EA, Nintendo Drop Suit Vs. Yahoo
Date: 2001-03-12 Source: InternetNews.com
Marking the end of a year-long dispute, Electronic Arts and Nintendo Monday dropped a lawsuit against Yahoo, which promised it would prevent pirated video devices and games from being sold on its site. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Patent Wars II: CMGI Strikes Back
Date: 2001-02-06 Source: Search Engine Watch
"Tempest in a teapot." That what I said in 1997, when Lycos announced it had patents on search engine crawling, and I see nothing different in light of AltaVista's recent claims. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
An AltaVista search engine monopoly?
Date: 2001-01-19 Source: Pandia
AltaVista is owned by the CMGI company, and in an interview with Internet World CEO David Wetherell announces that AltaVista will pursue its patents during the first quarter of 2001. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Disney to Pay GoTo.com $21.5 Million in Settlement
Date: 2000-05-26 Source: InternetNews.com
The trademark dispute between entertainment giant Walt Disney Co. and Internet start-up GoTo.com, centering on a round green logo, was resolved Friday, with Disney agreeing to pay $21.5 million and stop using the logo for its Go.com network. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Auction Search Case Awaits Ruling
Date: 2000-05-03 Source: Search Engine Watch
Is it legal to spider someone's web site without permission? We've never had a court ruling on this before, at least in terms of textual information, but that's expected to change shortly. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Search Engine Lawsuits O'Plenty
Date: 1999-12-06 Source: Search Engine Watch
There's been a lot of legal action revolving around search engines recently, and especially last week. Below is a summary of the various cases. As a disclaimer, I was the search engine expert for Terri Welles, in the first case described, and I'm working as a consultant for Carla Virga's legal team. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Disney Takes a Point in GoTo.com Fight
Date: 1999-11-19 Source: InternetNews.com
The Walt Disney Co. late Thursday won back the right to use its green light logo for the Go Network portal after losing it earlier in the week during its ongoing legal battle with GoTo.com. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Excite Wins Playboy Lawsuit
Date: 1999-07-15 Source: InternetNews.com
A federal court in southern California has ruled against Playboy Enterprises Inc., in a case involving the sale of online banner ads keyed to specific search terms. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Excite, Netscape Sued Over Banner Ads
Date: 1999-03-03 Source: Search Engine Watch
Playboy has followed Estée Lauder's lead in suing Excite over keyword-linked banner ads. At issue in both cases is whether Excite has the right to sell banner advertising linked to trademarked terms to anyone other than the trademark holders. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Is The Lycos MP3 Index Legal?
Date: 1999-03-03 Source: Search Engine Watch
Within hours after Lycos launched its MP3 service in February, the Recording Industry Association of America expressed concerns. Thousands of illegal recordings are now available in MP3 format, so RIAA was not thrilled to have a major site offering a service that makes it easier to find them. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
GoTo.com Files Complaint Against Go Network
Date: 1999-02-18 Source: InternetNews.com
Search engine GoTo.com Thursday filed a complaint in a California federal court against Walt Disney Co. and Infoseek Corp. over the logo the two companies are using to market their recently launched GO Network. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Snap Technologies Sues CNET Over Domain
Date: 1998-11-20 Source: InternetNews.com
Snap Technologies Inc., which produces the CollegeEdge Web site, Friday filed a complaint in a San Francisco federal court against CNET, requesting the company stop using the Snap name in conjunction with its search property Snap! Online. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
AltaVista Photo Finder Has Artists Concerned
Date: 1998-11-04 Source: Search Engine Watch
The introduction of AltaVista's new Photo Finder service has raised concerns with some photographers and artists that AltaVista is violating their copyright by making copies of their pictures without explicit permission. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Trademarks In Meta Tags OK, With Good Reason
Date: 1998-04-30 Source: Search Engine Watch
A US court recently upheld the right for a former Playboy Playmate of the Year to use trademarked terms in her web site's meta tags, in order to properly classify the site with search engines. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
News Robot Leads To Linking, Indexing Dispute
Date: 1998-01-09 Source: Search Engine Watch
The robots.txt file is a widely recognized standard used to stop search engines from crawling a web site. However, the convention may have a more far-reaching influence than some people realize, as illustrated in a recent dispute between the Sunday Times and search engine News Index. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
GTE Files Federal Suit Over Yahoo-Related Listing
Date: 1997-11-05 Source: Search Engine Watch
GTE filed a US lawsuit in Oct. 1997 claiming the US regional phone companies, along with Netscape and Yahoo, have conspired to monopolize the Internet yellow pages market and prevent companies with competing products from reaching Internet consumers. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Patent Wars!
Date: 1997-10-06 Source: Search Engine Watch
Lycos and Infoseek both made announcements regarding search engine patents, making analysts wonder if royalty suits may be coming. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Lawsuit Over Meta Tag Keywords
Date: 1997-09-03 Source: Search Engine Watch
The law firm of Oppedahl and Larson filed a lawsuit against several companies that used its name within meta tags. A look at the dispute and possible implications it might have for webmasters. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
