GEICO Isn’t Good News for Google
Remember the GEICO v. Google case? My former law partner and long-time spouse Jane Coleman does. She’s writing a chapter on secondary trademark infringement liability for... Read more
Category: Keyword Advertising
Google, Geico Good to Go
Google and Geico have settled. Originally posted 2014-03-14 10:41:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
Apple not the Apple of TigerDirect’s Eye
Colin Samuels of the Infamy or Praise blog writes about the odd trademark lawsuit by Internet computer discounter TigerDirect.com, which is where the Coleman Law Firm PC gets almost all... Read more
Google adwords hell breaks loose. Yay!
The Google / ad words / trademarks story, long a mainstay of LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®, may end up needing a blog of its own, so... Read more
The target keeps moving on keyword advertising
Searchengineland: Eric Goldman reports that a US District Judge in Florida ordered an advertiser using a trademark term to use the negative keyword option, to... Read more
Not quite dead
The Google / Kinderstart suit was dismissed, with leave given to amend, in August. What sounds like oral argument regarding the amended complaint is being... Read more
Forward, into the past
Eric Goldman reports on a couple of cases that are doin’ the Time Warp — again: It’s not uncommon for courts to make judgments based... Read more
The key to the kingdom
Sooner a later, “the courts” are going to decide whether or not keyword advertising is a trademark infringement. Here’s the latest sortie taking off, via... Read more
Bring your discomfort bag (revised and expanded)
Technology & Marketing Law Blog: “The keyword advertising legal roller-coaster continues.” As someone who is on that thrill ride — at least partly on the... Read more
MoveOn.org giveth
But does it then taketh away? Wired reports: The left-leaning political advocacy group, MoveOn.org, is backing down in a flap over the use of its... Read more
Best of 2007: MoveOn.org giveth
Originally posted on October 15, 2007. But does it then taketh away? Wired reports: The left-leaning political advocacy group, MoveOn.org, is backing down in a... Read more
Best of 2011: Ninth Circuit. Keywords. Trademarks. Hike!
First posted on March 11, 2011. Here’s a roundup of what other people are saying about the decision in Network Automation, Inc. v. Advanced System... Read more
Google’s keyword policy shift has unsurprising effect
Lori Weiman of Search Engine Land reports: As you may know, Google recently loosened its policy in the USA related to the use of trademarks in ad... Read more
Errors and Omissions
Doubleday’s flack emails me about a new book called Errors and Omissions by Paul Goldstein, a law professor at Stanford who wrote an earlier book,... Read more