Comments on: Stopping People From Bidding On Your Trademark – At Least On Google Adwords

By: Google Fails to Block ShoeMoney Ads | Infolific

Google Fails to Block ShoeMoney Ads | Infolific — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:54:19 +0000

[...] about his recent success with obtaining a trademark for ShoeMoney which in turn allowed him to eliminate AdWords ads that contained his trademark. Of course, I couldn't resist testing out just how thorough the AdWords system is with such things. [...]

By: Chris Anton

Chris Anton — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:07:02 +0000

You can still bid on it by bidding broad…!

By: unibet

unibet — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:48:54 +0000

Great articale

By: Ron Channon

Ron Channon — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:48:05 +0000

I am picking up this thread following a gap of some 14 months,however, I hope it creates some ongoing interest.
Like ‘Shoemoney’ my company with the Reg trademark ‘Golfplan’ was also subject to trade mark scamming throughout 2007 and early January 08. I also complained to Google that same month and received exactly the same reply, it was subsequently removed from two competitors sites by Google themselves.
Great, two months later Google announce they will allow bidding on competitors trademarks and the same competitors are back listed on Sponsored links directly above my No 1 organic position where I have been for the last 10 years!!
My company markets golf Insurance within the UK see http://www.golfplan.co.uk I understand trademark bidding has been declared legal in the USA, but is it legal under English Law? I cannot believe any UK Judge would give it approval, so maybe it is just a matter of time before someone tests it in The British Law Courts.
I have personally thought about being the first but I have no doubt it would prove very costly, and if I won it would be my financial loss and everyone elses FREE gain!! Maybe I should look for a ‘No Win, No Fee’ Lawyer ? RFC7

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By: Phillip

Phillip — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:25:37 +0000

I never knew you could do that.

By: How to Use Trademarks (Not Yours) in AdWords Ads

How to Use Trademarks (Not Yours) in AdWords Ads — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:16:08 +0000

[...] brand. This in turn allowed him to submit documentation to the Google AdWords team so that using ShoeMoney within ad titles and copy wouldn't be allowed. This inspired me to see if I could find a way around Google's trademark protection system [...]