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Google seeks ruling on search trademarks
News American Blind has insisted that Google stop selling keyword phrases that the company claims violate its trademarks. While Google had said it could block advertisers from buying keywords that directly infringe on its trademarks, including "American...
[December 5, 2003, 8:05]
Trademarks may stymie online searches
News Both Overture and Google allow marketers to bid for keywords that may be trademarks or linked to trademarks. So far, the courts have issued mixed rulings on whether trademarks can legally be used in search terms.
[August 20, 2003, 11:04]
Case threatens search engines' use of trademarks
News Dealing a potential setback to the Web search advertising market, a federal appeals court has reopened a lawsuit challenging the unauthorised use of trademarks in ads linked to search-engine keywords.
[January 16, 2004, 8:25]
T-Mobile trademarks colour, issues legal threats
Blog Comment I always thought the bad thing was 'passing off' -- i.e. Engadget deliberately trying to look like T-Mobile. I didn't try to buy a mobile phone on Engadget's site.
[April 2, 2008, 13:17]
T-Mobile trademarks colour, issues legal threats
Blog Comment I don't see why T-mobile are making this a big deal, the only legal objection they may have is 'passing off', but as Chales pointed out above, engadget are not exactly using the colours association to T-mobile's to sell anything.
[April 2, 2008, 17:47]
T-Mobile trademarks colour, issues legal threats
Blog Comment Sad but true, and this is not an isolated incident. They have been actively and aggressively pursuing a number of companies who have magenta in their logo, and have even descended into legal arguments over "shades" of magenta.
[April 2, 2008, 11:06]
T-Mobile trademarks colour, issues legal threats
Blog File this one under "I-wish-it-was-an-April-Fool's-joke-but-it-isn't". Engadget, the mobile blog, has received a nasty letter from T-Mobile's lawyers demanding that it stop using the colour magenta. Because T-Mobile pwns magenta.
[April 2, 2008, 10:45]
Pay-to-play search ignites trademark battle
News Trademarks have long given rise to novel legal tussles on the Net. As search companies adopt more creative business models and site-ranking strategies, however, the issue of whether it's legal to use trademarks in search terms is becoming...
[February 11, 2002, 12:02]
Software giant threatens mikerowesoft
Talkback The conflict is not about copyrights(which involve content and protecting creative expression), its about trademarks and servicemarks, which are more serious. Trademarks are mames, logo's and phrases controlled by the owner used to identify brands...
[January 19, 2004, 20:12]
Internet ads will face trademark lawsuit
News Insurance giant Geico can sue Google and Overture Services for allegedly selling advertisements linked to its trademarks, a federal judge has ruled, ZDNet UK sister site CNET News.com has learned. The unpublicised 25 August decision by Judge Leonie...
[September 3, 2004, 10:35]
Businesses advised to register .asia domains
News Businesses with a presence in Asia which wish to protect trademarks have been advised that they should consider registering for .asia domain names. The .asia top-level domain becomes available on Tuesday for companies with trademarks and a local...
[October 8, 2007, 17:38]
'Linux' trademark doesn't matter, says Stallman
Talkback To anonymous consultant: Trademarks do not implement any of the freedoms to: run it, study it, change it, redistribute it, and distribute modified versions. Trademarks are pretty orthogonal to these.
[August 28, 2005, 10:36]
Google wins keyword trademark suit
News Google scored a big legal win on Wednesday when a federal judge ruled that its use of trademarks in keyword advertising is legal. The insurance company had charged Google with violating its trademarks by using the word "Geico" to trigger rival ads...
[December 16, 2004, 8:00]
Palm tightens grip on fan sites
News Users of Palm Computing devices have accused the company of heavy-handed tactics in dealing with Web sites that infringe Palm trademarks. The difficulty for Palm is that the company feels obliged to protect its trademarks, but doing so means...
[September 17, 2001, 12:35]
UK firms lagging on.eu
Talkback We are a UK company and recently applied for an .eu name to protect our branding during the sunrise period for registered trademarks. As stated on the Network Solutions' pre-registration site, the entire sunrise fee ($99.00 for Registered Community...
[March 8, 2006, 22:11]
Adware firm quietly settles suits
News Adware company Claria has quietly settled litigation brought by Wells Fargo, Quicken Loans and other online businesses, which charged that its delivery of pop-up ads violated their trademarks, ZDNet UK sister site CNET News.com has learned.
[September 1, 2004, 9:15]
Playboy, Netscape reach trademark settlement
News Netscape has settled a five-year-old lawsuit brought by Playboy Enterprises, a week after a federal appeals court ruled that the Web company could be held liable for the unauthorised use of trademarks in search engine ads.
[January 26, 2004, 9:55]
AOL bent on taking 'AIM'
News On the heels of winning the rights to several Aimster-related domain names, AOL Time Warner has notified the creator of a fledgling instant messaging project that his work is unauthorised and may violate company trademarks.
[June 22, 2001, 11:49]
Firefox branding is a burning issue
News Although it maintains a policy - which was recently criticised by many developers of the Debian Linux distribution - on how its trademarks are used, it does not appear to have registered the Firefox name in Australia and Germany.
[June 16, 2005, 15:05]
Hunting Unlimited: Big Game
Downloads ValuSoft, THQ and their respective logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of THQ Inc. THQ Wireless and its logos are service marks, trademarks and/or registered trademarks of THQ Wireless Inc.
[January 21, 2009, 6:00]
