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Epic’s disclosures in sealing dispute leave Google bristling

The Epic Games logo, maker of the popular video game “Fortnite”, is pictured on a screen in this picture illustration August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Illustration/File Photo Law firms Related documents The company and law firm names shown above are generated automatically based on the text of the article. We are improving this feature as we continue to test and develop in beta. We welcome feedback, which you can provide using the feedback tab on the right of the page. (Reuters) – If… Source link

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Yandex wins copyright dispute with TeleSport Group – Telecompaper

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The Google v. Oracle Copyright Dispute

In an important decision that many were watching for guidance on the scope of copyright protection afforded software, in the recent Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc. copyright dispute, the Supreme Court weighed in on the scope of protection available for application programming interfaces (APIs). Google’s Use of Java-Based Interfaces In 1990, Sun Microsystems developed a new programming language called Java, as well as several APIs that made it easier for programs that… Source link

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Google union wins dispute over discussing pay

Google is telling workers they are allowed to discuss pay and working conditions as part of a settlement agreement with the Alphabet Workers Union (AWU), Bloomberg reports. The move settles a labor dispute brought by AWU in February. The initial complaint alleged that managers at Adecco, a Google subcontracting firm, banned workers from talking about wages and bonuses. It also said that Adecco retaliated against contractor Shannon Wait after she posted pro-union messages on Facebook. The… Source link

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Google judge tells lawyers to figure out document dispute

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge hearing a U.S. government antitrust case against Google on Thursday urged the lawyers to work out a complicated dispute on pre-trial document production among themselves. FILE PHOTO: The Google sign is shown on one of the company’s office buildings in Irvine, California, U.S., October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake The Justice Department has been pushing Alphabet’s Google to produce documents on a long list of topics related to its lawsuit, which… Source link

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Google judge tells lawyers to figure out document dispute

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge hearing a U.S. government antitrust case against Google on Thursday urged the lawyers to work out a complicated dispute on pre-trial document production among themselves. FILE PHOTO: The Google sign is shown on one of the company’s office buildings in Irvine, California, U.S., October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake The Justice Department has been pushing Alphabet’s Google to produce documents on a long list of topics related to its lawsuit, which… Source link

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Google judge tells lawyers to figure out document dispute

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge hearing a U.S. government antitrust case against Google on Thursday urged the lawyers to work out a complicated dispute on pre-trial document production among themselves. The Justice Department has been pushing Alphabet’s Google to produce documents on a long list of topics related to its lawsuit, which accuses the company of breaking antitrust law in its search and search advertising businesses. Google has balked at some of the production, describing… Source link

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Google fires second AI ethics leader as dispute over research, diversity grows

By Paresh Dave, Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google fired staff scientist Margaret Mitchell on Friday, they both said, a move that fanned company divisions on academic freedom and diversity that were on display since its December dismissal of AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru. FILE PHOTO: The Google sign is shown on one of the company’s office buildings in Irvine, California, U.S., October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo Google said in a statement Mitchell violated the… Source link

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Google CEO talks to NC A&T, HBCU leaders after dispute over alleged discrimination

Leaders of five historically Black colleges and universities met with Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Friday to discuss the company’s relationship with the schools in the wake of anti-HBCU-graduate discrimination allegations made by a former Google employee. On December 21, ex-Google diversity recruiter April Curley tweeted that she had been fired by the company in September after repeatedly raising concerns about how the tech chain evaluates black college graduates. In recent… Source link

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Yandex, smartphone vendors in dispute on app pre-installation

Smartphone vendors, who have been obliged to install applications of Russian origin on phones due to be sold in Russia, plan to place domestic applications on the so-called window of choice, which only appears upon activating the device, reports Kommersant. This provides customers with the opportunity to avoid installing local software. Source link

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