Archives Tag: Google Trademarks

Google Getting Careless with Branding

Google Getting Careless with Branding

Google is a company that I would expect to protect its brand, trademark, and copyright, but in a few cases, I have seen that they haven’t been very protective. The first instance is GOOGLE.vc. This website is not owned by Google. I’ve talked about this domain before and mentioned it to a number of Google [...]

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How to Get Around AdWords Trademark Protection

Here’s a tricky advertiser that uses another method for getting around the trademark protection policies in place by AdWords. Ha, nice. Putting spaces between the letters to evade trademark protection. Looks like it slipped by one of the AdWords ad managers. If I had my own company advertising products, I would certainly hope that I [...]

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Google & NBC Partner for Cable Network Ad Serving

Google has announced that they are creating a formal partnership with NBC to begin serving ads in part of NBC’s cable network inventory. “Advertisers using Google TV Ads will be able to place their ads on CNBC, Sci-Fi Network, MSNBC, Oxygen, Sleuth and Chiller starting in early 2009.” It’s been quite a while since we [...]

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Google Trademark Basics (Part I)

Let’s visit some of the Google Trademarks out there right now. Google has a few guidelines for trademark usage, slogans, and logos. What is a trademark? “A trademark is a word, name, symbol or device (or a combination thereof) that identifies the goods or services of a person or company and distinguishes them from the [...]

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