Announcing the 2025 Edition of My Internet Law Casebook
…Recap Ticketmaster v. RMG VI. Trademarks and Domain Names Trademark FAQs Trademark Glossary A. Domain Names and Metatags Lamparello v. Falwell (4th Cir.) Promatek v. Equitrac (7th Cir.) Original Order…
NJ Supreme Court Blesses Lawyers’ Competitive Keyword Ads (With a Baffling Caveat)
…IP v. Google * Competitive Keyword Advertising Claim Fails–Reflex Media v. Luxy * Think Keyword Metatags Are Dead? They Are (Except in Court)–Reflex v. Luxy * Fifth Circuit Says Keyword…
Ninth Circuit Tells Trademark Owners to Stop Suing Over Competitive Keyword Ads–Lerner & Rowe v. Brown Engstrand
…trademark to make its sales. Keyword metatags are also distinguishable: “incorporating metatags consisting of a competitor’s trademark into a website code is comparable to displaying or presenting a mark….Even if…
Second Circuit Tells Trademark Owners to Stop Suing Over Competitive Keyword Advertising–1-800 Contacts v. Warby Parker
…Metatag Tangent. 1-800 Contacts referenced the term “metatags,” but the court disregards it because it wasn’t properly pled and because “a defendant’s use of a plaintiff’s trademark in an ‘unpublished…
Catching Up on Two Keyword Ad Cases
…Luxy * Think Keyword Metatags Are Dead? They Are (Except in Court)–Reflex v. Luxy * Fifth Circuit Says Keyword Ads Could Contribute to Initial Interest Confusion (UGH)–Adler v. McNeil *…
Announcing the 2024 Edition of My Internet Law Casebook
…and Domain 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…
Competitor Isn’t Responsible for Google Knowledge Panel’s Contents–International Star Registry v. RGIFTS
…Sales–Edible IP v. Google * Competitive Keyword Advertising Claim Fails–Reflex Media v. Luxy * Think Keyword Metatags Are Dead? They Are (Except in Court)–Reflex v. Luxy * Fifth Circuit Says…
TIL: “Texas Tamale” Is an Enforceable Trademark–Texas Tamale v. CPUSA2
…Supreme Court Blesses Google’s Keyword Ad Sales–Edible IP v. Google * Competitive Keyword Advertising Claim Fails–Reflex Media v. Luxy * Think Keyword Metatags Are Dead? They Are (Except in Court)–Reflex…
Internal Search Results Aren’t Trademark Infringing–PEM v. Peninsula
…offerings. The court says the rival makes a trademark use in commerce by using the trademarks in its “metatags” (ugh). Cite to the 17 year old JG Wentworth ruling. The…
When Do Inbound Call Logs Show Consumer Confusion?–Adler v McNeil
…Competitive Keyword Advertising Claim Fails–Reflex Media v. Luxy * Think Keyword Metatags Are Dead? They Are (Except in Court)–Reflex v. Luxy * Fifth Circuit Says Keyword Ads Could Contribute to…