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These are creative, but you haven’t thought them through. Do you really want brands to own trademarks on their keywords? So that when, to pick a random example,
by asr 1mo ago
These are creative, but you haven’t thought them through. Do you really want brands to own trademarks on their keywords? So that when, to pick a random example, you search the internet for “1-800 Contacts,” nobody else is allowed to show an ad that says “Hey Amluto! We sell the same thing cheaper!”[1]
2 is just being bad at business. Which is why I’m skeptical it happens.
3, I hate to break it to you, basically happens in every major store you walk into in America. Google “slotting fees.” If you think customers want an alternative, apply to YC!
[1] The FTC (on your behalf) sued 1-800 contacts for trying this. https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2016/08/ftc-sues-1-800-contacts-charging-it-harms-competition-online-search-advertising-auctions-restricts https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2016/08/...
- m463 1mo agoseems they've ruled the practice is ok: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/warby-parker-fends-off-1-800-contacts-keyword-ad-case-us-appeals-court-2024-10-08/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/warby-parker-fends-...
- niccl 1mo agoIIRC, at one time, in Aotearoa/New Zealand at least, Coca Cola Amatil (or whoever it is) had trademarked 'Always'. It may have been some other word, but it was definitely a common word. And it wasn't the particular branding, just the word