"Advertising" tagged Cases and Lawsuits

CaseCase FiledLast Document
American Airlines, Inc. v. Yahoo! Inc. et alOctober 17, 2008November 20, 2009
Plaintiff American Airlines Inc. alleged that Defendants Yahoo! Inc. and Overture Services, Inc. d/b/a Yahoo! Search Marketing sold to third parties the right to use the trademarks and service marks of American Airlines as keywords that trigger the appearance of paid advertisements.
AT&T Mobility LLC v. Cellco PartnershipNovember 3, 2009November 11, 2009
Public Citizen, Inc. et al v. Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board et alSeptember 23, 2008October 15, 2009
Plaintiffs challenged the constitutionality of amendments to the lawyer advertising provisions of the Louisiana Rules of Professional Conduct and alleged that the bar to a wide range of common advertising practices, such as the use of testimonials, actors, reenactments and dramatizations, violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
Soilworks LLC v Midwest Industrial Supply IncSeptember 7, 2006April 16, 2009
Plaintiff Soilworks, LLC alleged that Defendant Midwest Industrial Supply, Inc. violated the Lanham Act, the Arizona Deceptive Trade Practices Act and Arizona common law by disparaging Plaintiff and its products and falsely representing that Plaintiff is infringing patent rights of Defendant.
Virgin America, Inc. v. Adrants Publishing, LLC et alJanuary 26, 2009January 30, 2009
Grisoft v. Microsoft Corporation et alDecember 14, 2007December 14, 2007
Grisoft, s.r.o. seeks the identity of the person or company that purchased sponsored advertising from Microsoft Corporation for the avg-soft.com website.
Zango Inc v. Internet Brands IncApril 6, 2007July 6, 2007
Plaintiff Zango Inc. alleges that defendant Internet Brands Inc., which operates CarsDirect.com, breached its contract by failing to provide $419,827.26 for Internet advertising it ordered and received from Zango. Defendant counterclaimed that it was only interested in the marketing and sales of automobiles within the United States and that more than half of the traffic being provided by plaintiff to defendant's web sites were from outside the United States.
Zango Inc v. Mainstream AdvertisingApril 6, 2007July 2, 2007
Plaintiff Zango Inc. alleges that defendant Mainstream Advertising breached its contract by failing to pay $588,184.37 for Internet advertising it ordered and received from the plaintiff. Defendant counterclaims that plaintiff generated leads by sending web traffic to a pay-per-click (PPC) tracking link without a human user making a click on any PPC ad.
Helio LLC v. Palm, Inc.December 19, 2006April 24, 2007
Plaintiff Helio LLC alleged that Defendant Palm, Inc. use the slogan "Not Just a Cell Phone" that is confusingly similar to Plaintiff's "Don't Call It a Phone" trademark, slogan and brand.
Zango Inc v. Grant Media LLCAugust 1, 2006October 16, 2006
Plaintiff Zango Inc. alleges that it entered into a settlement agreement with defendant Grant Media LLC to resolve differences over an advertising contract between the two parties. However, plaintiff alleges that defendant has failed to make payments pursuant to the settlement agreement.
Federal Trade Commission v. Nextclick Media LLC et alMarch 31, 2008 
Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission alleges that Defendants NextClick Media, LLC, Next Internet LLC, Kenneth Chan and Albert Chen operate several websites advertising for sale over the Internet free trials of various products. Although Defendants claim that the trial of the product is free or that there is no cost to try the product other than a small shipping and handling charge, consumers who elect to keep the product (including the trial product) are charged the same price that is charged for a month's supply. Although Defendants claim that consumers will receive a full refund upon returning unused product from the initial shipment, consumer who elect to return unused product must pay the postage for returning the product and are assessed a restocking fee as well.
Boston Duck Tours v. Super Duck Tours, LLCJuly 3, 2007