So basically Google just doesn't want to be the judge to determine what is fair use and what isn't?
Is the EU/US distinction based on the searcher location, the advertiser location or what region site the user visits (or a combination of all three)? On Jan 18, 2008 1:59 PM, Eric Chamberlain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin, > > You have it backwards. > > In the US, Google will let you buy any AdWords you like, but your ad copy > can't contain registered trademarks, if the trademark holder has told Google > to block them. > > And to the best of my knowledge, in the EU, the trademark holder can block > the trademark from both the AdWords and the ad copy. > > The situation differs in different locations, based on court cases between > trademark holders and Google. > > We've used this in the past, to prevent competitors from using things like > Voxilla in their ad copy header. But Google still makes money from our > competitors buying the Voxilla AdWord. > > -- > Eric Chamberlain > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin P. Fleming > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 3:44 PM > To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Digium enforcing its trademarks > > > Brian West wrote: > > > You shouldn't have to contact Digium for such use cases as "Asterisk > > Compatible" or "Works with Asterisk". > > The issue is *not* the use of the trademarks within the ad copy itself > (as you rightly point out), it is the purchase of search > results/listings for those trademarks via the AdWords process. As far as > I'm aware, it's perfectly acceptable to have an ad that says "Our > products are compatible with Asterisk" or "Our products are based on > Asterisk" or similar copy, but purchasing 'Asterisk' or 'Digium' as a > keyword to get those ads to show up in searches is not allowed unless > Digium has authorized you to do so. > > -- > Kevin P. Fleming > Director of Software Technologies > Digium, Inc. - "The Genuine Asterisk Experience" (TM) > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz