"A French court has fined search engine giant Google €350,000 and said that its search advertising business has infringed on two companies' trade marks.
Google allows anyone to pay to have their adverts appear beside certain words. Trade mark holders have argued that allowing other people to buy an association with their brands constitutes trade mark infringement. ...."
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/03/google_france/
Source: http://www.out-law.com/page-9758
The words are 'Voyageurs du Monde (Travellers of the World) and Terres d'Aventure (Lands of Adventure)'. |
Worth noting that Pinsents, which runs the out-law site, is representing Interflora in their case against M&S over bidding on Interflora's trademark. Funny that out-law doesn't mention that in their piece given they have a clear interest in this area.. |