Federal Judge Rejects $125m Google Books Settlement By Philip Yen – Edited by Chinh Vo The Authors Guild, et al. v. Google Inc., No. 05 Civ. 8136 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 22, 2011) Opinion hosted by The Authors Guild Circuit Judge Denny Chin, sitting for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, rejected the $125 million Google Books class action settlement agreement between the Internet giant and groups representing authors and publishers. The court said that the ... Read More...

Federal Circuit continues trend of interpreting “use” under §271(a) broadly By Philip Yen – Edited by Matthew Gelfand Centillion Data Systems, LLC v. Qwest Communications International, Inc., No. 2010-1110 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 20, 2011) Slip Opinion The Federal Circuit vacated an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, which had granted summary judgment of noninfringement in favor of Qwest on the grounds that neither Qwest nor its customers individually “practice[d] all of the limitations ... Read More...