On Saturday, Google was the one getting slapped – on the wrist perhaps.
A federal judge dealt Google a blow in a trademark lawsuit surrounding AdWords. The court ruled that allowing a typed-in trademark to trigger a search ad is a “use in commerce.”
This ruling doesn’t mean anything at this point, the case still has a [...]

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Aaron Greenspan became an AdSense publisher in March of 2008.  He wanted to make a little coin from his wesite, Think Computer Corporation.
Google “disabled” his account out-of-the-blue nine months later, and suspended his payment of the $721 he was owed.
Greenspan tried to reach anyone and everyone at Google, only to find out there was no [...]

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Today is D-Day for four Google execs who were sued by Italian prosecutors in June of last year. The New York Times blog reports the Google execs now sit in a Milan courthouse facing criminal charges – namely defamation and privacy violation.
The charges involve a video that was uploaded to Google Video back [...]

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