Google LLC v. NAO Tsargrad Media

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 GOOGLE LLC, Case No. 5:24-cv-05423-EJD

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART

MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY

v. INJUNCTION

NAO TSARGRAD MEDIA, et al., Re: ECF No. 41 Defendants.

In 2020, Plaintiff Google LLC terminated the Google Account associated with Defendant NAO Tsargrad Media, a Russian media company. According to Google, it terminated Tsargrad’s account to comply with U.S. sanctions law and to enforce its own internal policies. Tsargrad responded by filing suit against Google in Russian court, alleging that the account termination violated Google’s Terms of Service (the Google Terms). Tsargrad won a judgment against Google in that lawsuit, but in the process, Tsargrad allegedly violated the Google Terms’ forum selection clause. Based on that alleged violation, Google now moves to enjoin Tsargrad from enforcing its Russian judgment anywhere in the world. The Court finds that…