Breaking! Google & American Airlines Settle Trademark Dispute Confidentially
American Airlines has privately settled its trademark suit with Google. Case number 4:07-cv-00487, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, is history. Both companies are tight-lipped about the confidential settlement.
The timing of this settlement is so close to the related Tiffany v. eBay trademark ruling that it suggests a causative link.
From the start of this case I questioned why American brought contributory charges against Google, without also suing the primary infringers who were apparently their licensed agents.
Again I ask: when do IP law cases end? There’s clearly more to learn about how this got resolved.
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