Google Faces Trademark Suite Over Search Ads by Brian Morrissey. DM News (Jan 30) -- American Blind & Wallpaper is suing Google for selling advertising to others on its trademarked items.
"In the case of American Blind, Google acquiesced to a request to remove ads on some of the company's terms, like "American Blind Factory" and "DecorateToday" (the name of the company's Web site), but refused to act on more generic, descriptive search terms such as "blind," "wallpaper" and "factory." In a letter to Google in July 2002, American Blind attorney Susan Greenspon requested Google remove ads for 37 search terms."