OpenAI Wins Defamation Case Over Inaccurate ChatGPT Output

The Superior Court of Gwinnett County, Georgia, issued a ruling,granting summary judgment in favor of OpenAI, the developer of the AI chatbot ChatGPT. The case involved Mark Walters, a nationally known radio host and Second Amendment advocate, who filed a defamation claim after ChatGPT generated a false statement suggesting he was involved in embezzlement. The court headed by Judge...

US Court Denies Apple's Motion To Dismiss Lawsuit Against Iphone Monopolization

The U.S District Court of New Jersey has denied Apple's motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by the U.S department of justice and attorneys general of several states, which accuses the company of violating Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act by monopolizing or attempting to monopolize the smartphone and high-performance smartphone markets. Judge Julien Xavier Neals found that the...

Delhi High Court Grants Exparte Injunction To Dazn india Against Websites Illegaly Streaming FIFA 25

The Delhi High court has granted ex parte dynamic injunction to DAZN Ltd.the official broadcasters of the FIFA World Cup 2025 against illegal streaming rogue website.A single bench of Justice Saurabh Banerjee has allowed immediate blocking of rogue websites following an ex-parte order Background The plaintiff, DAZN Ltd., is engaged in the business of offering live broadcasting...

US Supreme Court Allows Texas Law On Age Verification For Adult Sites

The US Supreme Court by a 6-3 majority has decided to uphold the HB1181 law that mandates age verification through governmental IDs while accessing adult websites.The law case pitted protecting the interest of children against harmful content against the concerns of violation of freedom of speech of adult.The majority opinion authored by Justice Clarence Thomas noted said Texas'...

Madras High Court Upholds Global Prior Use In MediaMonks Trademark Dispute

The Madras High Court has allowed a rectification petition for removal of trademark filed with the name "MEDIA MONK LABEL" and "MEDIA MONK" registered and being used by the respondent. The petition was filed by an international digital advertising company of the same name. The single bench of Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, allowing the petition, held that the party that uses the mark on...

Meta Wins Copyright Infringement Suit Against Training Llama AI

Meta has won a significant AI copyright lawsuit brought by 13 authors who alleged that the company trained its AI systems on their work without proper licensing or consent. Judge Vince Chhabria of the Northern District of California ruled in Meta's favor, observing that Meta's use of the works to train its AI model was transformative enough to be considered within the limits of the fair...

Payments Made To AWS For Cloud Computing Services Not Taxable: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that payments made to Amazon Web Services (AWS) for cloud computing services do not qualify as “royalty.” The bench, comprising Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Tejas Karia, upheld the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal's (ITAT) decision which held that such payments are not taxable as royalties or fees for technical services (FTS). The Court referred...

Florida Sues Snapchat Over Unlawful Conduct Of Addictive Features And Unlawful Access For Minors

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has initiated legal action against the operator of Snapchat, alleging violations of newly enacted H.B. 3—a statute intended to protect minors by restricting their access to certain social media platforms. Filed in the Circuit Court of Santa Rosa County, the complaint asserts that Snapchat unlawfully employs features designed to foster addiction...

Google Reaches Settlement with CCI Over Smart TV Operating System.

The Competition Commission of India has reached a settlement with Google for ₹20.24 crore over anti-competitive practices related to its operating system software. The Commission, headed by Chairperson Ravneet Kaur, considered the report submitted by the Director General and found that Google had imposed unfair conditions through agreements such as the Television App Distribution...

CCI Fines Digital Cinema Service Providers UFO Moviez And Qube Cinemas For Anti-Competitive Agreements

Competition Commission of India (CCI) has found cinema service providers UFO Moviez India Ltd. and Qube Cinemas in contravention of anti-competitive agreement provisions under the Competition Act, 2002. The violations involve tie-in arrangements, exclusive supply agreements, and refusal to deal with the CCI imposing a fine of ₹104.03 lakh on UFO Moviez and ₹165.8 lakh on Qube...

U.S. Court Finds Google Illegally Leveraged Its Ad Tech Monopoly To Coerce Advertisers And Suppress Competition In The Digital Advertising Market

A U.S. judge found that Google had abused its dominance in the digital marketing sector. The verdict, authored by District Judge Leonie Brinkema of the Eastern District Court of Virginia, declared that Google had held a market monopoly in the sector and had unlawfully tied its publisher ad server (DFP) with its ad exchange (AdX), forcing advertisers into coercive decision-making. The...

Meta Faces Antitrust Lawsuit Over Its Acquisitions Of Instagram And Whatsapp Amidst Broader Tech Industry Crackdown

Meta is facing its largest legal challenge to date as the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust case officially began on Monday(14.04.2025), with Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg taking the stand. This high-stakes trial is taking place in Washington, D.C., before U.S. District Judge James Boasberg. The U.S. antitrust agency Federal Trade Commission(FTC) alleged that Meta spent...