[Ecommerce] Google Ruled a Trademark Infringer

[Jeff Williams]

All,

  Google lost a trademark-infringement case in France.
News.com is reporting that a Paris District Court ruled yesterday
against Google in a  lawsuit filed by high-end fashion designer Louis
Vuitton. The company is suing Google for allowing its competitors to buy

targeted ads on the search engine=92s search results pages that use or are

associated with the Vuitton trademark. The court charged Google with
trademark counterfeiting, unfair competition and misleading advertising.

Google was ordered to pay $257,430 (200,000 euros). Google is facing
similar lawsuits in different countries. In the United States, the
company recently  won a favorable ruling in a similar case brought by
GEICO, the car insurance company.

 http://news.com.com/Google+loses+trademark+case+in+France/2100-1030_3-5564=
118.html

 http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/10/24/france.google.ap/
 http://www.linksandlaw.com/adwords-pendinglawsuits.htm


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