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Google Vs. Viacom - Federal Judge Rules 50-50

by Daisy Sarma - July 3, 2008 The ongoing legal battle between Google and Viacom over YouTube has resulted in a 50-50 situation for Google. The bad side of the deal for Google is that it has, as per the order of a federal judge, to turn over all YouTube user histories to Viacom; the good side is its search code and IP is safe. In a 25-page ruling Wednesday in New York, U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton ordered Google to hand over all user histories at YouTube to Google, quite a task considering Google says this figure could run into millions given the popularity of the website. Judge Stanton, however, also said Google did not have to hand over the search code to Viacom as the latter had not been able to come up with a good enough reason as to why Google should do this during the course of the trial. What this means that Google's trade secrets are essentially safe.

Full post as published by The Trade Secrets Vault on July 05, 2008 (boomark / email).