Prof Goldman: “Keyword Ads and Metatags Don’t Confuse Consumers — J.G. Wentworth v. Settlement Funding” (Eastern District of Pennsylvania, finding no likelihood of confusion). From the post:
“. . . this case stands for two clear legal propositions:
* if keyword-triggered ad copy doesn’t display the plaintiff’s trademarks, plaintiff loses
* if search
WSJ On Google and Copyright
Wall St Journal: “Google Search: ‘Copyright‘”
Commentary thereon here.
Popularity-Distortion Field
Digg.com is a news-site that uses ‘social bookmarking.’ Readers submit third-party stories and the most popular stories are displayed on the home page. According to this article, one of the most popular posts last week was a laudatory story about a company named InventionLand, an inventor-submission firm (every patent lawyer in the audience just
“French Publishers Join Google Book Search Suit”
Does Buying Keywords Constitute Trademark Use? Yes and No and Yes and No
Prof Goldman reviews the latest case, Buying for the Home, LLC v. Humble Abode, LLC, 03-CV-2783 (JAP) (DNJ Oct 20, 2006), and, noting that recent cases have been alternating in their holdings, confidently predicts that because this case held that keyword buying is use in commerce, the next such case will hold that it
Google Wins In NDNY; GEICO Analysis Rejected
Google successfully brought a motion to dismiss infringement and dilution action brought against it in the Northern District of New York. The Court rejected the GEICO holding that the sale of a keyword by a search engine was trademark use.
RescueCom v. Google, 5:04CV-1055 (NDNY Sept 28, 2006)
Prof Goldman commentary here.
Picture It Sold v. iSold It
Prof Goldman: “Do Quotation Marks Matter? — Picture It Sold v. iSold It” (keyword case).
IHT: “European trademarks vs. Google”
International Herald Tribune: “European trademarks vs. Google” (Paris appeals court expected to rule Wednesday in LVMH’s suit against Google for keyword sales).
LoveCity Sues Yahoo Over Google (?) Keywords
Denver Post: LoveCity sues Yahoo over Yahoo’s alleged purchase of Google (sic) keyword advertising to promote a Yahoo site.
JP Enterprises v. Yahoo, 06-cv-01046-REB-PAC (D. Colo Amended complaint June 6 2006).
Google Not Sued Over Page-Rankings
The title makes sense when you read this post by Prof. Goldman regarding a withdrawn lawsuit against Google regarding ‘mishandled’ page rankings.