Reuters: Technology News: U.S. court throws out Google digital books class status

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U.S. court throws out Google digital books class status Jul 1st 2013, 14:05 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Supreme Court justice denies bid to stop California gay marriages Sun, Jun 30 2013 Gay marriage opponents ask Supreme Court to reimpose California ban Sun, Jun 30 2013 Court lifts ban on gay marriage in California Fri, Jun 28 2013 Supreme Court declines to take up two more gay rights cases Thu, Jun 27 2013 Justices duck major ruling on affirmative action Mon, Jun 24 2013 Analysis & Opinion SEC move toward admissions of guilt may have only limited impact The inherent conflict for lawyers who oppose Supreme Court review An employee rides her bike past a logo next to the main entrance of the Google building in Zurich July 9, 2009. Credit: Reuters/Christian Hartmann Mon Jul 1, 2013 10:05am EDT (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Monday said a lawsuit against Google Inc's effort to create the world's largest digital books library should not have been allowed to proceed as a class action. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said Circuit Judge Denny Chin erred in prematurely certifying a class of authors, saying he should have first determined the merits of Google's "fair use" defense. It sent the case back to the trial court for consideration of fair use issues, and said a decision on whether to certify a class could be determined later. Chin sits on the 2nd Circuit, but began handling the case as a trial judge and kept jurisdiction after he was elevated to the 2nd Circuit. Monday's decision was issued by three of his colleagues on the 2nd Circuit. (Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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