Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'lawsuit'

An article at E-Commerce Times talks about a recently-filed lawsuit against Boston.com, a NYTimes company, that is being sued for its linking practices. According to the article, the simple presence of a link has prompted the suit, but from CenterNetworks,...

Posted on December 30, 2008 9:55 AM

According to MacWorld, a small company has filed suit against Google, Apple, and Microsoft over a patent for document previews, claiming it owned the patent before the three companies utilized the technology. The patent was applied for in 2001. The...

Posted on December 29, 2008 8:54 AM

We reported on November 5th that Google and Yahoo ended their ad agreement. We only knew what the Google Blog (and other news outlets) told us: the government didn't seem too happy about the agreement and advertisers were concerned. In...

Posted on December 5, 2008 9:31 AM

NetworkWorld reports that the State of Washington has sued an SEO firm for a variety of infractions, including making claims that they can increase traffic to clients' websites, falsely claiming affiliations with other marketers, making claims that customer service representatives...

Posted on November 17, 2008 10:14 AM

CNET reports that software maker GraphOn has filed suit against Google for violating its patents in a multitude of Google products, including Google's Base, AdWords, Blogger, Sites, and YouTube. Is GraphOn in the right here? Forum members are not satisfied....

Posted on August 19, 2008 10:01 AM

InformationWeek reports that there's a class action suit against Google about having AdSense on parked domains when they aren't likely to yield conversions. In the specific case, a legal services provider had his ads running for about 6 weeks on...

Posted on July 17, 2008 10:14 AM

A recent ruling has people reeling about how a judge recently ordered YouTube to hand over its history to Viacom. All of the sudden, your privacy is not being honored. To summarize the recent story, Wired says that "Google will...

Posted on July 3, 2008 9:44 AM

A New York Times blog post talks about the possibility that Google may be violating a privacy law because there is no link to Google's privacy policy on the front page. According to the California law, the link must be...

Posted on June 2, 2008 7:10 AM

PC World has an article about how Belgian publishers are looking to sue Google for $77.5 million in damages for "for violating copyright law by publishing their articles on Google News and caching their web pages." This has been going...

Posted on May 29, 2008 9:09 AM

At Search Engine Land, Barry writes about how a US court has decided that META keywords don't matter -- they are "immaterial." The tip came from Eric Goldman's blog where he writes about a recent case that held a company...

Posted on April 28, 2008 10:22 AM

InformationWeek discusses a recent lawsuit that Google is facing over some ambiguity in an ad. (Photo courtesy of Valleywag) More specifically, from the image above, you see that there are 2 boxes. If you leave the second one blank, it...

Posted on April 24, 2008 9:45 AM

Kevin Heisler writes at Search Engine Watch that an "SEO agency" called Internet Advancement has been sued by Washington State and required to pay over $100,000 in fees for scamming its clients. Among the restitution includes penalties against offering services...

Posted on April 14, 2008 9:34 AM

This weekend, there have been numerous reports about a couple in Western Pennsylvania that has sued Google for taking photographs of their home and displaying it on Google Street View. Aaron and Christine Boring are suing Google for violating their...

Posted on April 7, 2008 10:20 AM

According to The Age, an Australian company is suing Google because an individual posted content that defames two real estate agents. The article states that Google was asked to remove the defamatory remarks, but it was not done. However, Google...

Posted on February 11, 2008 9:40 AM

According to numerous reports, including a post at Search Engine Land, if you've advertised on Ask.com between August 2005 and now, you're entitled to reimbursement for any suspected invalid clicks. Those who are entitled to the settlement money will be...

Posted on January 4, 2008 9:30 AM

A Washington Post article refers to a recent lawsuit between Dell and a number of domain registrars who are cybersquatting on misspellings of Dell's various domains so that they can profit off PPC ads. This has been a problem for...

Posted on November 30, 2007 10:04 AM

Is it ten years too late? According to numerous reports, Northeastern university is suing Google over a patent. The patent holders are looking for Google to pay the intellectual property fees. Forum members are awaiting the results of the trial....

Posted on November 13, 2007 9:26 AM

About a week ago, Barry posted at Search Engine Land that a man is suing Google for $5 billion because he says that the word "Google" turned upside down looks so much like his social security number. Interestingly enough, Google...

Posted on September 26, 2007 9:42 AM

According to an Australian newspaper, a watchdog group feels Google is selling the top result in its search engine to commercial partners rather than sorting the results organically. In other words, consumers are clicking on the top result assuming it...

Posted on September 10, 2007 9:23 AM

Last week, ComputerWorld reports that Google has been sued by American Airlines because the airline is seeking to stop its competitors from bidding on its trademark in Google. Their argument is, "Without authorization or approval from American Airlines, Google has...

Posted on August 24, 2007 8:15 AM

The forum community is buzzing about Australia's recent decision to sue Google over deceptive search ads. WebmasterWorld goes into the suit in more detail, citing a Sydney Morning Herald news article: The ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) said the...

Posted on July 13, 2007 10:32 AM

A DigitalPoint Forums thread highlights an article with an update about the American Blind lawsuit against Google. According to the article, a judge has set a date in November to pick jurors for the case. It appears as if this...

Posted on May 14, 2007 9:39 AM

The case of American Blind & Wallpaper Factory vs. Google is continuing. According to a WebmasterWorld post, a judge refuses to drop the suit against Google. The post references a news article that says: American Blind & Wallpaper Factory, the...

Posted on April 23, 2007 10:15 AM