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SUB-CATEGORIES:   Related Forum Threads (3) LINKS:  Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 [>>] Search Engines and Trademark Issues Date: 2003-12-22  Source: SearchDay The use of trademarked phrases in search engine marketing is controversial, with owners of protected marks at risk of misuse from both competitors and affiliates. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window] Google Asks Judge to Lay Down Trademark Law Date: 2003-12-08  Source: InternetNews.com Faced with the prospect of an ever-dwindling supply of sellable keywords, Google tries to draw a line in the shifting sands of trademark infringement. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window] Trademarks and SEM Date: 2003-12-05  Source: ClickZ Issues trademark holders may have with search engines and how to resolve them. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window] Google wants ruling on search trademark law Date: 2003-12-04  Source: News.com Aiming to pre-empt mounting complaints of trademark violations, the search company asks a court to rule on whether its keyword-advertising policy is legal. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window] Google's French Fracas Date: 2003-12-03  Source: ClickZ Trademark owners do have some serious and legitimate concerns about how words that are also their trademarks are sold. But it's a mistake to assume bidding on words that may also be trademarks is an open-and-shut case for trademark owners. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window] Google, Overture Limit Pharmacy Ads -- But Not In Free Listings Date: 2003-12-02  Source: Search Engine Report In just over a month, both major paid search providers Overture and Google have reacted to pressure to drop ads for unlicensed online pharmacies in the United States. But while the ads will be gone, the access to sites selling prescription medicines without proper approval will remain virtually unchanged. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window] Google Faces Fight Over Ads & Trademarks In France Date: 2003-11-05  Source: Search Engine Report Days after Google was fined by a French court for selling ads linked to the terms claimed as trademarks, news emerged that Louis Vuitton launched its own trademark-related action against Google. A look at some of the complicated issues involved. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window] Handbag maker Vuitton sues Google Date: 2003-10-24  Source: CNN Louis Vuitton SA is suing Google and its French subsidiary for trademark infringement in the wake of a landmark ruling that could force the popular Internet search engine to change the way it sells advertising. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window] French Trademark Ruling Could Have Far-Reaching Effects Date: 2003-10-19  Source: Traffick Google probably wishes that the courts would understand that both web search and advertising that appears near search results (and now content) can be designed so that its primary sorting mechanism is not keywords, but rather a "universe of meaning." [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window] LookSmart Class Action Lawsuit Settlement Proposed Date: 2003-09-15  Source: SearchDay A proposed settlement to a 2002 class action lawsuit against LookSmart will compensate customers who were required to accept a new commercial listings agreement to maintain inclusion in LookSmart's directory. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window] LookSmart Settles Class Action Date: 2003-09-13  Source: Search Engine News Blog Search company LookSmart Ltd has settled a class action lawsuit brought against them on behalf of customers who paid for site submission before the Directory converted to a paid listings model in April 2002. LookSmart has agreed to provide compensation to these customers in the form of cash payments and/or additional paid listings. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window] Google pulls links to Kazaa imitator Date: 2003-09-02  Source: News.com In response to a legal threat that invoked the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Google has removed from its index eight sites that distribute a hacked version of file-swapping service Kazaa. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window] Deep links are legal in Germany. Official Date: 2003-07-20  Source: The Register "The court stressed the importance of deep links for the internet and held that it is up to the plaintiffs to prevent deep links with technical measures, if they don't like them. The court did not answer the question if the circumvention of these measures would be illegal." [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window] Overture to a patent war? Date: 2003-07-18  Source: News.com Yahoo's acquisition of Overture could give it legal ammunition in its battle with Google. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window] Court backs thumbnail image linking Date: 2003-07-07  Source: News.com Search engines' display of miniature images is fair use under copyright law, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, but the legality of presenting full-size renditions of visual works is yet to be determined. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window] Google wins over SearchKing in PageRank case Date: 2003-06-02  Source: Pandia Last year Searchking sued Google for reducing the PageRank of may of its member sites. Now the court has dismissed the case. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window] Judge dismisses suit against Google Date: 2003-05-30  Source: News.com A federal judge this week granted Google's motion to dismiss a suit that alleged the company manipulated search results in its powerful Web index. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window] Search Engine Disclosure Ratings: May 2003 Date: 2003-05-30  Source: Search Engine Report Review of major search engines to see how well they are meeting FTC recommendations for disclosure of paid content. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window] Court draws a line for online privacy Date: 2003-05-12  Source: News.com By putting URL search terms into the area of protected content, the ruling means that law enforcement agencies would actually have to clear higher hurdles to obtain information about online searches, said Orrin Kerr, an associate professor at George Washington University Law School. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window] Taxes.com wins right to criticize rival Date: 2003-03-31  Source: News.com A California judge on Friday lifted a temporary ban on Taxes.com from displaying unfavorable but truthful information about its chief rival, J.K. Harris, which had complained that the practice interfered with its status in popular search engines. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window] Has Your Trademark Been Poached? Date: 2003-03-10  Source: ClickZ The increasingly popular practice of search-engine- keyword buying may hold some hidden hazards for your brand. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window] Local lawyers duke it out in cyber spat Date: 2003-02-05  Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The suit goes after Cabaniss for inserting Boyle's name in the "meta tag" of the Web address for Cabaniss' law practice. Meta tag is computer-geek speak for the list of keywords visible only to search engines that are used to identify the content of a Web site. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window] Google-Opoly: The Game No One but Google Can Play Date: 2003-01-29  Source: Slate The strange Google lawsuit over its page-ranking monopoly. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window] SearchKing Court Findings Confused? Date: 2003-01-27  Source: Search Engine Optimization Support Forums It would appear that the ruling the PageRank is an opinion is based on a misunderstood and confused interpretation of PageRank. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window] SearchKing update: preliminary injunction denied Date: 2003-01-24  Source: LawMeme The ruling is definitely a Google victory. In essence, Judge Miles- LaGrange adopted Google's overall view of the case. Crucially, she adopted Google's argument that its PageRanks are "opinions" protected under the First Amendment, rather than demonstrably false "facts." [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]   Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 [>>]