Google Loses Keyword Trademark Case in France

By Andrew Raff on January 21, 2005 5:58 PM | | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)

News.com reports: Google loses trademark dispute in France: "On Dec. 16, a Nanterre court in France ruled that Google infringed on the trademarks of Le Meridien by allowing the hotel chain's rivals to bid on keywords of its name and appear prominently in related search results. Le Meridien had sued Google's French subsidiary on Oct. 25 after failing to reach an amicable agreement, according to court documents."

The decision: Tribunal de grande instance de Nanterre Ordonnance de référé 16 décembre 2004, Hotels Meridien / Google France (in French.) A rought translation is available using Altavista Babel fish.

(via The Trademark Blog.)

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Frédéric said:

Using Babelfish to translate legal documents... ;-) ?

French legal online publication Juriscom.net has a translation available at :

http://www.juriscom.net/jpt/visu.php?ID=631

January 25, 2005 12:23 PM

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