- Google Can Keep Trademark, Court Says
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Google has a valid trademark in its name, although people use the word "google" as a verb, an appellate panel said Tuesday. ...
- Tipsy Elves Sues Rival Over Google Ads
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, May 5, 2017
Tipsy Elves, which secured funding after appearing on Shark Tank in 2013, has sued rival company Ugly Christmas Sweater over its search ads. ...
- Contact Lens Seller Harmed Search Engines And Consumers, Government Argues
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Monday, April 10, 2017
Consumers will "settle for whatever price is offered by 1-800 Contacts" if it's the only advertiser in the search results, the FTC argues. ...
- $50M Trademark Lawsuit Filed By Run-DMC On Amazon, Wal-Mart
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, December 30, 2016
Trademark infringement can cost brands millions. Perhaps that is why Former Run-DMC hip-hop musician Darryl McDaniels filed a lawsuit against some of the biggest retailers in the world. ...
- They May Be Limited: Creston Files Suit Over Name Of New McD's Agency
MAD, Steve McClellan - Friday, December 9, 2016
Several weeks ago Omnicom and DDB unveiled their new agency, We Are Unlimited, which is dedicated to the U.S. McDonald's account, which Omnicom won after a formal review this summe ...
- Amazon Sues Sellers Over Knockoffs
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Taking aim at counterfeiters, Amazon has filed two lawsuits against retailers that allegedly sell knockoffs through Amazon's platform. ...
- Apple Sues Over Counterfeit iPhone Chargers
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Apple has sued Mobile Star for allegedly infringing on Apple's trademarks by selling counterfeit iPhone chargers and adapters on Amazon. Apple says that almost 90% of iPhone accessories available throu ...
- 1-800Contacts Hit With Class-Action Complaints Over Search Ads
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 18, 2016
In August, the FTC alleged that contact lens retailer 1-800Contacts violated antitrust laws by restricting rivals' search ads. Now, consumers are pursuing class-action complaints against the company. ...
- FTC Sues Contact Lens Seller For Restricting Rivals' Online Ads
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, August 8, 2016
Contact lens seller 1-800Contacts went too far in trying to control how its name is used in online ads, the FTC alleges in a new antitrust complaint. ...
- Trademark Lawsuit Filings In Decline
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, May 23, 2016
Chanel, Deckers, Tiffany, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, and Coach were the most common parties to "win relinquishment of a domain name" in cybersquatting cases this past year, according to data releas ...
- Judge Tosses Trademark Claims In 'Dirty Dancing' Ad Case
MAD, Steve McClellan - Monday, March 21, 2016
A Los Angeles Federal Judge has dismissed several trademark claims made by Lions Gate Entertainment against Havas Worldwide and client Ameritrade related to an ad campaign the defendants launched ...
- 'On Internet, There's Mob Waiting To Happen': Hank Green, Re Fine Bros
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Thursday, February 4, 2016
When the Fine Bros told fans they were trying to trademark "React" to protect their "React" videos, and encouraged other react-video makers to license with them, YouTube blew up ...
- Multi-Time Machine Wants To Take Amazon Battle To Supreme Court
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 29, 2016
Multi-Time Machine wants the Supreme Court to decide whether Amazon's search results infringe trademark by confusing consumers. ...
- Twitter Seeks To Trademark 'Subtweet'
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 4, 2015
Twitter has applied to trademark the word subtweet. "Used colloquially, the word refers to a tweet that refers to a specific person without using that person's twitter handle," The Ver ...
- In-N-Out Sues DoorDash Delivery Service
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, November 12, 2015
The West Coast burger chain In-N-Out is taking aim against DoorDash, a California-based startup that delivers takeout from restaurants and fast-food establishments in cities like San Francisco and New Y ...
- Pintrips Prevails In Fight With Pinterest Over Name
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 23, 2015
Pinterest has lost a trademark infringement lawsuit against Pintrips, which monitors the price of flights. U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam said that Pintrips has the fair use right to u ...
- Amazon's Search Results Don't Infringe Trademark, Court Says
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Siding with Amazon, a divided appellate court has ruled that the retailer's search engine doesn't infringe watch manufacturer Multi-Time Machine's trademark. ...
- Court Reverses Itself, Says Amazon's Search Results Don't Infringe Trademark
Raw, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Amazon doesn't infringe watch manufacturer Multi-Time Machine's trademark by returning links to different brands, like Luminox and Chase-Durer, in response to searches for Multi-Time Machine, a divided panel of t ...
- File Your Trademarks Or Let Your Competitors Drive Up Your CPCs
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Jonathan Kagan - Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Back in the good old days of search, when Quality Score was even more of a mystery than it is today, you couldn't bid on competitors' keywords in some engine ...
- Trump Threatens Cybersquatting Suit Against 'Donald Is Dumb' T-Shirt Vendor
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 25, 2015
Presidential hopeful Donald Trump has sicced his lawyer on the operator of the Web site StopTrump.us, which launched earlier this summer. ...
- Google Sues Search Engine Marketing Firm For False Advertising
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 17, 2015
Google has sued the search engine marketing and optimization company Local Lighthouse for allegedly misrepresenting to customers that it is affiliated with Google. ...
- Bing Calls Attention To Trademark Policy
SearchBlog, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, August 28, 2015
While it's ultimately the advertiser's responsibility to make certain that the use of keywords and ad content does not infringe or violate intellectual property rights, marketers need to understand wh ...
- Court Urged To Deny Amazon New Hearing In Battle Over Search Results
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, August 13, 2015
High-end watch manufacturer Multi-Time Machine is asking the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to reject Amazon's request for a new hearing in a dispute about its search results. ...
- Tech Companies Back Amazon In Fight Over Search Results
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Google, Twitter, Pinterest, eBay and Yahoo are teaming up to defend Amazon's ability to decide how to display search engine results. ...
- Amazon Draws Support In Battle Over Search Engine Results
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Digital rights groups Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public Citizen are warning that a recent court decision dealing with Amazon's search engine could have "wide-ranging ramifications" on free
speech online. ...
- Whoa, Baby - Havas Asks Court To Stop Lions Gate From Playing Dirty
MAD, Steve McClellan - Tuesday, June 30, 2015
From October 2014 until last April, TD Ameritrade ran a campaign devised by Havas Worldwide, featuring a man holding a piggy bank over his head with the tag line "Nobo ...
- Carpet Bombing: When Trademarks Do Harm
Garfield at Large, Bob Garfield - Tuesday, May 26, 2015
When intellectual property attorneys wedge themselves between the federal government and business, the billings and absurdity tend to run wild. Deep focus on the value of the trademark can resu ...
- RetailMeNot Accuses Mary Kay Of Trying To Suppress Free Speech
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, May 22, 2015
Mary Kay's recent lawsuit against coupon aggregator RetailMeNot marks an attempt to "stifle the free flow of online information," RetailMeNot says in court papers filed on Thursday. "Apparently, Mary K ...
- Amazon Sues Over Fake Reviews
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 9, 2015
For the first time in its 20-year history, Amazon has sued operators of Web sites that allegedly create and sell phony reviews. "A very small minority of sellers and manufacture ...
- Mary Kay Sues RetailMeNot Over 'Fraudulent' Coupons
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 16, 2015
Cosmetics company Mary Kay has sued coupon aggregator RetailMeNot for allegedly perpetrating a "fraudulent Mary Kay couponing scheme" by offering invalid discount codes. Mary Kay says it doesn't offer a ...
