"Adwords" tagged Cases and Lawsuits
| Case | Case Filed | Last Document |
|---|---|---|
| Performance Pricing, Inc. v. Google Inc. et al | September 27, 2007 | May 14, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Performance Pricing, Inc. sued Google Inc., AOL LLC, Microsoft Corporation and Yahoo! Inc. for infringing U.S. Patent No. 6,978,253 entitled "Systems and Methods for Transacting Business Over a Global Communications Network such as the Internet." | ||
| CLRB Hanson Industries, LLC et al v. Google Inc. | September 12, 2005 | May 14, 2008 |
| Plaintiffs claim that defendant Google Inc. misled AdWords advertisers by allowing advertising charges to exceed daily budgets that advertisers set for their ad campaigns. | ||
| Mark Mishak v. Google, Inc. et al | December 20, 2007 | May 2, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Mark Mishak d/b/a INEEDATV.com alleges that Defendants have sold keywords identical to Plaintiff's trademarks--"I Need a TV"--to various third parties and have deliberately manipulated the search engine results so that when consumers use these search engines to find Plaintiff's products and services, the consumers are unwittingly diverted to competitors' products and services. | ||
| PA Advisors, LLC v. Google Inc. et al | November 2, 2007 | May 2, 2008 |
| Plaintiff PA Advisors, LLC allege that Defendants infringed no U.S. Patent No. 6,199,067 entitled "System and Method for Generating Personalized User Profiles and for Utilizing the Generated User Profiles to Perform Adaptive Internet Searches." | ||
| Function Media, L.L.C. v. Google, Inc. et al | July 3, 2007 | May 1, 2008 |
| Plaintiff alleges that Google's AdSense and AdWords technologies, Google Print Ads, and Yahoo's Publisher and Content Match technologies infringe on its patents. | ||
| Paid Search Engine Tools, LLC v. Google, Inc. et al | February 12, 2008 | April 28, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Paid Search Engine Tools, LLC alleges that Defendants Google, Inc. and Microsoft Corporation infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,043,450 entitled "Paid Search Engine Bid Management." | ||
| Almeida v. Google, Inc. | April 22, 2008 | April 22, 2008 |
| Plaintiff David Almeida alleges that Defendant Google Inc. failed to disclose that leaving the content ad CPC input blank would subject Plaintiff to charges for content ads on third party websites. | ||
| American Airlines Inc v. Google Inc | August 16, 2007 | April 21, 2008 |
| American Airlines is suing Google for allowing companies to show ads when its trademarks, including (but not limited to) "AMERICAN AIRLINES" "AMERICAN EAGLE" "AA" "A A" "AA.COM" "AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER" "AADVANTAGE" "AMERICAN CONNECTION" "AMERICANAIRLINES" are searched on. | ||
| Feldman v. Google, Inc. | May 3, 2007 | February 28, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Lawrence Feldman purchased advertising from Defendant Google, Inc. based on keywords such as Vioxx, Bextra and Celebrex. Plaintiff alleged that he was a victim of click fraud and that 20–30% of all clicks for which he was charged was fraudulent. | ||
| Bid for Position, LLC v. AOL, LLC et al | December 13, 2007 | February 12, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Bid for Position, LLC alleges that Defendants AOL, LLC, Google, Inc., Microsoft Corporation and MIVA, INc. infringed on Patent No. 7,225,151 entitled "Online Auction Bid Management System and Method." | ||
| Connor Sport Court International, Inc., v. Google Inc. | October 31, 2007 | November 14, 2007 |
| Movant Connor Sport Court International, Inc. seeks to compel Respondent Google, Inc. to comply with a subpoena duces tecum relating to third party use of the term "Sport Court" as an adword and Rhino Sports, Inc.'s use of the Sport Court mark and other terms as adwords. | ||
| Person v. Google Inc. | November 27, 2006 | September 19, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Carl E. Person contends that defendant Google, Inc.'s quality score analysis prevents him from purchasing keyword targeted internet advertising at the advertised minimum cost-per-click prices and discriminates against him and other small business users who are not high volume advertisers. Related case: Person v. Google, Inc. from the U.S. District Court-Southern District of New York. | ||
| CNG Financial Corporation v. Google Inc | January 24, 2006 | September 7, 2007 |
| Plaintiff CNG Financial Corporation sued Defendant Google, Inc. over Google's practice of allowing third parties to purchase online advertisements that appear when a user searches for "Check 'N Go" on Google's website. Plaintiff owns the service mark "Check 'N Go." | ||
| Google Inc. v. American Blind & Wallpaper Factory, Inc. | November 26, 2003 | September 5, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Google Inc. seeks declaratory judgment that its policy regarding the sale of keyword-triggering advertising does not constitute trademark infringement. | ||
| Mizera v. Google | July 15, 2005 | June 26, 2007 |
| Plaintiff alleges that defendant Google Inc. has failed to take any significant measures to track or prevent click fraud, to adequately warn its customers about the existence of click fraud, to adequately advise customers that they have been victimized by click fraud, and to refund customers the excess charges that they have incurred as a result of the click fraud. | ||
| Advanced Internet Technologies, Inc. v. Google, Inc. | June 24, 2005 | June 26, 2007 |
| Plaintiff alleges that defendant Google Inc. has failed to take any significant measures to track or prevent click fraud, to adequately warn its customers about the existence of click fraud, to adequately advise customers that they have been victimized by click fraud, and to refund customers the excess charges that they have incurred as a result of the click fraud. | ||
| Langdon v. Google Inc. et al | May 17, 2006 | June 1, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Christopher Langdon complains that defendants Google, Inc., Yahoo! Inc. and Microsoft Corp. declined to accept advertising from plaintiff for his websites www.ncjusticefraud.com and www.chinaisevil.com. | ||
| LASSOFF v. GOOGLE, INC. | August 10, 2006 | May 17, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Samuel Lassoff sued defendants Google, Inc., Yahoo!, Inc. and IAC Interactive Corporation for fraud, breach of contract, negligence, unjust enrichment, and unfair business practices. Plaintiff Samuel Lassoff alleges that defendants engaged in a scheme to hide its negligent handling of plaintiff's advertising account and never warned plaintiffs of fraudulent clicks or made any recovery efforts for the plaintiffs. | ||
| FELDMAN v. GOOGLE, INC. | June 14, 2006 | April 3, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Lawrence Feldman d/b/a Lawrence Feldman & Associates alleges that he contracted with Google to purchase advertisements on the Internet, and that Google breached the contract and violated other laws by overcharging him for those ads. | ||
| Rescuecom Corporation v. Google, Inc. | September 7, 2004 | February 13, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Rescuecom Corporation alleges that defendant Google, Inc. improperly infringes on plaintiff's name and trademark by selling the trademark to plaintiff's competitors as a keyword in defendant's search results. | ||
| Person v. Google, Inc. | June 19, 2006 | October 11, 2006 |
| Plaintiff Carl E. Person contends that defendant Google, Inc.'s quality score analysis prevents him from purchasing keyword targeted internet advertising at the advertised minimum cost-per-click prices and discriminates against him and other small business users who are not high volume advertisers. Related case: Person v. Google, Inc. from the U.S. District Court-Northern District of California. | ||
| Government Employees, et al v. Google, Inc., et al | May 4, 2004 | August 8, 2005 |
| Plaintiff GEICO sued defendant Google, Inc. claiming that defendant violated the Lanham Act and engaged in unfair competition by using GEICO's trademarks to sell advertising on its Internet search engine. | ||
| Digital Envoy, Inc. v. Google, Inc. | March 29, 2004 | June 7, 2004 |
| Plaintiff Digital Envoy, Inc. alleges that it entered into a Product and Electronic Database Evaluation and License Agreement with defendant Google, Inc. under which the defendant licensed plaintiff's IP technology to obtain the geographic location of visitors to its website. However, plaintiff contends that the use of its IP technology in the Google AdSense program falls outside the scope of its agreement. | ||
| 1-800 Contacts v. Lens.com Inc. et al | August 13, 2007 | |
| Plaintiff 1-800 Contacts, Inc. alleges that Defendant Lens.com, Inc. d/b/a Lens.com, JustLens.com and JustLenses.com had purchased sponsored advertisements from Google and other search engines for Plaintiff's marks. | ||