US Department of Justice and 11 state Attorney-Generals on Tuesday have filed a lawsuit against Google accusing the search giant of maintaining a monopoly in general search services.In the biggest antitrust case against a tech company in almost two decades, Google is being accused of maintaining a monopoly and practising anti-competition tactics for search and search advertising. In its …

The US government sues Google for alleged anticompetitive abuses in search
4 years, 5 months ago

The US government sues Google for alleged anticompetitive abuses in search

CNN  

Washington CNN Business — The Trump administration on Tuesday sued Google in what is the largest antitrust case against a tech company in more than two decades. “Nothing is off the table,” said Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, who warned that if DOJ did not file suit now, “we could lose the next wave of innovation” and that “Americans may …

US Justice Department files antitrust lawsuit against Google
4 years, 5 months ago

US Justice Department files antitrust lawsuit against Google

Al Jazeera  

Google, which controls about 90 percent of the online search market in the US, is accused of abusing its monopoly power. The U.S. Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc.’s Google, accusing it of abusing its monopoly in search in the most significant antitrust action against an American company in more than two decades — and possibly a …

Google and Oracle face off in US Supreme Court
4 years, 5 months ago

Google and Oracle face off in US Supreme Court

Al Jazeera  

One justice down after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, court considers whether to bend Oracle’s copyright suit. The short-handed court, down one justice following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg last month, heard oral arguments in Google’s appeal of a lower court ruling reviving the lawsuit in which Oracle has sought at least $8bn in damages. Oracle accused Google …

Sonos files case against Google for infringing wireless audio patents
4 years, 5 months ago

Sonos files case against Google for infringing wireless audio patents

India Today  

Sonos has filed yet another patent lawsuit against Google for the alleged infringement of five wireless audio patents across the entire line of Nest and Chromecast products. Earlier this year in January, the wireless speaker giant sued Google for the alleged infringement of five patents covering the setup, control, and synchronisation of multi-room network speaker systems. Google in turn countersued …

Google appeals US Supreme Court to end Oracle copyright case
6 years, 2 months ago

Google appeals US Supreme Court to end Oracle copyright case

Firstpost  

Google appeals to the high court to review the long-running Oracle trial over Android Java usage Alphabet Inc’s Google on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a ruling that resurrected a billion-dollar copyright case brought by Oracle Corp that dates to 2010. Google urged the high court to rule its copying of Oracle’s Java programming language to create …

In Oracle vs Google retrial, lawyers make final pitches to jury
8 years, 10 months ago

In Oracle vs Google retrial, lawyers make final pitches to jury

Firstpost  

Oracle Corp filed a multibillion-dollar copyright lawsuit against Google because Oracle failed in its own attempts to enter the smartphone market, a Google attorney said in closing arguments. In a retrial at U.S. District Court in San Francisco, Oracle Corp has claimed Google’s Android smartphone operating system violated its copyright on parts of Java, a development platform. In court on …

Oracle vs Google: Jury to hear closing arguments of $9 billion case today
8 years, 10 months ago

Oracle vs Google: Jury to hear closing arguments of $9 billion case today

Firstpost  

The on-going Oracle vs Google lawsuit that amounts up to $9 billion will move a notch closer to the verdict today. Today, the jury members will come back to hear closing arguments and begin their deliberations. The Oracle vs Google courtroom drama started in way back in 2010, a year after Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems and along with it the …

Lawsuit filed against Google's Android too vague: US Judge
10 years, 3 months ago

Lawsuit filed against Google's Android too vague: US Judge

Firstpost  

A judge said she would require consumers suing Google over its Android smartphone operating system to submit more factual details in order for an antitrust lawsuit to proceed, at a time when the internet search company faces increased regulatory pressure. The lawsuit filed earlier this year says Google requires Android handset manufacturers such as Samsung to restrict competing apps like …

Google loses appeal in Street View privacy case
11 years, 6 months ago

Google loses appeal in Street View privacy case

Firstpost  

A federal appeals court rejected Google Inc’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit accusing it of violating federal wiretap law when its accidentally collected emails and other personal data while building its popular Street View program. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to exempt Google from liability under the federal Wiretap Act for having inadvertently intercepted emails, user names, passwords and other …

Jury declares that Google did not infringe Oracle patents
12 years, 10 months ago

Jury declares that Google did not infringe Oracle patents

Firstpost  

Google Inc’s Android mobile platform has not infringed Oracle Corp’s patents, a California jury decided in a high-stakes trial fought by the two Silicon Valley Google Inc’s Android mobile platform has not infringed Oracle Corp’s patents, a California jury decided in a high-stakes trial fought by the two Silicon Valley giants over smartphone technology. Because the same jury could not …

Oracle seeks $1.16 bln from Google in Android case
13 years, 6 months ago

Oracle seeks $1.16 bln from Google in Android case

Firstpost  

Oracle Corp on Thursday estimated it suffered roughly $1.16 billion of damages from Google Inc’s alleged copyright and patent infringement of Java technology used in the Android operating system. In a court filing, Oracle said Google’s claim that the damages sought exceeded $2.2 billion “mischaracterizes” a report by Oracle damages expert Iain Cockburn, a Boston University business professor. Oracle had …

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