Stateside, a U.S.second circuit court of appeals panel overturned a judgment in YouTube’s favor in April this year, reinstating a $1 billion lawsuit against Google by media giant Viacom. All that is left of the Viacom lawsuit that began as a...
Rosetta Stone’s trademark infringement lawsuit against Google, first filed in 2009 and dismissed by a Virginia court in August 2010, has been revived by a federal appeals court. A successful lawsuit in one country doesn’t necessarily mean global...
Yahoo has claimed victory in a $610 million lawsuit against a group of individuals it accused of operating a massive spam and fraud campaign. A U.S.district court in New York issued a ruling in favor of the company, ordering the defendants to pay...
Two adult entertainment companies have filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the operators of the .xxx top-level domain, and the administrator of the Domain Name System (DNS), alleging violations related to the controversial TLD, AVN reported.
Under the deal reported by The Wall Street Journal yesterday, Twitter will drop the lawsuit and Twittad will transfer the registered trademark of “tweet” to Twitter. Twitter has been trying to trademark “tweet” since April 2009; problem is, two...
Buying ads based on a competitor's name doesn't violate trademark law, a court has ruled, overturning a lawsuit over AdWords and adCenter ads displaying trademarked names. Don't have comparisons with trademark infringements.
But did you know that you can't bring a lawsuit to enforce that copyright without first registering it? Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA): In addition to transfer of disputed domains, trademark owners can also go after monetary...
Over time, you develop rights in your common law trademark, which will allow you to file Internet domain name arbitration complaint if someone registers your trademark in a domain name, or to actually file a trademark infringement lawsuit.
But the court found that did not apply to the lawsuit. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans rejected Yahoo's bid to move the trademark suit brought by American Airlines in a Texas court. The 5th U.S.
On the adult side, a lawsuit by an actress over the use of her name could determine the future use of brand names. Many people will be scurrying if this lawsuit decides there's a problem with that. MFA sites and affiliate marketing methods could...
Another recent entry into the world of search advertising litigation is the American Airlines lawsuit against Yahoo. Trademark litigation seems to be on a never-ending cycle. The suit is largely the same old story, third parties bid for positioning...
When American launched its lawsuit against Google last summer, I thought it was going to be just another lawsuit brought by a company that doesn't understand search marketing. The strategy by trademark owners seems to be finding a new argument and...
One amusing and telling example of this, shared by Goldman, is the trademark lawsuit and counter-suit between the companies Humble Abode and Buying for the Home. Here we cover important tips and tactics by online intellectual property attorneys and...
What are your thoughts on the Viacom lawsuit with Google (over its own copyright infringed content appearing throughout YouTube), and Google now changing its past position of claiming no responsibility to now taking proactive measures to prevent...
Speaking of bigger companies, there's the Viacom lawsuit with Google. So Viacom, and many others that have joined in the lawsuit since it has become a class-action lawsuit and these are now all consolidated cases, are saying that Google should be...
For that you have to actually file a lawsuit, which must be done through the courts. 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...
A while back I had a client that was involved in a class action lawsuit. Luckily, it is standard policy that all of our clients fill out a trademark violation form with all major search engines when they first sign up with us.
Won Keyword Trademark Lawsuit: Rescuecom v. To Subpoena Yahoo, Microsoft For Info To Help In It Book Scanning Lawsuit Specifically, the court said, "Defendant's internal use of plaintiff's trademark trigger sponsored links is not a use of a...
MercuryNews.com reported last week that Google won a major sponsored keyword trademark case against Rescuecom. Specifically, the court said, "Defendant's internal use of plaintiff's trademark trigger sponsored links is not a use of a trademark...
Google Jet Lawsuit Has Been Settled - The dispute with an aircraft designer over the Google founders' private jet has been settled.MORE” Subdomains Trademark Violations? Could a subdomain be deemed a trademark violation?
