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Is It Proper To Say You Google On GOOGLE®?

Posted in Domain Name, Genericide, Litigation, Trademark, Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy

Written by Susan Weller Do you “google?” That is the essence of the question before the Federal District Court in Arizona in a Complaint filed on May 21, 2012 by David Elliott against Internet search engine giant Google, Inc. In Elliot v Google, Inc., CV-12-1072-PHX-MHB, Elliot claims that Google’s once distinctive mark GOOGLE® has become… Continue Reading