Legal: Copyright & Trademark

Europe to punish sites for not removing ‘illegal content’ within one hour

In March of this year, the European Commission (EC) created guidelines and recommendations for the removal of “illegal content” (primarily terrorist propaganda) from websites within Europe. At the time, the rules were voluntary; now the EC is going to impose fines if publishers and tech companies fail to comply. Yesterday, the Financial Times reported that […]

Oracle’s $9 billion Java lawsuit against Google back from the dead

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Oracle’s suit against Google has been brought back to life by a federal appeals court. The underlying lawsuit involved Google’s unlicensed use of Java APIs as part of Android. Oracle originally sought nearly $9 billion in damages from Google. There have now been two trials and two appeals. Google won both times at trial, and

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