14 DAY TRIAL // Because Google is the most well known company on the Internet, there are a lot of small firms looking for money and popularity and which sue the search giant based on several complaints. ServersCheck BVBA from Leuven, Belgium, is just one of the examples because the company sued Google for its suggest feature included in the search technology. ServersCheck accused the search giant because this useful function of the search engine can send the users to the pirated version of their solutions.
"A Belgian court handed a victory to Google this week, declaring that the search engine was not liable for helping hackers find tools to break into software. A lawsuit filed by ServersCheck BVBA, based in Leuven, Belgium, charged that Google's Suggest feature could drive users who were interested in their network monitoring software to pirated versions," GoogleWatch reported.
The important aspect of this lawsuit is represented by the damages required by ServersCheck because the company claimed the Suggest feature of Google Search cost them $134.000 as the same publication mentioned. Although the damages are quite impressive, ServersCheck said there are not seeking for financial damages from Google.
Finally, a lawsuit won by Google! In the recent period, the search giant was assaulted by an impressive number of lawsuits filed against multiple products developed by the company. Take the example of YouTube, the online video sharing service that was the main cause for the complaints recorded by Google. As you surely know, the company was sued several times for the content published on the page, numerous companies sustaining YouTube uploaded videos without authorization. The entire anti-Google lawsuits mania was ended by Viacom, the owner of MTV and Comedy Central that ordered YouTube to remove almost 100.000 clips from the page and then sued it for uploading videos without approval.