American Airlines and Google Settle Keyword Advertising Lawsuit
By Eric Goldman American Airlines and Google have settled American Airlines’ trademark lawsuit over Google’s sale of keyword advertising. The settlement terms are confidential. See the unenlightening stipulation and the judge’s dismissal order. The Justia page. The Bloomberg News story….
GoDaddy Gets 230 Defense for Web Hosting–Kruska v. Perverted Justice Foundation
By Eric Goldman Kruska v. Perverted Justice Foundation Inc., 2008 WL 2705377 (D. Ariz. July 9, 2008). The CMLP page with lots of source material. GoDaddy allegedly hosted some third party websites that said some not-nice things about Kruska (calling…
Tiffany v. eBay District Court Opinion Analysis
By Eric Goldman Tiffany (NJ) Inc. v. eBay Inc., No 04 Civ. 4607 (RJS) (S.D.N.Y. July 14, 2008) It took most of the day, but I’ve finally read through the 66 page book in the Tiffany v. eBay case, and…
eBay Wins Huge Ruling in Tiffany Case
By Eric Goldman Tiffany (NJ) Inc. v. eBay Inc., No 04 Civ. 4607 (RJS) (SDNY July 14, 2008) In a 66 page ruling that I haven’t had time to digest, the judge appears to have completely accepted eBay’s arguments in…
Two Regressive Search Engine Advertising Rulings–Standard Process v. Total Health and Finance Express v. Nowcom
By Eric Goldman It’s not uncommon for courts to make judgments based on outdated understandings of precedent and technology, especially when dealing with dynamically evolving areas like Internet trademark law. Nevertheless, it can be a little dispiriting to read opinions…
June 2008 Quick Links
By Eric Goldman Trademarks/Domain Names * Utah Lighthouse Ministry v. Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research, 2008 WL 22043807 (10th Cir. May 29, 2008). CMLP writeup. Nice 10th Circuit win for a gripe site against trademark infringement and cybersquatting. This…
“Duck Tours” Is Generic–Boston Duck Tours v. Super Duck Tours
By Eric Goldman Boston Duck Tours LP v. Super Duck Tours LLC, 2008 WL 2444480 (1st Cir. June 18, 2008) I previously blogged on this dispute in December. The case involved the defendant’s purchase of keyword advertising triggered by the…
Keyword Metatags and Keyword-Triggered Ads Don’t Create Initial Interest Confusion–Designer Skin v. S&L Vitamins
By Eric Goldman Designer Skin, LLC v. S & L Vitamins, Inc., 2008 WL 2116646 (D. Ariz. May 20, 2008) An Arizona district court has ruled that the surreptitious use of trademarks doesn’t create a likelihood of initial interest confusion,…
May 2008 Quick Links, Part 1 (Trademarks/Domain Names Edition)
By Eric Goldman * Syncsort Inc. v. Innovative Routines Intern., Inc., 2008 WL 1925304 (D.N.J. April 30, 2008). Including a third party trademark in a keyword metatag qualified as nominative use. (Along the same lines, see the Designer Skin case…
Connecticut Blogger Not Subject to Texas Jurisdiction–Healix Infusion v. Helix Health
By Eric Goldman Healix Infusion Therapy, Inc. v. Helix Health, LLC, 2008 WL 1883546 (S.D. Tex. Apr 25, 2008) I’ve mentioned before that I try to avoid blogging about Internet jurisdictional cases, but occasionally an interesting jurisdictional case comes along….