The other day we wrote about Google announcing a new policy that would allow advertisers to buy trademarked keywords. We also wrote about a class action suit that was filed this week…
Category: Legal
Class Action Suit Filed Against Google For Selling Trademarked Keywords
I know your thinking this must be the all Google blog this week, but everyday news is coming out on Google and today’s is not good. As we wrote yesterday, Google announced…
Google Sued For Trademark Infrigement Over Android
In 2002 Erich Specht was granted the a trademark on the term Android to use with his firm Android Data. 2004 Mr. Specht’s company went out of business and he lost his…
Why Minnesota’s Action Today May Not Work
According to a press release today, The Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division (AGED) served written notice to 11 national and regional telephone and Internet service providers…
ThePiratebay.org Founders Are Off To Jail
To follow up on a story we wrote about about a month ago when ithe court case started, the founders of thepiratebay.org got sentenced to jail today in a court in Sweden,…
Court Finds You Have No Privacy To Your MySpace.com, FaceBook.com Postings: A Cautionary Tale
A California appellate court ruled that a person does not have a right to privacy for any material they post on their social networking page. This exact case should also act as…
Ford Gets Sued For Using Domain As A “Catch Phrase”: WeSpeakCar.com
In an unusual case, a Pittsburgh auto parts dealer filed a lawsuit on Friday in the U.S. District Court against Ford Motor Co., claiming they used the company’s “catch phrase”, which is…