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Posted on June 17, 2021 Fair Use

Authors Guild v. Google: Judge Chin’s decision in favor of Google Books

Anyone looking for the Author’s Guild v. Google decision on the Southern District of New York website is going to have a hard time: It’s... Read more

Posted on May 25, 2021 Fair Use

One publisher’s take on the Google Books decision

Dear Judge Chin, I have just read your decision to grant Google summary judgment in this case and I must express my disappointment. You have... Read more

Posted on January 29, 2020 Copyright Law Internet Law

Google Books debate

It’s all Google, all the time in our world.  (I know that because I did a Google search of our world.)  So, naturally, what’s the... Read more

Posted on November 21, 2019December 16, 2019 Copyright Law Fair Use

Google Gored by Literary Lions

Reuters “news service” reports that the Authors Guild and a number of American writers are suing Google Inc. in federal District Court in New York... Read more

Posted on September 15, 2017September 25, 2017 Fair Use

Chocolate Ice Cream with Chocolate Syrup

How else to describe a post (this one) that combines two of our favorite obsessions — Google and fair use? Business Week online reports that... Read more

Posted on October 26, 2015May 20, 2016 Distribution systems

Guest Post: Fair Use or Foul Ball?

  When copying 20,000,000 books without permission is not copyright infringement Jim Bouton’s last pitch to Google wasn’t Ball Four, at least according to the... Read more

Posted on June 28, 2015July 9, 2015 Distribution systems

Google Books settlement takes it on the Chin

I raised questions about the Google Books settlement ages ago. Now some of them have been answered, and Judge Denny Chin’s answer is “no”: While... Read more

Posted on October 20, 2014 Fair Use

Fair Googling a la Mode

Via the In the Agora blog, an update, with useful links, on the suit against Google by Agence France-Presse. Best link is to this article... Read more

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Posted on April 22, 2014 Fair Use

The Google Library Project and the dog that didn’t bark — yet

It would have been fascinating to read the court opinion ending the lawsuit by a group of major publishers against Google.  But we won’t get... Read more

Posted on September 28, 2013September 8, 2017 Copyright Law

The Google exception?

Way back when the Google Books issue first burst forth, I expressed considerable skepticism that their plan to scan the universe of books and put... Read more

Posted on December 31, 2012March 8, 2015 Literature

A new use for Google Book Search

And a whole new set of opportunities for copyright lawyers. Hat tip to Bizzy Blog. Read more

Posted on September 20, 2012September 27, 2012 Fair Use

What is a book?

Reuters reports that publishers are going to allow book browsing on their websites. Amazon, of course, started this trend. Obviously they believe they will sell... Read more

Posted on November 11, 2008March 22, 2011 Copyright Law Fair Use

Google and the bookmakers

Remember the Google book-scan lawsuit?  No, we hadn’t either; we hardly even remember books.  But thanks to Jaded Topaz we’re reminded, as she sends along... Read more

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The question of whether consumers are likely to be confused is the signal inquiry that determines if a trademark infringement claim is valid. I write here about trademark law, copyright law, brands, free speech (mostly as it relates to the Internet and social media). That may sound like a lot, but it's just a blog.

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