Google Takes Offense, Takes Offensive (for a change)
According to Search Engine Journal, perennial trademark infringement defendant Google has filed suit against Froogles.com, an online shopping site. The New York federal complaint is... Read more
Lawyer Ron Coleman on brands, the Internet & free speech
According to Search Engine Journal, perennial trademark infringement defendant Google has filed suit against Froogles.com, an online shopping site. The New York federal complaint is... Read more
Didn’t you wonder how it could be that, so late in the game, Google could have a cool name like G-Mail in its pocket ready... Read more
In which Myq Kaplan searches for a way to understand how — the dark arts of product placement notwithstanding and with all due respect for... Read more
Posted on September 7, 2008. Well, maybe we’ve been too hard on the Democrats here at LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®. Perhaps unlike the GOP, they’ve got... Read more
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
Google Copyright Blog. Worth checking out. Especially now that they’ve blogrolled us, okay. But the concept is worth keeping note of. I know I will. ... Read more
Slashdot reports: It appears that CBS and Fox have submitted DMCA takedown notices to YouTube for videos from the McCain campaign. The campaign is now... Read more
Gevald. It’s all Google, all the time here! Via Instapundit — now this! Google’s secretive and politically — well, incorrect, actually — news and ad... Read more
Reuters “news service” reports that “Agence France Presse has sued Google Inc. (GOOG), alleging the Web search leader includes AFP’s photos, news headlines and stories... Read more
It had to happen — another piece of territory now being rented out in the Lanham-Act-as-competition-buster industry: A new service has announced that it will... Read more
Robert Scoble asks, “What happens after Google loses?”: Viacom wants to play “force folks to play on our turf.” Does the Internet reward that kind... Read more
Reuters reports: A parental advice Internet site has sued Google Inc., charging it unfairly deprived the company of customers by downgrading its search-result ranking without... Read more
I raised questions about the Google Books settlement ages ago. Now some of them have been answered, and Judge Denny Chin’s answer is “no”: While... Read more
It’s two posts in one (I like to pull that off when I can), not even counting this one: Mike Masnick on Eric Goldman on... Read more