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Legal Eye: Google declares trademark open season
Comment This month Google changed its policy on selling keyword search terms containing trademarks. As of the beginning of this month Google will no longer police the unauthorised use of trademarks in any new keyword purchases. [30 Apr 2008]
Google under pressure as keyword lawsuit gets the nod
News Eric Goldman, assistant professor of law at Marquette University Law School, wrote on his blog on Wednesday: "This case offers the first solid data point [in the US] that buying competitors' trademarks as keywords.could constitute trademark... [30 Mar 2006]
iTunes 'cybersquatter' takes Apple name battle to High Court
News Nominet-appointed expert Claire Milne ruled the registration took "unfair advantage" of Apple's trademarks and decided "on the balance of probabilities, I find the domain name.is an abusive registration on the grounds of its use in a manner taking... [29 Mar 2005]
Google gets French lesson in trademarks
News A French court has ruled that Google must refrain from using the trademarks of European resort chain Le Meridian Hotels and Resorts to trigger keyword ads. On 16 December, a Nanterre court in France ruled that Google infringed on the trademarks of... [21 Jan 2005]
Lindows vs Microsoft spat hits new turf
News The Microsoft representative said Microsoft must protect its trademarks to retain them. The judge also recently ruled in Lindows' favour in declaring that the jury must consider use of the term "windows" around the time the trademark was granted. [20 Feb 2004]
5 years ago... Corporate giants win domain name case
News The judge ruled yesterday that brands such as BT have become so well known they must be treated as trademarks. 24.07.98 The UK Court of Appeal has quashed two men's attempts to register the brand names of major businesses as web domains. [24 Jul 2003]
PwC loses PwC.com
News The ruling came despite WIPO accepting that PwC had registered a number of trademarks around the world covering the acronym. An arbitration panel for the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) ruled PwC had failed to prove that the... [27 May 2002]
Big brands get online legal backing
News A US appeals court has ruled that companies who use their rivals' trademarks in Web addresses or meta tags can be sued for trademark infringement. The court ruled that Brookfield's trademark registration outranked West Coast's domain name... [26 Apr 1999]
Corporate giants win domain name case
News The judge ruled yesterday that brands such as BT had become so well known they must be treated as trademarks. The UK Court of Appeal has quashed two men's attempts to register the brand names of major businesses as Web domains. [24 Jul 1998]
