AXA sues Google over AdWords

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AXA sues Google over AdWords 366

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday April 27, 2004 @09:23AM from the this-will-only-get-worse dept.

Da Fokka writes "Insurance company AXA is suing Google in a french court because a search for 'AXA' results in links to their competitors. A similar claim was initially awarded but successfully appealed by Google. If this claim is successful, this could be quite a setback for Google's business model."

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Ok smartypants.. (Score:3, Funny)

by bigattichouse ( 527527 ) writes: on Tuesday April 27, 2004 @09:27AM (#8983003) Homepage

I think the lawyers responsible for such litigation should be required by the judge to supply (for free to the public) a list of every trademarked word... and keep it updated in perpetuity, oh.. and have their fingernails pulled off for being such a pest.

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The proper term is.... (Score:5, Funny)

by wpiman ( 739077 ) writes: on Tuesday April 27, 2004 @09:27AM (#8983006)

"Freedom" court. Please use the language that our lofty senators appointed for us.

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Adwords... (Score:-1, Funny)

by harrouet ( 657486 ) writes: on Tuesday April 27, 2004 @09:27AM (#8983009) Homepage

Orgie, porn, pamela, tits, AXA, britney, ...

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Re:Seems they may loose this one (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 27, 2004 @09:28AM (#8983022)

axa is found in Ebonics dictionaries. Using it in context - "lemme axa question, dawg."

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Next up... (Score:5, Funny)

by tooloftheoligarchy ( 557158 ) writes: on Tuesday April 27, 2004 @09:29AM (#8983041)

"Search engine company Google is suing themselves"

"If you Google on 'A9', you get a listing for one of our competitors," said a company spokesperson. "It's an outrage!"

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Re:Obvious question.. (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 27, 2004 @09:32AM (#8983072)

Give them a break, clearly they only have the resources for one high-profile frivolous lawsuit at a time.

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Re:Seems they may loose this one (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 27, 2004 @09:38AM (#8983147)

You can't spell for shit man. Its lose not loose.

Loosing, to set free.

Losing, the opposite of winning.

Loser.

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Re:Next up... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 27, 2004 @09:57AM (#8983374)

reading peoples' analogies for searching one thing and finding a competitor, I decided to google "search engine"

turns out alta vista is hit #1, and google is lowly #5

google should file suit against google immediately

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Re:Seems they may loose this one (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 27, 2004 @10:05AM (#8983483)

> Its lose not loose.

It's.

You loose (sic).

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Hey now.. (Score:3, Funny)

by Adam9 ( 93947 ) writes: on Tuesday April 27, 2004 @10:15AM (#8983580) Journal

Lawyers don't sue people.

People sue people.

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Looks like we have a new candidate ... (Score:2, Funny)

by elronxenu ( 117773 ) writes: on Tuesday April 27, 2004 @10:19AM (#8983627) Homepage

For litigious bastards [axa.com], displacing the previous litigious bastards [scogroup.com] who will henceforth be known simply as bastards [scogroup.com].

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Re:Seems they may lose this one (Score:2, Funny)

by AndroidCat ( 229562 ) writes: on Tuesday April 27, 2004 @10:45AM (#8983953) Homepage

Looks like Google dropped the ads in American Samoa [google.as].

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Money grubbing bastards... (Score:2, Funny)

by panth77 ( 763761 ) writes: on Tuesday April 27, 2004 @10:47AM (#8983976)

::Sigh:: This is why it should be legal to own a real BFG.

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Re:The proper term is.... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 27, 2004 @10:52AM (#8984026)

What? You mean "Republican Fries"? Good one.

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Re:Leave it to a French Court (Score:2, Funny)

by jamshid42 ( 218149 ) writes: on Tuesday April 27, 2004 @11:01AM (#8984142) Homepage

Yeah, but if everyone here spoke plainly, they wouldn't be able to use the Chewbacca defense to save themselves later.

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Re:Loose and Lose (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 27, 2004 @11:36AM (#8984610)

Perhaps this will help:

"If your use of lose and loose is loose you lose."

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Re:Google could fix this easily. (Score:3, Funny)

by DirkDaring ( 91233 ) writes: on Tuesday April 27, 2004 @12:15PM (#8985149)

We surrender! We drop all our lawsuits, please relist us!

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Re:Seems they may loose this one (Score:4, Funny)

by BlueTooth ( 102363 ) writes: on Tuesday April 27, 2004 @12:22PM (#8985240) Homepage

Is it possible that we've slashdotted the ad inventory for these AXA competitors thus effectively removing their ads from Google?

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Ok smartypants.. (Score:3, Funny)

The proper term is.... (Score:5, Funny)

Adwords... (Score:-1, Funny)

Re:Seems they may loose this one (Score:5, Funny)

Next up... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Obvious question.. (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Seems they may loose this one (Score:0, Funny)

Re:Next up... (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Seems they may loose this one (Score:3, Funny)

Hey now.. (Score:3, Funny)

Looks like we have a new candidate ... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Seems they may lose this one (Score:2, Funny)

Money grubbing bastards... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:The proper term is.... (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Leave it to a French Court (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Loose and Lose (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Google could fix this easily. (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Seems they may loose this one (Score:4, Funny)

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