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Intellectual Property

Oct. 20, 2015

Appeals court OKs Google book scanning as fair use

Attorneys representing Google Inc. emerged victorious Friday with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which affirmed a lower court's decision that the Mountain View-based search engine could continue scanning millions of books for its online library.

By Saul Sugarman
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Tech giant beats infringement claims brought by Authors Guild

Attorneys representing Google Inc. emerged victorious Friday with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which affirmed a lower court's decision that the Mountain View-based search engine could continue scanning millions of books for its online library.

The decision rejects infringement claims b...

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