Hashtags Are Not Trademarks—Eksouzian v. Albanese (Guest Blog Post)
…billboard in view of a competitor’s retail establishment.” [Eric’s comment: Oh god, not the shitty Brookfield billboard metaphor again.] Hashtags began their reign on social media as metatags that facilitate…
What’s Worse Than Cleaning Up A Meth Lab? A Trademark Injunction Against Using “Meth Lab Cleanup” In Metatags
…metatags. If the court thinks it is talking about keyword metatags, and if we feigned ignorance to assume keyword “metatags” affect search engine rankings, would the court’s distinction between lower…
2015 Internet Law Casebook Now Available
…VI. Trademarks 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…
Q4 2014 & Q1 2015 Quick Links Part 5 (Trademarks, Domain Names, Marketing)
…Marketing Land: Verisign: .Com Domains Have More Click Appeal In Search Results * Lexology: use of a competitor’s trade marks in metatags held not to amount to copyright or trade…
Blogiversary Celebration Part 4: How Internet Law and IP Law Have Evolved
…wars extensively. I declared the end of the adware wars in 2008. In 2014, we blogged one adware case. – metatags. Keyword metatags are probably the Internet technology that have…
2014 Internet Law Casebook and Syllabus Now Available
…§8131 [http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/8131] Trademark FAQs ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 190 Trademark Glossary ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 192 A. Domain Names and Metatags Review: ICANN Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy [http://www.icann.org/en/help/dndr/udrp/policy] and Rules for Uniform Domain Name…
Another Section 230 Win For Ripoff Report–Torati v. Hodak
…that a complaint has been made about the subject of the report.” The plaintiff also cites Ripoff Report’s metatags, which include the keywords “fraud,” “complaint,” “rip-off,” and “scam.” The court…
Florida Drops Ill-Conceived Proposal To Ban Competitive Keyword Advertising By Lawyers (Forbes Cross-Post)
…marketing. It targeted a melange of now-outdated search engine optimization (SEO) practices, such as hidden text and keyword metatags. It also restricted competitive keyword advertising–“[l]awyers may not purchase the name…
Another Keyword Advertising Lawsuit Fails–Allied Interstate v. Kimmel & Silverman
…Act. The plaintiff alleges that the law firm uses its trademarks In the website’s copy, in metatags and in hidden text; plus the plaintiff alleges that the law firm bought…
2013 Internet Law Syllabus and Casebook Now Online
…and Metatags Review: ICANN Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy [http://www.icann.org/en/help/dndr/udrp/policy] and Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy [http://www.icann.org/en/help/dndr/udrp/rules] Lamparello v. Falwell (4th Cir.) 187 Promatek v. Equitrac…