Tech Law: EU Needles Intel but Clears Google, Eminem and Apple Suit, More

A look at highlights of the past week in the high tech legal world: courts, regulation, and lawsuits.

EU on Intel sales tactics -- Intel has said that the EU had misinterpreted testimony when levying that nearly $1.5 billion fine for antitrust. So the EU shot back, releasing email snippets suggesting that Intel pressured buyers to avoid AMD. [Source: AP]

Facebook snuffs out Beacon -- As part of settlement of a lawsuit over its Beacon marketing program, Facebook shut the system down. [Source: AP]

Lawsuit tries new copyright approach -- A lawsuit targeting Scribd is asserting that the company is infringing copyright by allowing people to upload someone else's copyrighted material which it then keeps perpetually in a filtering system. [Source: Wired]

EU clears Google in selling ads against trademarks -- The EU has said that Google can sell keyword search terms that are actually protected by trademarks. [Source: Bloomberg]

SpeedTrack after online retailers for patent infringement -- SpeedTrack is suing a slew of online retailers, including Amazon, Best Buy, Overstock.com, and Costco, for infringing a patent that it says governs how companies can let customers find products on their web sites. [Source: TechCrunch]

Eminem and Apple ready for a throwdown -- The publisher of Eminem has gone to trial with apple over royalties from iTunes sales. [Source: AppleInsider]

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