This case was also dismissed, with the court finding her name wasn't protected under the LanhamAct. Beverly Stayart is now 0-3 trying to sue search engines for vanity search results. Last week her case against Google for the search suggestion [bev...
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Beverly Stayart argued that the results were a false endorsement under the LanhamAct. Today's Top Story: Google Plans Micropayment Platform for Publishers with Paid Content Posted by Nathania Johnson Sep 11, 2009 Newspaper publishers and other...
Beverly Stayart argued that the results were a false endorsement under the LanhamAct. This past February, a woman who was none too pleased with the search results for her name sued Yahoo! The court has now dismissed her lawsuit, but since part of...
Today, we're thinking of keyword suggestion tools and the nature of search advertising as it applies to protection offered by case law and the LanhamAct. When President Harry Truman signed the LanhamAct into law in 1946, I'm fairly certain he...
Adding more confusion to the case law surrounding trademark issues and search advertising, a Sixth Circuit federal court in Kentucky found that keyword advertising is a "trademark use in commerce" under the LanhamAct.
Google opted for "false advertising" claims against Stoller under the LanhamAct, but it may be troublesome for Google to prove that it has standing to bring those charges, since it's not in the trademark-licensing business.