Trademark Infringement Suit Against Google Goes Forward

By Andy Beal
Expert Author
Article Date: 2005-04-01

Susan Kuchinskas has an update on the trademark infringement suit against Google by American Blind & Wallpaper Factory.

U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel dismissed one claim by American Blind & Wallpaper Factory, but denied Google's motion to dismiss the suit, allowing it to go forward for trial.

So Google's attemp to get the suit dismissed has failed, so let's see what happens next.

Additional excerpt added by WebProNews editor:

American Blind sued Google in May 2004 for trademark infringement in a beef over Google's lucrative AdWords search advertising service. Google started the spat by asking the court to rule on whether AdWords infringed on American Blind's trademarks following a series of nasty letters from the home decor retailer. American Blind countersued.

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