Category: Internet Legislation
Utah Charging $250 to Protect Trademarks
Posted by adam on April 12, 2007 at 05:03 PM
By now most search engine professionals should already be familiar with the new Utah legislation preventing advertisers from bidding on competitors’ trademarks as keywords. To this point search engines, such as Google, have stayed out of the battle between Trademark owner and advertiser for the most part. Accordingly, Google encourages trademark owners to resolve their disputes directly with the advertiser, particularly because the advertiser may have similar ads on other sites. However, as a courtesy to trademark owners, Google is willing to perform a limited investigation of reasonable complaints. - Google AdWords Learning Center Trademark owners who wish to be...
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Kofi Annan, Hezbollah and Your Internet
Posted by vern on July 31, 2006 at 10:24 AM
Kofi Annan and the UN have their hands full these days. The recent fighting in the Middle East continues to escalate with increasing civilian casualties on both sides. The tragic Sunday (7/30) attack on a Hezbollah missile battery that resulted in dozens of civilian deaths threatens to fuel the fires of war. Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, has been begging both sides to declare a cease fire in the bloody conflict to make it possible to deliver humanitarian aid to the victims of this 20 day old skirmish. Once again the world's attention, and media reporting, is monopolized by...
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Straight Up Site of Interest - Net Neutrality
Posted by keirsun on June 09, 2006 at 10:37 AM
For the newcomers out there, our monthly Straight Up Site of Interest post is designed to spotlight websites/services that thrive upon forward-thinking internet technologies. We're getting a little political in today's post, and for good reason. Last night (6/8/06) the U.S. House of Representatives voted against the "Net Neutrality" amendment, which was designed to keep all internet websites treated equal by broadband service providers. Straight Up Site of Interest: SaveTheInternet.com In their Own Words: "The SavetheInternet.com Coalition is a real grassroots alliance of organizations, citizens, businesses and bloggers that have banded together to protect Internet freedom." First Impression: The site's...
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