Google Ruled a Trademark Infringer

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday February 5, 2005 @04:34AM 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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Re:Solution: by antifoidulus · 2005-02-05 04:40 · Score: 0, Offtopic

And Google.com could change their picture to Rummy shaking Saddam's hand
Oops, did I just tell an inconvient truth?

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Re:Rumsfeld and Hussein by clinko · 2005-02-05 04:41 · Score: 0, Offtopic

No I meant to say Chirac and Hussein in the 1980s.
Are you serious?!? by artemis67 · 2005-02-05 04:59 · Score: 0, Offtopic

You telling me that Donald Rumsfeld wasn't born with the innate desire of removing Saddam Hussein from office?

Are you telling me that Saddam Hussein actually had to SCREW UP first before Rumsfeld led the US coalition against him?!?

Don't you realize that you're destroying the fantasy of liberals everywhere with that picture?!?!?!?!?!?