October 23, 2024
The Ninth Circuit has upheld an Arizona federal court's ruling in favor of a Tempe-based personal injury firm that was sued by another personal injury firm, Lerner & Rowe, over its purchases of Google advertising search terms, with the judges finding little "actual confusion" was caused by the advertising strategy.
July 31, 2023
A federal judge in Phoenix has changed his mind about whether a personal injury law firm has an intellectual property and unfair competition case against the name partner of a rival Arizona firm, tossing the case and admitting that the court misread the defendants' dismissal motion.
May 19, 2023
A federal judge in Phoenix has found that a local personal injury law firm didn't make its case that a rival's purchase of Google search terms violated trademark law, but said he would set a trial date on related unfair competition claims against the law firm's principal.