- $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-D ...
- 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 A ...
- 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 th ...
- 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 ...
- 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 antitru ...
- 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 h ...
- 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 comm ...
- 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 ...
- '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 "Reac ...
- 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 resul ...
- 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 wo ...
- 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, ...
- 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 t ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 w ...
- 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 ...
- 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 Lighthou ...
- 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 u ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 th ...
- 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 devis ...
- 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 busines ...
- 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 ...
- Amazon Sues Over Fake Reviews
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 9, 2015
For the first time in its 20-year history, Amazon has sued operato ...
- 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 perpetrati ...
- Brands Lose Up To 60K Visitors Monthly From Search Trademark Use, Bidding
SearchBlog, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, March 12, 2015
In the Consumer Finance industry, the estimated traffic loss for a typic ...
- Oregon Jewelry Store Sues Flash Sale Site Over Rights To 'Gilt' Name
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 17, 2014
The owner of an Oregon-based jewelry and accessories store named Gilt ...
- Judge Sides With Google In Domain Name Dispute
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 12, 2014
People might use the word "google" as a verb, but Google sti ...