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Griper’s Keyword Ads May Constitute False Advertising (Huh?)–LoanStreet v. Troia

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McNeil. * Three Keyword Advertising Decisions in a Week, and the Trademark Owners Lost Them All. * Competitor Gets Pyrrhic Victory in False Advertising Suit Over Search Ads–Harbor Breeze v. LBF (& Vice-Versa). * Trademark Owners Just Can’t Win Keyword Advertising Cases–EarthCam v. Reyes & Adler v.

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Georgia Supreme Court Blesses Google’s Keyword Ad Sales–Edible IP v. Google

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.” In other words, they sought to establish (using centuries-old chattel-based theft doctrines rather than trademark law) that a trademark owner has the unrestricted right to shut down anyone using their trademarks, even if no consumers are harmed. to see if it could find some soft spot in Georgia state law.

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More on Law Firms and Competitive Keyword Ads–Nicolet Law v. Bye, Goff

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May 10, 2023) More Posts About Keyword Advertising * Yet More Evidence That Keyword Advertising Lawsuits Are Stupid–Porta-Fab v. Allied Modular * Griper’s Keyword Ads May Constitute False Advertising (Huh?)–LoanStreet Troia * Trademark Owner F s Around With Keyword Ad Case & Finds Out–Las Vegas Skydiving v.

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TIL: “Texas Tamale” Is an Enforceable Trademark–Texas Tamale v. CPUSA2

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In 2020, the plaintiff learned that “Defendant was using Plaintiff’s Marks in online tamale advertisements and in Google AdWords, which placed Defendant’s products above Plaintiff’s products in search results for the phrase ‘Texas Tamale.'” ” That prompted this litigation. ” Uh oh. LoanStreet v.

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Yet More Evidence That Keyword Advertising Lawsuits Are Stupid–Porta-Fab v. Allied Modular

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More Posts About Keyword Advertising. Griper’s Keyword Ads May Constitute False Advertising (Huh?)–LoanStreet Troia. * Trademark Owner F s Around With Keyword Ad Case & Finds Out–Las Vegas Skydiving v. LBF (& Vice-Versa). * Trademark Owners Just Can’t Win Keyword Advertising Cases–EarthCam v.

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Trademark Owner F s Around With Keyword Ad Case & Finds Out–Las Vegas Skydiving v. Groupon

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You can have a court declare your trademarks weak or invalid so they are less valuable than when you started. You can get less damages than the cost of litigation, so the whole effort is unprofitable. The court says this lawsuit qualified: “LVSA litigated this case in an unreasonable manner. How did that come about?

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Court Denies Injunction in Competitive Keyword Ad Lawsuit–Nursing CE Central v. Colibri

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The litigants directly compete. Nurses who have used the plaintiff’s program in the past or who heard of it through word of mouth, for example, may search the trademarked name on Google and find the defendant’s website instead of the plaintiff’s website. Brown Engstrand * More on Law Firms and Competitive Keyword Ads–Nicolet Law v.