After all, should Google only let trademark holders link ads to trademarks, you might find people
like Playboy's 1981 Playmate Of Year Terri Welles suing for the right to use a trademark to describe her products and services.
A judge refused to grant an injunction against Terri Welles, Playboy's 1981 Playmate of the Year, to prevent her from using terms such as "Playmate" and "Playboy" on her web pages and within her meta tags.
This is in fact the successful argument that Terri Welles, a former Playboy Playmate Of The Year, made for the right to use terms such as "Playboy" and "Playmate" on her page. When is it OK to use trademarks in a meta tags?
In her site's meta tags were some trademarked terms that belonged to Playboy: "Playboy, playmate, playmate of the year. Terry Welles was Playmate of the Year for Playboy in 1981. Playboy went through the trouble of a lawsuit because they had two...
Not all web searches utilizing the words 'Playboy,' 'Playmate,' and 'Playboy Playmate of the Year 1981' are intended to find 'Playboy' goods of the official 'Playboy' site. Welles' fame and recognition derive from her popularity as a Playboy model...
You may recall the case involving Playboy and Terri Welles, the 1981 Playmate of the Year. Not all web searches utilizing the words 'Playboy,' 'Playmate,' and 'Playboy Playmate of the Year 1981' are intended to find 'Playboy' goods of the official...
You may recall the case involving Playboy and Terri Welles, the 1981 Playmate of the Year. Not all web searches utilizing the words 'Playboy,' 'Playmate,' and 'Playboy Playmate of the Year 1981' are intended to find 'Playboy' goods of the official...
In January, Playboy sued Excite for selling banner ads that appeared in response to searches for "playboy" and "playmate. Search Engine Briefs + Search Within, Text-Only Features At HotBot + Northern Light Adds Clustering + Playboy Loses In Excite...
In January, Playboy sued Excite for selling banner ads that appeared in response to searches for "playboy" and "playmate. Search Engine Briefs + Search Within, Text-Only Features At HotBot + Northern Light Adds Clustering + Playboy Loses In Excite...
In January, Playboy sued Excite for selling banner ads that appeared in response to searches for "playboy" and "playmate. Playboy Loses In Excite Banner Dispute In the Playboy case, the US District Court apparently ruled that the disputed terms...
A US court recently upheld the right for a former Playboy Playmate of the Year to use trademarked terms in her web site's meta tags, in order to properly classify the site with search engines. The key difference with the case Playboy filed against...