Alert Blog Reviews » lawsuit http://www.whitealert.com Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:06:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Amazon Sued Over Defamatory Google AdWords Ads http://www.whitealert.com/legal/amazon-sued-over-defamatory-google-adwords-ads http://www.whitealert.com/legal/amazon-sued-over-defamatory-google-adwords-ads#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:48:25 +0000 admin http://www.whitealert.com/uncategorized/amazon-sued-over-defamatory-google-adwords-ads Here’s a fun Christmas game for you to play. How many different types of lawsuits can you think of that include Google AdWords? Put your party creative hats on and see what you can come up. OK, Sellify, you go first! Sue Amazon over defamatory statements posted in Google AdWords by one of its affiliates? Wow! That is creative! And, it’s actually true! Writes Techdirt : The two main complaints are over trademark violations of buying keywords, and then defamation. Defamation? Yes, because apparently when people do searches on Sellify or some of its related trademarked names, like OneQuality, some of the ads that come up say things like: Beware of the SCAM Artist Camcorders at the Best Price From the Trusted Source amazon.com As Mike Masnick points out, this lawsuit is unlikely to go anywhere. Not only is Amazon not actually the appropriate party to sue, but trademark infringements in search ads tend to get bogged down in the courts anyway. Still, you have to admire the creativity of Sellify. If we were really playing the above game, it would have a good chance of claiming the top prize.

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