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Search Engine Watch
May 19, 2004
Patricia Hursh |
Search Engines Turning Trademark Law Upside Down Search engines, most notably Google, are pushing the limits of trademark law, allowing anyone to use these protected marks in advertising. Some trademark owners are fighting back.   |
Search Engine Watch
October 17, 2007
Grant Crowell |
Trademark Law - What Search Marketers Should Know, Part 1 Since search became monetized, trademarks have been a front-and-center issue. Today, with the proliferation of paid and organic search listings, search and trademarks have fed off of one another to become a growing dilemma for search engines and advertisers alike. |
Search Engine Watch
April 15, 2004
Jeffrey Rohrs |
Google Drops Restrictions on AdWords; Amazon's A9 Launches Google has unveiled new AdWords policy disclaiming any responsibility to monitor or restrict keywords for ads served within the U.S. and Canada... Amazon.com's separately branded and operated subsidiary has launched a beta version of its web search site... |
Search Engine Watch
October 4, 2007
Grant Crowell |
Search and the Law: Attorney Deborah Wilcox Deborah Wilcox, co-chair of a national intellectual property litigation practice, discusses changes in attitudes toward online intellectual property, the challenges courts face in litigating online IP and trademark cases, and consumer confusion over search ads. |
Search Engine Watch
October 3, 2007
Grant Crowell |
Search and the Law: Attorney Clarke Douglas Walton Clarke Douglas Walton, an attorney and former VP of an SEM firm, discusses trademark usage in PPC advertising, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and future legal issues on the horizon for search marketers. |
Search Engine Watch
October 20, 2005
Grant Crowell |
Copyrights, Trademarks and Search Engines Web site owners must be on constant guard with copyrighted and trademarked materials, both to make sure competitors don't 'borrow' content and to avoid provoking search engines in legal gray areas. |
Search Engine Watch
October 18, 2007
Grant Crowell |
Trademark Law - What Search Marketers Should Know, Part 2 Important tips and tactics used by online intellectual property attorneys and legal counsels for search engines, for both protecting trademark material and respecting the trademarks of others. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
November 1, 2006
Cook & Witten |
Legal: Keyword: "Infringement?" Google and other search engines sell pharma companies' trademarks as keyword search terms. Seems okay. If not for one thing: Guess who's buying? Your direct competitors. |
Information Today
October 2005
David Mirchin |
Google Wins U.S. Keyword Case Can Google or other search engines sell keywords registered as trademarks? |
InternetNews
April 26, 2004
Susan Kuchinskas |
Amid Googlemania, Another Trademark Suit AXA, an international insurance and asset management company, is suing Google for trademark infringement in a French court. The suit arises from the search provider's AdWords pay-per-click advertising service that lets marketers pay to have their ads show up when someone searches for a specific term. |
Search Engine Watch
September 8, 2004
Greg Jarboe |
Trademark vs. Search: Do you Soo...gle? Does Geico's trademark lawsuit against Google have merit? How will the case be argued? What's the likely outcome of the trial? How will it impact the search community? A mock court of trademark experts weighs in with their verdict. |
Search Engine Watch
January 13, 2011
Grant Crowell |
5 AdWords Tips for Monitoring Your Trademarks -- A Client's Success Story Some valuable legal information that every search marketer, and especially those advertising using Google AdWords, should pay attention to. |
InternetNews
August 17, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Skies Aren't So Friendly For Google American Airlines sues Google to get the company to stop selling keyword-based sponsored search results tied to any of its trademarks and is seeking punitive damages over the alleged infringement. |
Search Engine Watch
February 4, 2002
Danny Sullivan |
Lawsuit Over Paid Placements To Define Search Engines A new chapter in search engine law was opened last week, when Mark Nutritionals filed lawsuits seeking $440 million in damages for alleged trademark infringement and unfair competition against AltaVista, FindWhat, Kanoodle and Overture... |
AskMen.com
Jim Bauer |
How To: Register A Trademark If you're in business (even if it's a small, part-time operation) or you have an idea for a product, then chances are that at least part of what makes your operation unique can be protected under trademark law. |
Search Engine Watch
September 25, 2006
Catherine Seda |
Compare & Contrast: Search Ad Program Strategies Google, Microsoft and Yahoo's pay-per-click (PPC) programs are similar, but each have unique features that require different campaign tactics to use effectively. How do you get the maximum advantage from each program? |
Inc.
March 2005
Lora Kolodny |
Does Google Enable Trademark Infringement? Are the Google lads up to no good? Lawsuits that charge search engines with trademark infringement could upend online advertising... |
InternetNews
January 29, 2004
Janis Mara |
Google Sued For Trademark Infringement American Blind says Google's sale of its brand name as a keyword is trademark infringement. |
Search Engine Watch
February 23, 2005
Grant Crowell |
Search Engines and Legal Issues A competitor is running a search engine ad with your trademarked brand name. Another has copied your web site without permission. You suspect another of driving up your advertising costs through click fraud. What are your legal options? |
Search Engine Watch
October 19, 2009
Ron Jones |
Internet Law 101, Part 1 The basics of trademark law and some guidelines on the proper use of testimonials and endorsements. |
InternetNews
August 18, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Google Uses Blog to Spin Court Decision After a court case ruling that other insurance companies' ads could appear when searching for Geico on Google, Google officials posted a blog entry supporting the judgement. |
Search Engine Watch
October 29, 2008
Kevin Ryan |
Search Trademark Hobby Kit Who owns the trademark when it comes to search? A lot of angry litigation stems from the huge dollars that big brands measure from clicks on their trademarked terms in search results. Are they simply misunderstanding the search realm and buying funnel? |
Entrepreneur
September 2004
Catherine Seda |
In Hot Water? Take a closer look at your marketing materials, or you may get burned -- especially by client testimonials, fulfillment promises and other company's trademarks. |
Entrepreneur
May 2007
Catherine Seda |
Not So Fast . . . Don't just throw more money at pay-per-click - make it work for you. |
InternetNews
July 28, 2004
Susan Kuchinskas |
Google's Ad Technology Tussle Marching headlong into the public arena, Google is wrangling over ad technology -- and words -- in a patent suit with Overture. |
Search Engine Watch
March 30, 2006
Sara Holoubek |
Trademark Protection, Copyright and Search Engines What do you do when someone is playing fast and loose with your intellectual property online? A panel of legal experts offer suggestions for a range of potential scenarios. |
Entrepreneur
June 2004
Catherine Seda |
Taken Out of Context? You might be part of a contextual ad program without even knowing it. Visit the search engines' sites to learn more about contextual advertising and how to manage it. |
Search Engine Watch
May 6, 2002
Danny Sullivan |
Overture Files Patent Lawsuit Against Google Overture filed a lawsuit against Google last month, claiming that Google has infringed on its patents that apply to bid-for-placement search ranking and for account management tools... |
Search Engine Watch
June 23, 2004
Dana Todd |
Use Caution when Going Broad with Overture and Google Running a pay-per-click (PPC) campaign on Google and Overture can get complicated, especially now that both networks offer different types of keyword matching options when placing bids. Here's how to avoid trouble and maximize your campaign's effectiveness. |
InternetNews
September 4, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Google To Pay Nothing in Keyword 'Sucker's Bet' Google will not pay American Blind & Wallpaper Factory any fee after settling a suit over its Adwords trademark policy. |
The Motley Fool
May 19, 2004
Matt Logan |
Google's Searching for Trouble Geico is suing Google and Overture, alleging trademark infringement. |
InternetNews
March 31, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Google Takes Hit in U.S. Trademark Case Court ruling means American Blind & Wallpaper Factory trademark suit over keyword-based ads can proceed. |
Search Engine Watch
May 10, 2005
Grant Crowell |
Click Fraud: A Legal Look Click fraud is a growing concern among search engine marketers, but who ultimately is to blame? Perhaps more importantly, what's being done to address this increasingly contentious issue? |
InternetNews
April 18, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Google Versus Froogles Redux Google files a trademark infringement suit against the operator of the relatively tiny Froogles.com. |
Search Engine Watch
June 4, 2008
Kevin Ryan |
Who Owns the Brand? For a whole lot of really good reasons, brands (particularly those with resellers) maintain an ongoing battle to protect their brands. And in the online world, they want to hold search engines accountable. |
Search Engine Watch
February 20, 2002
Danny Sullivan |
Legal Rulings On Image Search & Meta Tags In the right circumstances, image search engines don't violate copyright and using another company's trademarks in meta tags isn't infringement, two separate court cases have found... |
Search Engine Watch
October 9, 2007
Grant Crowell |
Search and the Law: Professor Eric Goldman Eric Goldman discusses self-service IP enforcement, current search engine lawsuits, and the future of search engine law. |
Search Engine Watch
July 25, 2008
Frank Watson |
Trademarked Terms: Guaranteed Conversions, Guaranteed Controversy To buy or not to buy trademarked competitor keywords. That's the question search marketers face when tempted with high-converting competitor brand terms. |
Search Engine Watch
April 22, 2004
Chris Sherman |
Mastering Search Engine Advertising Buying your way to the top of search results may seem easy, but managing an effective search engine advertising campaign requires a thoughtful approach. Here are some recommendations from a new book, Search Engine Advertising. |
The Motley Fool
July 13, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Google Down, Down Under Australians try to tame the giant. Advertising under trademarked keywords -- such as a rival company's name -- has been a thorn in Google's side before. The practice has been upheld domestically, but tighter laws in other countries do not offer that kind of sponsorship flexibility. |
Search Engine Watch
August 17, 2004
Shari Thurow |
Search Engines and Competitive Research Search engines can tell you a lot about your competition, if you know what to look for. A panel of experts offers tips on profiling your competition and their online marketing efforts. |
Entrepreneur
September 2005
Paul & Sarah Edwards |
Protecting Your Trademark Here are some things you can do to keep another company from stealing your pending trademarked name -- without spending a dime. |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Is Google Un-American? Google and American Airlines parent AMR get into a war of words. Keywords, that is. This may seem like little more than a passing story, but there are serious implications here for the search industry. |
Search Engine Watch
March 4, 2003
Danny Sullivan |
Google Acts To Protect Trademark Google's first publicized action to protect its trademark from being transformed into a generic word has occurred. |
AFP eWire
December 1, 2008
Lynch & Habig |
Helpful Tips on Search Engine Advertising You're hoping to get a flood of visitors (a.k.a. prospective donors) to your brand new website, and jumpstart your online fundraising program. Have you thought of buying search engine ads? |
Search Engine Watch
September 2, 2003
Danny Sullivan |
The Search Engine Report Search Engine Watch News... SES Dates For 2004 Set... Search Engine Size Wars IV & Google's Supplemental Index |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
A Search for Google's Success Turns Up Two Words: Trust and Technology With a combination of top-quality search service and high credibility among users, Google offers some valuable business lessons - not just for search engines but for other types of Internet services as well... |
InternetNews
July 26, 2004
Susan Kuchinskas |
Of Boobles, Froogles and Googles IPO impending, Google goes after those making money on its good name. Let the trademark battles begin. |
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2009
Tim Beyers |
Google Turns to the Dark Side Despite virulent criticism, Google plans to allow firms to bid for the trade names of their competitors as advertising keywords. |
Search Engine Watch
March 4, 2002
Danny Sullivan |
Up Close With Google AdWords Forget the hype about what the new cost-per-click AdWords program means for Google, in terms of competing with Overture. What's in the program for advertisers, and how does the cost per click pricing fit in with the existing cost per impression ads? Let's take a look... |
