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  • Stud Money
    So Fucking Banned
    • Sep 2003
    • 3214

    #1

    Breaking News: Louis Vuitton Sues Google

    http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech....ap/index.html

  • Theo
    HAL 9000
    • May 2001
    • 34515

    #2
    google will win this case.

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    • Poo-Chee
      So Fucking Banned
      • Sep 2003
      • 3560

      #3
      Think so

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      • klik
        Confirmed User
        • Nov 2001
        • 5092

        #4
        google will win.. or pay them to hush

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        • triumph
          Confirmed User
          • Dec 2002
          • 3433

          #5
          Originally posted by Soul_Rebel
          google will win this case.
          Google, will loose!

          Vuitton is a huge company with power, plus they have a good case on their hands!

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          • BRISK
            Too lazy to set a custom title
            • Feb 2003
            • 12240

            #6
            Google already lost a similar case
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            • Babaganoosh
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              • Nov 2001
              • 15841

              #7
              No.
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              • SMG
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                • Aug 2003
                • 1798

                #8
                I say ... lawsuits
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                • myjah
                  Back in the harbor
                  • Sep 2003
                  • 11482

                  #9
                  google SHOULD win - if not they will have to change there entire advertising method
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                  • Mr.Fiction
                    Confirmed User
                    • Feb 2002
                    • 9484

                    #10
                    The only thing they will have to do is stop selling trademark terms in those countries if they are notified by the person who owns the trademark.

                    I've read that Google will usually remove listings if you own a trademark and you ask them not to sell it as a bidded term.

                    I think Yahoo won some similar cases in the U.S., but France is not known for their free speech laws, so it's possible they could lose.
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                    • Fletch XXX
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                      • Jan 2002
                      • 60840

                      #11
                      Originally posted by BRISK
                      Google already lost a similar case
                      I know, youd think people would read the article huh.

                      'The French firms -- Viaticum and Luteciel -- sued Google's French subsidiary for trademark violation and together won euro75,000 (US$89,000) in damages in a court ruling earlier this month.'

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                      • WiredGuy
                        Pounding Googlebot
                        • Aug 2002
                        • 34512

                        #12
                        These kind of suits are really tough to call, a win for Vuitton would mean a wave of suits to follow against Google and would involve Google having to make a large infrastructure change to Adwords to prevent trademarked keywords from being listed. On the other hand, a win for Google would mean that trademark owners are being deprived of their value on their respective trademarks. It seems to me that for each TM violation, a simple email would get the keyword removed.

                        I have bid on TM'd keywords before and those TM owners simply contacted google to remove them and that was the end of it.

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                        • lightswitch
                          Confirmed User
                          • Feb 2001
                          • 870

                          #13
                          IM gonna be pissed if they fuck up ADwords, 60% of my bussness is generated thru adwords. Luckly i dont use a registered keywords.

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                          • lightswitch
                            Confirmed User
                            • Feb 2001
                            • 870

                            #14
                            FUCk that Luie guy anyways, just makes UGLY ass overpriced shit anyways.

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                            • chemicaleyes
                              UNSTOPPABLE
                              • Aug 2003
                              • 11569

                              #15
                              Originally posted by klik
                              google will win.. or pay them to hush
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                              • JamesK
                                hi
                                • Jun 2002
                                • 16731

                                #16
                                no
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                                • BlueDesignStudios
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Feb 2003
                                  • 9492

                                  #17
                                  Google should give a special spot (like on top of adwords) for the trademark owner, but rival competitors should still be allowed to bid

                                  That's what I'd like to see happen

                                  (Mind you it probably won't )

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                                  • eldominik
                                    Confirmed User
                                    • Jan 2002
                                    • 454

                                    #18
                                    This is google business what they list, if any Louis don`t like competition he can keep away his pages from google

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                                    • lightswitch
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Feb 2001
                                      • 870

                                      #19
                                      be great is google just back listed all Luie shit

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                                      • playa
                                        Confirmed User
                                        • Feb 2001
                                        • 6432

                                        #20
                                        Damn,, but i can see how keywords are getting in the same way domain squaters with typo and trademark names..

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                                        • VirtuMike
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                                          • May 2002
                                          • 2483

                                          #21
                                          I hope google loses. I love google and all but in all reality they are in fact conspiring to intentionally dilute trademarks. That's the way trademarks work.
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                                          • Theo
                                            HAL 9000
                                            • May 2001
                                            • 34515

                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by triumph


                                            Google, will loose!

                                            Vuitton is a huge company with power, plus they have a good case on their hands!
                                            Vuitton is big co. but I'm sure Google has already examined the legal field for such cases.

                                            In the past they contacted me for some trademarked keywords (after complaint of the owner) politely asking me if i want to remove them. They didn't force me to do so.

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                                            • AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE
                                              best designer on GFY
                                              • Mar 2003
                                              • 30307

                                              #23
                                              3 years ago I said that the search engines should get there asses kicked in for doing exactly what Google and many other search engines are doing. Selling off trademark terms for PPC.

                                              It is all a bit late in my opinion, strange that it didnt happen earlier on before it got way out of hand.

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                                              • JDog
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                                                • Feb 2003
                                                • 7453

                                                #24
                                                But wouldn't it be the person advertising with google? Since their the ones using the names for profit!

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                                                • WiredGuy
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                                                  • Aug 2002
                                                  • 34512

                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by VirtuMike
                                                  I hope google loses. I love google and all but in all reality they are in fact conspiring to intentionally dilute trademarks. That's the way trademarks work.
                                                  I play with Google.

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                                                  • AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE
                                                    best designer on GFY
                                                    • Mar 2003
                                                    • 30307

                                                    #26
                                                    Perhaps both wouldnt ya think?

                                                    I think so, but a saving grace to the issue maybe is the fact the search engine was trying to offer the consumer alternatives to a brand they are seeking on the net. However concerning a trademark search it is pretty different matter entirely.
                                                    Try Playboy for example on a search engine.
                                                    What do ya see? Ya will see many other things but not necessarily Playboy and thats a pretty clear violation on a trademark term.

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