Google Wins Lawsuit on Google Books - http://clapway.com/2015/10/19/us-court-rules-google-books-legal-service123/

Google was recently under investigation by the US Courts for their Google Books software, but it has been decided that Google Books is a legal software that does not infringe on any copyright. So what exactly was Google Books under investigation for?

The Problem with Google Books

Google Books is a software that digitizes books so that people will have easier access to viewing them. Google Inc. has already made digital copies of tens of millions of books from major companies and has established a tremendous service for users.

According to the US Court, what Google was being charged with was copyright infringement of the books that they had on this service. Authors in the past also commented on the fact that this could potentially end up spoiling their work. In what has been over a decade long dispute, starting in 2005, it has been decided by the court that Google will not be sued.

Why They Were Let Off the Hook

Thankfully, from Google’s standpoint, they’ll not be charged with any sort of copyright infringement. The Judge residing over the case, Denny Chin, ultimately ruled that Google’s digitization of their millions of books did not violate any sort of copyright because they only showed short sections of the books in their database. Chin also mentioned that for someone to look up a full entirety of work they would have to repeatedly enter different search requests, which he decided would be too difficult.

Another voice, Judge Pierre N. Leval, also agreed that there was no copyright violations here. Leval stated that ‘the snippet feature substantially protects against its serving as an effectively competing substitute for plaintiffs’ books. Snippet view, at best and after a large commitment of manpower, produces discontinuous, tiny fragments, amounting in the aggregate to no more than 16% of a book. This does not threaten the rights holders with any significant harm to the value of their copyrights or diminish their harvest of copyright revenue.’

It was acknowledged, however, that book sales could potentially take a hit because people might just start searching for a specific part of the text rather than purchasing the entirety of the work. The good news for Google is that they can put this behind them and keep their Google Books service going strong as long as they keep doing it the exact same way they have been.

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Google Wins Lawsuit on Google Books

Samsung and Apple To Go To Supreme Court - http://clapway.com/2015/08/15/samsung-and-apple-to-go-to-supreme-court321/

A panel of three judges just decided to uphold the previous patent ruling in favor of Apple, and Samsung’s last hope in the battle might be to take it all the way to the United States Supreme Court. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit of Washington earlier denied Samsung’s petition to rehear the case.

Samsung Has Decided To Contest the Fine

Samsung has chosen to contest the large fine that was given for allegedly infringing on copyrights of at least two dozen Apple patents. Currently, they have two choices, to either pay the fine, or to take the case all the way to the highest court of the land. The Federal Court also rejected Samsung’s appellate plea for the patent violations, noting that “For decades, they have invested heavily in developing revolutionary innovations in the mobile industry and beyond.” Samsung lost its appeal case against the original court ruling that ordered the technology company to pay $548 million for patent infringement of Apple’s designs. The said in a statement that they are disappointed that their request for an en banc hearing of the United States Court of Appeals was denied. They also said that they are confident that their products do not infringe on Apple’s design patents and they will continue to take the appropriate measures to protect their intellectual property and products.

The Current Patent Design Infringement Covers Only Minor Details

The patent design infringement in question at this time only covered a few minor details of the smartphone design, but doesn’t necessarily incorporate thousands of patents as originally alleged by Apple. Samsung, along with other companies related, believe that voting in favor of Apple could give them “unprecedented power” and promote unhealthy competition in the tech and mobile industry. The company state that if this decision is upheld, that it it would have a devastating impact on companies who spend billions of dollars annually to research and develop their respective complex technology and their individual components.

Apple Has Made No Comment, But This Isn’t the First Time They’ve Been to Court

Apple has not made any comments on the decision. This is definitely not the first time that the two technology giants have disputed in court over intellectual property, and this most recent trial has been costly and difficult for both parties.

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Samsung and Apple To Go To Supreme Court