Intellectual Property Law

"Why Hasn't Google Cleared, Fired or Suspended Accused AdWords Employee?"

By Marty Schwimmer

SearchEngineLand: "Why Hasn't Google Cleared, Fired or Suspended Accused AdWords Employee?":

Google takes plenty of well-publicized heat for things it hasn?t really done or concerns that get hyped. But in the case of one of its AdWords employees being accused of bypassing AdWords policies for his own benefit, I?m surprised the Big G isn?t being dragged over the coals. Over a month after the initial accusations, the person appears to still be fully employed at Google, without Google issuing any public comment about the case.

In early April, Jeremy ?ShoeMoney? Schoemaker filed suit against Keyen Farrell ? a Google AdWords account coordinator ? alleging that Farrell was infringing on his trademark via Google AdWords.

Full post as published by Trademark Blog on May 05, 2009 (boomark / email).