Flowbee is the latest company to file suit against Google for selling sponsored search ads to competitors under its trademarked keyword. The suit filed in federal district court in Corpus Christi, Texas…
Category: Legal
AOL Asks A Court To Order Advertise.com To Stop Using It’s Own Name
In its lawsuit filed against Advertise.com today in federal court, AOL demanded not only damages, but also for the court to order advertise.com, to change its company name and stop using the…
Celebs In Trademark Battle Over The Word “Nude”
Here’s an interesting offline trademark battle between celebs over the word “nude”. Seems that Designer Stella McCartney, daughter of Paul McCartney just announced that she will be releasing a new perfume StellaNude….
Comcast Launches “Domain Helper”: I Call It “Cash For Typos”
With all the talk about cash for clunkers program, Comcast just released a product that will give it “Cash For Typos.” According to PcWorld.com, Comcast will direct all non resolving page requests…
Trademarking Everyday Phrases: Harvard Gets In On The Act
If you’ve read this blog for a while, you know I’ve been telling readers that the English language is becoming trademarked, as most dictionary words and all common phrases are pretty much…
Greg Ricks Responds To C & D Letter By Filing Suit
The Las Vegas Sun, is reporting that Greg Ricks, known to most in the domain community, filed a suit last week in U.S. District Court for Nevada against a company who sent…
Hotels.com Loses Appeal To TradeMark Hotels.com
Hotels.com lost its bid to register a trademark on “hotels.com” when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled the mark was a “too generic term” to be trademarked. The…