Law Firm To 9th Circuit: ‘Common Practice’ Of Keyword Ads Infringed No Trademarks

(January 18, 2024, 10:38 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Asking the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to affirm a trial court’s judgment that its purchasing of a competitor’s trademark in Google keyword ads was not trademark infringement, an Arizona law firm contends in its appellee brief that the purchasing of such online advertisements is a “common practice” that, at best, resulted in de minimis consumer confusion....