PeopleBrowsr's Case Against Twitter to Remain in Superior Court
Twitter's request to move Peoplebrowsr’s case against the company from state court to federal court has been denied. Today, Federal District Court Judge Edward Chen ruled that the rest of the case will play out in San Francisco Superior Court. In addition, Twitter will pay "reasonable costs and expenses" to PeopleBrowsr, which includes attorneys fees.
Twitter’s request to move Peoplebrowsr’s case against the company from state court to federal court has been denied.
Today, Federal District Court Judge Edward Chen ruled that the rest of the case will play out in San Francisco Superior Court. In addition, Twitter will pay “reasonable costs and expenses” to PeopleBrowsr, which include attorneys fees.
PeopleBrowsr’s business relies on full access to Twitter’s data stream, or firehose, of tweets to provide insights to its clients. After creating channel resyndication partnerhips with three third parties: Gnip, Datasift, and Topsy; Twitter planned to limit PeopleBrowsr ‘s access to partial data, noting that its original contract with the company had expired.
PeopleBrowsr won
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