Intellectual Property
Jul. 3, 2013
Google wins rejection of class certification in book search case as fair use cited
Google scored a legal victory Monday when the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned class certification for a group of authors that alleged the company published online excerpts of copyrighted works without permission.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
PALO ALTO - Google Inc. scored a legal victory Monday when the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned class certification for a group of authors that alleged the Mountain View-based company published online excerpts of copyrighted works without permission.
The appellate court determined in a five-page opinion that the district court overseeing the lawsuit must first hear the search engine's arg...
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