Can Use of Another's Trademark in an AdWord Constitute Infringement?

<p> <a href="https://procopio.com" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="/userfiles/image/blog/Procopio%20Newsroom.png" style="width: 500px; height: 38px;" /></a></p> <p> <a href="mailto:heather.cameron@procopio.com" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="/userfiles/image/blog/Cameron%202013.jpg" style="width: 100px; height: 100px; float: left;" /></a>AdWords have become an increasingly popular method of marketing goods and services to consumers, expanding the scope and breadth of internet advertising.</p>
Published: February 21, 2014

AdWords have become an increasingly popular method of marketing goods and services to consumers, expanding the scope and breadth of internet advertising.

In a new article, we explain the discrete factors that courts have identified to determine whether use of a trademark in an AdWord by someone other than the trademark owner is licit or constitutes infringement, illustrated by recent decisions in the Fifth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits.

 

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