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Google Loses Appeal in French Trademark Case
An October 2003 ruling against Google for trademark infringement was upheld by a French appeals court last week. Google was ordered to pay US$103,000 in damages to the French travel companies Luteciel and Viaticum. Users who searched on Google using these companies' marks as key words were also provided with links to competitor companies' websites. The court found that Google should have prevented its clients from using key words which infringed trademarks.
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