Google to fight Spanish demands

Google will this week challenge a Spanish demand to remove links to articles in newspapers, including El Pa'is, and official gazettes, that the subjects have complained breach their privacy, writes the Guardian.

The technology giant has been ordered to remove almost 100 online articles from its search listings by Spain's data protection authority, which Google warns would have a "profound, chilling effect" on freedom of expression.

Google will challenge the orders in a Madrid court, the outcome of which could set a controversial new precedent for Internet publishing in Spain.

Mobile handset maker Sony Ericsson is suing wireless broadband provider Clearwire for trademark infringement, states CNet.

In a lawsuit filed in US district court in Virginia, Sony Ericsson said Clearwire's green and white swirl logo is confusingly similar to its own green and white swirl logo.

Sony Ericsson said it became aware of Clearwire's plans to use a similar logo in late 2009. And in January 2010 it contacted Clearwire to express its protest. Clearwire is building a nationwide wireless broadband network using the technology called WiMax.

All documents related to cases filed with the Nevada Supreme Court are now available to the public through its Web site, officials said, reports RGJ.com.

The move made Nevada one of the few appellate courts in the US to offer the public access to records at no cost, says chief justice Michael Douglas.

“This is an example of the Nevada Supreme Court's continued commitment to openness, transparency and public access,” Douglas said in a statement.