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Google Ruled a Trademark Infringer

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the at-least-in-france dept.

Stephan writes "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's 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."

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  1. Don't worry Google... by dnaboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pedro offers you his protection

  2. You mean, by lysium · · Score: 2, Funny
    How could you ever expect a fair rulling from them?

    Did you sleep through the news of the girls in Colorado who were fined for giving cookies to their neighbor? Idiotic judgements are passed by every court in the world. Your jingoism is misplaced.

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    Together, we will drive the rats from the tundra.
  3. Revenge of the French by wxyze · · Score: 2, Funny


    I'm sure France is just getting back at Google for this: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/victories.htm l .

  4. Re:This is plain stupid. by KinkifyTheNation · · Score: 2, Funny
    So all Microsoft has to do is change a couple lines of code...
    I think you see the problem with that.
  5. Re:international vs national by rice_burners_suck · · Score: 2, Funny
    some things are still permitted in the US that are not elsewhere.

    I really think that nothing should be allowed, anywhere. The government should tell each of us exactly how to live our lives. What to do. How to do it. When to do it. When to wake up in the morning. When to go to sleep. When to go to the bathroom. And the government should monitor each of these things so that even the slightest deviation from the government's plans will allow the government to come after you and apply the penalty of death by removal of the head, without the inconvenience of a trial and other administrative problems (from the government's perspective).