"Metatags" tagged Cases and Lawsuits

CaseCase FiledLast Document
Mark Mishak v. Google, Inc. et alDecember 20, 2007July 18, 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.
Novak v. Overture Services, Inc. et alSeptember 24, 2002March 18, 2005
Plaintiff Robert Novak d/b/a Pets Warehouse sued defendants Kanoodle, Google and Overture and alleged that they permitted plaintiff's competitors to purchase advertising based on the Pets Warehouse trademark. Plaintiff further alleges that defendants TheFerretStore.com, Judge-For-Yourself.com and DoctorDog.com had either used plaintiff's trademark in its metatags or had purchased the keyword Pets Warehouse.