The adwords/trademark issue on Google has seen its day in court. Kind of interesting:
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=google+geico+lawsuit&meta= On 1/17/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think its up for debate. Business and ethics aren't one in the same. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gadi Evron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: H D Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 02:20:31 +0200 > Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Vulnerability/Penetration Testing Tools > > H D Moore wrote: > > You should check out the Metasploit Framework: > > - http://metasploit.com/projects/Framework/ > > > <rant> > > When I viewed the online demo of SAINT Exploit in December of 2005, > nearly > all of their exploit modules had names very similar to the > ones found in > version 2.5 of the Metasploit Framework. The demo has > been updated since > then and a handful of new exploits have been mixed > in while others had > their name changed. Oh, and their placement of a > Google Adword on > "metasploit" was a nice touch... > > </rant> > > Speaking of Google.. > I had the unfortunate fortune of working on an ad campaign recently. > It brought to the fore many questions.. some of them were about this. > > If I put an adword on "symantec", don't I breach their trademark, or > Google does? > > I doubt anyone would sue Google to find out, or be in courts for so > long it won't matter any longer. > > Annoying, but works both ways. > > Gadi. > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- 2 GB of storage and > industry-leading spam and email virus protection. > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > -- ____ ygjb Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. E. W. Dijkstra _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
