Ryanair and Expedia Settle Screen-Scraping Lawsuits on 2 Continents
Skift Take
Screen-scraping lawsuits are as old as the internet. We don't know if any money changed hands when Ryanair and Expedia settled lawsuits in the United States and Ireland, but what seems apparent is that Ryanair flights have gone missing on Expedia websites. Case(s) closed.
Ryanair and Expedia appear to have made peace — or at least they've settled lawsuits that the low-cost carrier filed more than two years ago against the online travel agency in Ireland and the United States.
Asked about the U.S. lawsuit, which was settled in Washington state in early August, Expedia Group spokesperson Sarah Waffle Gavin confirmed to Skift on Tuesday "the Irish action was part of the settlement and is in the process of being dismissed as well."
The lawsuit in a federal court in Washington was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be brought again. Terms of the
