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thrtythreeforty | 5 months ago

Can you in principle sue people buying these ads for trademark infringement? (I realize in practice the answer is that it's not worth the game of whack-a-mole.)

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remus|5 months ago

Where is the trademark infringement? It's like honda buying an advert outside a VW dealership.

stetrain|5 months ago

The trademark infringement is when their ad includes someone else's trademark.

Look at the screenshot in this post. All four of the ads at the top of the search results include the trademarked name "Midjourney" in the title of the ad.

This is more like putting up a giant sign outside of your Honda dealership saying "Best deals on new VWs!" but when you pull in they don't sell VWs, they sell their own competing products.

_superlevure_|5 months ago

No, it's like searching for the location of a VW dealership on your phone and Google Maps taking you to an Honda one instead.

joquarky|5 months ago

No, this is more like Honda putting a portal in front of the main door of the VW dealership that transports people into their showroom instead.