Law and Innovation

Fresh and interesting article posted on The Vancouver Sun about a unique of its kind worldwide site blocking injunction against Google. More precisely, a Canadian court has ordered Google to completely block a group of websites from its worldwide search results (and not just "Google.ca"). The ruling was handed down despite Google's protestations that the court has no jurisdiction over Google locally or in the United States. Happy reading! "A B.C. Supreme Court decision ordering Google to block a company’s websites from its search engine results around the globe could have even more sweeping implications than Europe’s so-called “right to be forgotten” ruling, according to Internet legal experts. In the case of Equustek Solutions Inc. v. Jack, the court granted an interim injunction ordering Google to block websites associated with a company selling products in contravention of court orders. Google is appealing the decision, which was released Frida...

J oaquin Almunia's circular picture is probably hanging in Google's EU Headquarter with a dart in the center of his nose... with the eyes the next potential target... More than two years ago, in November 2010, the European Commission  decided to open an antitrust investigation into allegations that the Internet giant has abused a dominant position in online search (in violation of Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union). Its core role is the regulation of monopolies. Although dominance alone is not an abuse, a company in a dominant position has a special responsibility to ensure that its conduct does not impair the competition. As of March 2013, in Europe , Google controlled 93% of the search engine market, over 97% of mobile search and 87% of search advertising revenue [1] . Even though I am a lawyer and I am not supposed to understand numbers (that's for engineers), it looks like Google nailed all the competit...