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Strategies to Protect Brands and Avoid Liability for Infringement
CD/DVD of a 90-minute CLE teleconference with Q&A
Sponsored by the Legal Publishing Group of Strafford Publications
Conducted on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 ~ 1:00pm-2:30pm EDT
Now available on CD/DVD
Price: $297
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This seminar will examine how the courts are addressing trademark infringement claims arising from online contextual advertising. The panel will provide strategies for companies to take advantage of contextual advertising’s benefits while avoiding liability for infringement.
Description
In recent years, online contextual advertising has become a powerful, cost-effective marketing tool for companies. Contextual advertising-ads targeting Internet users based on the users’ online behavior-is a multi-billion dollar business for adware companies and Internet search engines.
The surge in online contextual advertising has raised questions of whether contextual ads violate competitors’ trademarks. Litigation arising from contextual advertising yields inconsistent results, as the determination of trademark infringement tends to be fact-specific.
On April 3, 2009, the Second Circuit issued an instructive ruling in Rescuecom Corp. v. Google Inc. The ruling highlighted potential liabilities due to a companies’ use of competitor trademarks in contextual advertising and the increasing likelihood of future infringement lawsuits.
Listen as our panel of intellectual property attorneys examines how the courts are addressing online contextual advertising. The panel will outline best practices for companies to leverage the business benefits of contextual advertising while avoiding liability for trademark infringement.
Outline
- Online contextual advertising — overview
- Metatags
- Pop-up advertising
- Keyword advertising
- Click-through advertising
- Court treatment of contextual advertising
- Rescuecom Corp. v. Google Inc. (2d Cir. 2009) and other recent “use in commerce” cases
- Likelihood of confusion/initial interest confusion
- Best practices for avoiding liability for infringement
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key questions:
- How are the courts responding to trademark infringement cases arising from the increase in contextual advertising on the Internet?
- What lessons on “use in commerce” can IP counsel glean from the recent Rescuecom Corp. v. Google Inc. ruling?
- How will courts likely deal with the “likelihood of confusion” issues surrounding contextual advertising on the Internet?
Following the speaker presentations, you’ll have an opportunity to listen to the original live Q&A.
Faculty
Terence P. Ross, Partner
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Washington, D.C.
He has broad experience in various types of intellectual property disputes, including patent and copyright infringement; trade secret and unfair competition litigation; and trademark/trade name disputes. He represents a number of media companies and other content providers who publish on the Internet. He speaks and writes regularly on a variety of intellectual property topics.
Jessica L. Rothstein, Senior Counsel
Goodwin Procter, New York
She concentrates her practice in the counseling, protection and licensing of intellectual property rights, with an emphasis on the worldwide protection of trademarks. She also advises clients as to a broad range of transactions relating to intellectual property rights, including research and development agreements, noncompete, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements.
Norman C. Simon, Partner
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, New York
He works on all aspects of commercial litigation, at both the trial and appellate levels, as well as in the arbitration context. He has significant expertise in intellectual property (advertising, trademark and copyright) litigation. He has litigated a number of trademark/trade dress and copyright infringement actions.
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Price covers an unlimited number of staff at your office location. Can’t participate in the live seminar? A CD of the full event proceedings, including Q&A and PDF files of all handouts, will be available 10 days after the seminar.
Continuing Legal Education
Continuing Legal Education credits are granted for an additional $65 per person. Please refer to the options on the order page to take advantage of these credits.
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