Trademark News for 09-Apr-2009
- 'Google AdWords Employee Allegedly Breaks Trademark Rules, Sued by SEM (Search Engine Roundtable)
ShoeMoney Sues Google Employee For AdWords Violations from TechCrunch shows how Jeremy Schoemaker (aka ShoeMoney ) has filed suit against a Google AdWords employee for allegedly bidding on his trademark and possibly for stealing his keywords. TechCrunch explains that Jeremy found signs that the person who was bidding on his trademark was very friendly with Google employees. In addition, he found ...
'Local Publisher Ordered To Pay Damages In Trademark Case (WSPA Spartanburg)
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) - A federal judge has ordered a South Carolina publisher of children?s literature to pay $3.6 million to an international toy maker in a trademark case.
'Court Says Google Should Defend Trademark Suit (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News)
Google Inc should defend a trademark lawsuit by Rescuecom Corp over advertisements linked to keyword searches, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday.
'Google Employee Alleged To Have Bypassed AdWords Trademark Policy For Own Benefit (Search Engine Land)
Well-known internet marketer Jeremy ?ShoeMoney? Schoemaker has filed suit against Keyen Farrell, apparently a Google employee alleged to have used Schoemaker?s US-registered trademark in search ads on Google.
'Fender Loses U.S. Bid to Trademark Three Designs for Guitars (Bloomberg)
April 7 (Bloomberg) -- Fender Musical Instruments Corp. , the closely held guitar maker, failed to trademark three instrument bodies after a U.S. agency sided with rivals who argued the designs have been widely used since the 1970s.
'Trademark launches new division (Dallas Business Journal)
Trademark Property Services , a real estate investment and development company, has launched a division that will advise investors and lenders on how to deal with retail and mixed-use assets ? an issue that is gaining traction in the current economy.
'Local publisher ordered to pay Mattel $3.6 million in trademark case (The Greenville News)
A federal judge has ordered a Greenville-based children's literature publisher to pay Mattel Inc. $3.6 million and to destroy some merchandise after the local firm lost a trademark battle.
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