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GEICO vs Google Ads: Google Wins

Posted by timothy on from the usaa-rules-anyhow dept.

abertoll writes "A federal judge decided that Google is able to sell ads under the GEICO trademark, claiming that this is fair use of the trademark. GEICO's contention was that competing insurance companies were using the name GEICO under which to buy Google Ads, so that when someone searches for GEICO, their ad would come up."

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  1. Re:Next Play by -kertrats- · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'd love to live in a world where this is the stupidest lawsuit. But alas, we have the coffee-spilling morons out there to make our legal system a sad, sad place.

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