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Usage of Ad Words by a Competitor Does Not Amount to Trademark Infringement

Google AdWords have long been used by businesses to ensure that their business listings feature on top of the Google search results when the users search for particular terms (which have been bought by a business from...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2022 Decisions

As part of the recovery from the global COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit took steps to return to normal operations. It began requiring live oral arguments in August 2022 and, by November,...more

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Trademark and Copyright Cases to Watch in 2023

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It’s always good to start off the year with an overview of trademark and copyright cases to watch. This year, we have a couple of cases that we’ve previously discussed on our podcast The Briefing, when they were on appeal...more

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

Sale of Keyword Advertising Not a Basis for Georgia State Tort, Quasi-Contract, and Civil RICO Claims

On February 15, 2022, the Georgia Supreme Court held that the sale of one’s trade name in a keyword advertising service is not the theft of another’s trade name. In Edible IP, LLC v. Google, LLC, 313 Ga. 305, 2022 Ga. Lexis...more

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Gmail to Use Verified Trademark Logo Badges to Combat Email Scammers

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In the face of the ever-growing threat of cyberattacks disguised in emails from phishers, impostors and other increasingly sophisticated security scammers, Google has launched a tool to allow organizations to fight back by...more

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MarkIt to Market® - November 2020: Faux-cus: Google Takes Aim at the Counterfeit Industry

Why do most consumers prefer to purchase expensive goods in person? Do they value the trust factor of seeing and knowing what they are buying? Do they need to feel confident that the item is worth the price? As the pandemic...more

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MarkIt to Market® - November 2020

[co-author: Joseph Diorio, Law Clerk] The November 2020 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter discusses a rare failure-to-function refusal reversal at the TTAB, Google's efforts to combat counterfeit goods,...more

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update: German and French antitrust authorities examine effects of pricing algorithms on competition;...

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Algorithms Under EU Scrutiny - (“Algorithms might raise collusion concerns, Franco-German study says,” MLex Insight on Nov 8, 2019) As many of you probably already know, algorithms are the heart and soul of most online...more

International Lawyers Network

1-800 Contacts Unlawfully Restricted Competitors’ Trademark Use in Search Engine Marketing

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently decided that agreements reached by 1-800 Contacts, Inc. with a number of its competitors to settle claims that the competitors’ online search advertising infringed on 1-800...more

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update: Effects of Google's trademark and keyword practices changes; Japanese regulators conclude Airbnb...

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This week’s Update features a variety of stories covering search, short-term rentals, wholesalers and traditional OTAs. This week's highlights include...more

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How Google's Newly Expanded Trademark Policy Will Impact Hotels

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Google recently updated its trademark policy, and although some believe the changes are cause for concern, citing increased costs per click, that may not be the case. The following aims to bring some clarity to the issue....more

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update - Google linked to new allegations of collusive keyword practices; Argentina's distribution...

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Happy New Year from Seattle... I hope all of you enjoyed the holidays. Our final, year-end OTA & Travel Distribution Update for the week ending December 29, 2017 is below. ...more

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Intellectual Property Bulletin - Winter 2018

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Crowdsourced Content in Video Games: How Ownership Issues Almost “Ganked” a Copyright Case - In Blizzard Entertainment v. Lilith Games (Shanghai) Company, a federal court denied a motion for partial summary judgment for...more

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Google May Be A Verb, But Verb Use Alone Does Not Constitute Genericness

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Just Google it. Can you Google the score? Have you Googled the restaurant’s reviews? These are all common phrases in today’s internet-reliant society, and it’s entirely due to the creation of Google and its widespread...more

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Google Inc. V. Equustek & The Supreme Court Of Canada

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In the case of Google Inc. v. Equustek, the Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the grant of a preliminary injunction by the Court of Appeals of British Columbia ordering Google to de-index on a global basis websites of a...more

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Life in the Lowercase Lane: Lessons for Trademark Owners About Genericide

Death by genericide is a painful way to go, for trademarks that is. When the public comes to think of a trademark as the common word for a product or service -- as opposed to identifying its exclusive source -- the trademark...more

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Going to California—Google Asks U.S. Court to Declare Supreme Court of Canada's Global Injunction Unenforceable

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The Supreme Court of Canada recently confirmed the availability of a novel form of worldwide injunction whereby Google, a non-party to the litigation, was required to block worldwide access to websites operated by a...more

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Who vs. What: 4 Steps to Prevent Your Trademark from Falling in the 'Genericide' Abyss

Recently the Ninth Circuit ruled that Google’s trademark for search engines has not become generic and is still enforceable as to search engines. As Bayer learned with its previously-existing trademark aspirin, when a court...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Intellectual Property Law - July 2017

SCOTUS: For Patent Venue, Domestic Corporations ‘Reside’ Where Incorporated - Why it matters: On May 22, 2017, the Supreme Court issued its decision in TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC—rejecting...more

McDermott Will & Emery

No Trademark Genericide: GOOGLE Is Not “a Google”

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The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit made a point to remind trademark litigants of the relevant laws and policies pertaining to trademark “genericide” when it sustained summary judgment in favor of ubiquitous search...more

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But Is It Okay to Google His Name? T-Pain Not Guilty of Genericide

“Baby it’s okay, you can Google my name.” This line from T-Pain’s hit, “Bottlez,” became a focus in a recent Ninth Circuit trademark case on my favorite intellectual property issue: genericide. Among other evidence, the court...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

Google Escapes Genericide Claim in Ninth Circuit Decision

On May 16, 2017, the Ninth Circuit rejected a petition for cancellation of the GOOGLE trademark based on a “genericide” theory that claimed Google should lose its trademark protection because the word “google” has become...more

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Trademark Law & Genericide: Google's Not Dead Yet

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Domain name registration is usually a good first step to cement trade name and mark ownership. In a previous blog we reminded readers that possession, even in Intellectual Property matters, is nine-tenths of the law...more

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Even GOOGLE Can Google After All

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In a well-reasoned opinion, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that the GOOGLE trademark has not suffered death by genericide – even if the public uses it as a verb for searching the Internet. The case before...more

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GOOGLE Mark Is Not a Victim of Genericide

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On May 16, 2017, internet search engine and content provider Google Inc. was handed a win by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Elliot v. Google Inc. The court ruled that the GOOGLE trademark had not...more

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