Report: French book publisher to sue Google
A French publishing group is suing Google for "counterfeiting and breach of intellectual property rights" over its controversial book scanning and digitization project, the Agence France-Presse news agency reported Tuesday.
The suit, to be filed in a Paris court, is being brought by La Martiniere, which owns publishers Le Seuil in France, Delachaux and Niestle in Switzerland, and Harry N. Abrams in the United States, the AFP said.
In a statement, Google said the lawsuit was without merit and that it would contest it in court.
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