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cagey1 - 7:20 pm on Dec 15, 2004 (gmt 0)
OK, I know that if a trademark owner notifies Google, Google will remove (and prevent) ads that use that trademark. Google no longer screens keywords (in the USA) for trademarks, allowing "non-trademark" ads to appear when someone searches for trademarked text. But what happens when an advertiser uses the {Keyword} ad feature in the title of an ad that is in an adgroup with a trademarked keyword? Does Google detect that the "dynamic" title now contains a trademarked name? Does it automatically display the alternate title?
Google contends that its policies expressly forbid advertisers from using trademark names in the text of their ads. The search engine says it does its best to prevent ads that violate the policy from sneaking in...