{"slug": "berlin-court-rules-google-s-ai-overviews-are-just-a-new-search-format-not", "title": "Berlin court rules Google's AI Overviews are just a new search format, not original content", "summary": "A Berlin court ruled that Google's AI Overviews are a new search result format, not original content, rejecting a perfume company's lawsuit over AI summaries linking its brand to cheaper knockoffs. The decision partly contradicts a Munich ruling that held Google liable for false AI responses.", "body_md": "A Berlin court has ruled that Google's AI-generated summaries are just a \"new search result format\" and that Google has no \"decisive influence\" over the content. A perfume company had sued because AI search displayed its brand names alongside cheaper knockoffs and linked to their websites. The ruling partly contradicts a recent Munich decision that held Google directly liable for false AI responses, though the two cases are quite different.\n\nThe article [Berlin court rules Google's AI Overviews are just a new search format, not original content](https://the-decoder.com/berlin-court-rules-googles-ai-overviews-are-just-a-new-search-format-not-original-content/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/berlin-court-rules-google-s-ai-overviews-are-just-a-new-search-format-not", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/berlin-court-rules-googles-ai-overviews-are-just-a-new-search-format-not-original-content/", "published_at": "2026-06-16 18:19:40+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-16 18:23:52.129405+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Google", "Berlin court", "Munich court"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/berlin-court-rules-google-s-ai-overviews-are-just-a-new-search-format-not", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/berlin-court-rules-google-s-ai-overviews-are-just-a-new-search-format-not.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/berlin-court-rules-google-s-ai-overviews-are-just-a-new-search-format-not.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/berlin-court-rules-google-s-ai-overviews-are-just-a-new-search-format-not.jsonld"}}