Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'trademark'

A DigitalPoint Forums thread has discussion over a new trademarked term that made it into Google's trademark policy list. The word is "MySQL" and is the name of one of the more popular open source database systems. Yesterday, I received...

Posted on March 17, 2009 8:17 AM

Google is now clearly showing if a keyword is trademarked or not, directly in the Google AdWords Keyword Tool. For example, a search on "iphone" returns a little ™ symbol near the term, i.e. iphone™. Here is a picture: This...

Posted on November 5, 2008 8:12 AM

A WebmasterWorld member complains that his company, which has been in use for over 10 years, is not able to make its own Google AdWords ads because part of the name is a trademark violation. Is it worth pursuing further...

Posted on October 1, 2008 8:18 AM

In the Copyright & Trademarks: What SEMs Should Know session from SES San Jose last week, adCenter announced they have a new policy on how they will be handling trademark complaints. Instead of them being the go between, between affiliates...

Posted on August 27, 2007 7:57 AM

Last week, ComputerWorld reports that Google has been sued by American Airlines because the airline is seeking to stop its competitors from bidding on its trademark in Google. Their argument is, "Without authorization or approval from American Airlines, Google has...

Posted on August 24, 2007 8:15 AM

Over the weekend, an article found via DigitalPoint Forums was published in a New Zealand news site about financial authors and property investors whose names are being linked to an unaffiliated company through Google AdWords. They are disgruntled, to say...

Posted on May 30, 2007 9:40 AM

The case of American Blind & Wallpaper Factory vs. Google is continuing. According to a WebmasterWorld post, a judge refuses to drop the suit against Google. The post references a news article that says: American Blind & Wallpaper Factory, the...

Posted on April 23, 2007 10:15 AM

A Cre8asite Forums thread discusses the response by Ask.com to Google's request for you to only "Google" at Google.com. To summarize, Google posted Do you "Google?" asking; We'd like to make clear that you should please only use "Google" when...

Posted on October 31, 2006 7:17 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread claims a Google AdWords representative sent him an email warning him not to use the add to Google Reader RSS button on his site. Why did Google tell this person to not have the button on his...

Posted on August 16, 2006 1:02 PM