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Are there trademark infringement issues here, particular on Google's part? They are getting paid (probably a lot) to display this ad, and are explicitly allowin
by testplzignore 7y ago
Are there trademark infringement issues here, particular on Google's part? They are getting paid (probably a lot) to display this ad, and are explicitly allowing buyers to lie about their identity.
If I were eBay, I'd be getting my lawyers on this immediately. Every dollar getting paid to Google for this ad is a dollar out of my revenue, and a lost customer, and is illegal.
- luckylion 7y agoAnd eBay will be made responsible for damages. "I click on that ebay ad and then my computer was locked down and a hacker said I need to pay him to get my files back".
- username444 7y agohttps://www.forbes.com/sites/ericgoldman/2012/10/22/google-defeats-trademark-challenge-to-its-adwords-service/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericgoldman/2012/10/22/google-d... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone_Ltd._v._Google,_Inc https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone_Ltd._v._Google....
- IshKebab 7y agoSecond link is broken, and the first is about a different thing (triggering an ad based on a competitor's trademark). Pretending to be a competitor clearly violates trademark law. But I somewhat suspect these fraudsters aren't that concerned with trademark law.
- suzakus 7y agoFixed link for the second page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone_Ltd._v._Google,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone_Ltd._v._Google,_....
- larkeith 7y agoIt looks like HN drops trailing periods at the end of links, which breaks this. Here's a working link (yay URL encodings). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone_Ltd._v._Google,_Inc%2E https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone_Ltd._v._Google,_...