You can rely upon what is known as a "common law trademark," which you acquire merely by using, exclusively, your trademark in commerce. Over time, you develop rights in your common law trademark, which will allow you to file Internet domain name...
Since Internet advertising is fairly new, there's not a lot of case law on trademark use in search engine advertising. Trademark Law in the U.S. Trademark rights begin when you first use the mark in commerce -- for example, the date you start to...
Utah's Misguided Trademark Protection Act Kate Kaye at ClickZ.com is reporting that the Utah House has passed H.B.which is another law the state is considering to regulate keywords advertising. The Senate has until Thursday to pass the law, as Utah...
Utah Trademark Protection Act Dying a Slow Death, Technology & Marketing Law One smart way to do this is to leverage the search engines, naturally. Make the Search Engines Find Your Web Site, bMighty While these communities get the label of "micro...
Utah Trademark Protection Act Dying a Slow Death, Technology & Marketing Law Make the Search Engines Find Your Web Site, bMighty Want a snapshot of the day's search marketing news? Here we've collected today's top news stories posted to the Search...
Educate yourself on trademark law and ongoing trademark issues. One unexpected, but very likely side effect of going to court over trademark infringement, is that it can also open your own trademark properties and activities up to scrutiny.Eric...
In a two-part SearchDay series, "Trademark Law – What Search Marketers Should Know, Part 1" and "Trademark Law – What Search Marketers Should Know, Part 2," we look at the guidelines that search marketers should be aware of, both to protect your...
With a growing number of trademark infringement lawsuits against search engines, and a general ignorance by state and federal legislators on the true application of trademark law itself, few legal guidelines are currently in place for search...
It's also important for an attorney to interpret the results of a trademark search, which I strongly advise clients to do: get a trademark search done before they fall in love with or marry a trademark.
So I would say that we both have growth, and not enough growth in the copyright and trademark area with respect to some off these boundaries of the law. Under trademark law, that is a significant number.
Walton is a lawyer focused on Internet and intellectual property law, including copyright and trademark issues. He is a member of the Nevada Bar, International Trademark Association, and American Intellectual Property Law Association.
People need to understand that for most Web site content on the Internet– original articles, text, videos, music, images, etc.somebody probably owns the copyright to that content.explains Clarke Walton, trademark attorney for the Walton Law Firm...
An Old Trademark Suit is Settled in Google's Favor, ClickZ Videos: Internet Law with John W. Facebook Profiles to Become SearchableFacebook is opening up its user profiles to be crawled by search engines, allowing limited information to be...
American Airlines Suing Google Over Trademark ViolationSeems American Airlines has not read about previous law suits over trademark terms as keywords. American Airlines Files Trademark Infringement Case Against Google, ClickZ reasons not to read my...
American Airlines Suing Google Over Trademark ViolationSeems American Airlines has not read about previous law suits over trademark terms as keywords. Golf Course Search Engine Helps Find Your Way Out of the RoughI see a time when many such engines...
Microsoft adCenter Clarifies Trademark Policy and Dynamic Parameters, Search Engine Roundtable Law.com launches vertical search engineLaw.com Quest is a search engine focused on the searching of legal documents.
Paid Search, Trademark Legalities and Liability -- Oh My! Utah Legislators Doing Research -- After They Passed the LawAfter passing a misguided Trademark Protection Act that will ban advertisers from using the trademarked terms of their competitors...
Utah Legislators Doing Research -- After They Passed the LawAfter passing a misguided Trademark Protection Act that will ban advertisers from using the trademarked terms of their competitors to target ads to Utah users, Utah legislators are now...
Utah's Misguided Trademark Protection Act Last week, technology law blogger Eric Goldman reported on a new law banning keyword advertising in Utah. Technology law logger Eric Goldman says the law is 'likely to be overturned', however, after living...
Utah's Misguided Trademark Protection ActOver at ClickZ, Kate Kaye has done some digging, and provides a fantastic run-down of the events leading up to the law's passage, the motives of Sen. An Interview with a Google Custom Search EngineerEric...
