Announcing the 2020 Edition of My Internet Law Casebook
…and 15 U.S.C. §8131 [http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/8131] Trademark FAQs Trademark Glossary A. Domain Names and Metatags Review: ICANN Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy [https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/policy-2012-02-25-en] and Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute…
Competitor Gets Pyrrhic Victory in False Advertising Suit Over Search Ads–Harbor Breeze v. Newport Fishing
…mislead or confuse consumers” Changed Metatags. The court refuses to order the defendants to include “the text “Newport Beach Cruise Operator” in the title tag or the phrase “All Cruises…
Announcing the 2019 Edition of My Internet Law Casebook
…Names Review: 15 U.S.C. §1114 [http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1114], 15 U.S.C. §1125 [http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1125], and 15 U.S.C. §8131 [http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/8131] Trademark FAQs Trademark Glossary A. Domain Names and Metatags Review: ICANN Uniform Domain Name Dispute…
1H 2019 Quick Links, Part 3 (Trademarks)
…metatags intended to influence internet search engines could be the basis of a trademark infringement claim based on “source” confusion where competitor caused search results to display offending trademark in…
Using Third Party Trademarks as Hashtags Creates an Implied Association–Align v. Strauss (Guest Blog Post)
…of them involved the use of keywords–including third-party trademarks–in a way designed to boost search visibility. Technologically, there are two differences between hashtags and keyword metatags: (1) keyword metatags don’t…
Copyright Lawsuits Over Product Shots Are Stupid–eTrailer v. Automatic Equipment
…Vitamins * Court Says Keyword Metatags Don’t Matter–Standard Process v. Banks * Yet Another NY Court Says Keyword Ads & Metatags Aren’t TM Use in Commerce–S&L Vitamins v. Australian Gold…
Do Adjacent Organic Search Results Constitute Trademark Infringement? Of Course Not…But…–America CAN! v. CDF
…of metatags, but the court lets the trademark owner sidestep this by saying that the trademark owner doesn’t rely exclusively on metatag claims. So, as far as I can tell,…
2H 2018 Quick Links, Part 2 (Trademarks)
…Festival, LLC v. Simms, 2017 WL 6888499 (C.D. Cal. Dec. 13, 2017) When a term appears in the metatags of a webpage, the webpage is more likely to appear near…
Announcing the 2018 Edition of My Internet Law Casebook
…Glossary ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 203 Domain Names and Metatags Review: ICANN Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy [https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/policy-2012-02-25-en] and Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy [https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/udrp-rules-2015-03-11-en] Lamparello v. Falwell (4th…
Q2 2018 Quick Links, Part 5 (Potpourri)
…Ky. July 14, 2017): When Peristyle’s initial website launched in February 2016, the words “Rip Van,” “Van Winkle,” and “Pappy” were contained in the site as keyword metatags. According to…