Google V. Rescuecom's Case Summary

1. An assault usually takes place when an individual acts intentionally in a way to cause fear or harm to another person. Josephine is suing Dan for raising his fit in a manner that was threatening and threw a punch at her. Josephine accused Dan for assaulting her and even pushing her from behind which according to her is a battery as per the personal injury law. As per the law, it is important to consider that the victim must not be physically armed for an assault to occur.

2. In the lawsuit, Google is being accused of selling the trademarked name "Rescuecom” being the key word to the Rescuecom's competitors. Google’s search engines use the keywords in delivering their search results, through that, it was like allowing the competitors to appear first on the results page incase the user searches for the "Rescuecom." It was a lawsuit which was filled and even dismissed by the lower courts. It was the first time for Google to find itself in such legal predicament. It happened that the American Airline and Geico sued Google for constantly selling their trademark as keywords. This made Google trademarks to make major alterations as one way of finding a balance which protects the …show more content…
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