Advertiser forcing me to stop showing their ads

Lawyers asking me to block their advertiser client ads.

[security56]

This is the case, I recently was sue by a company for other issues which I fix, now their lawyers are asking me to block the ads of the company they represent. To which I reply they can block their ads from showing in my site easily by blocking my site.

Now I don't know if the lawyer is stupid or is just no communicating with the advertiser department of the company they represent, but I'm thinking am I responsible for blocking their ads or is the company responsible for making sure their ads don't appear on my site.

PS: The company once block their ads from appearing on my site for like a month but then again they appear again because I did bring good quality clicks, click which went to their competition which also advertise on my site, that's probably why they aloud their ads to appear again on my site.

[benevolent001]

Report it to Google no advertiser can contact and threaten any of publishers directly , show them the door

[matrix_neo]

Explain the situtation to the lawyers, advertiser and google directly.

[Marcia]

To avoid bother, I'd filter that site and also make sure Google gets a copy of the intimidating correspondence.

[Hobbs]

If your site is clean and can pass Google's inspection, follow the above advice and tell then where to put their treats, copying AdSense support on your reply.

Filter space is valuable and limited.

[potentialgeek]

I agree with blocking it because it'll save you time, but I wouldn't say anything to Google, because it may watch you more closely for Adsense infringements if it knows you've been sued.

The attorney is dense and doesn't understand how AdWords works. The company is dumb for not blocking your site.

p/g

[security56]

Thanks guys for your reply,
In regard to contacting their lawyers I am just tire is like they becoming overjealous with the use of trademark infringement, I fallow by the letter what they say and they keep on asking to remove any company trademark over and over again to which I reply can you please stop using the lawyer mombo jombo and tell me exactly what i am doing wrong to no avail they basically send me the same reply.

I going have to involve google on this because I know at this point my site is not braking any laws. And they basically saying that any advertiser that uses their name on the ad title, for example the company name is title if an another advertiser uses ti tle with an space between they don't want that either.

Anyways guys thanks for your reply and I will contact google because I reaaly over my head on this one.

[hyperkik]

Are they asking that you stop showing ads for their company, or are they asking that you stop showing ads which utilize their trademark? If it's the latter, other than by pulling AdSense off of your site, it's not something you can control.

[nomis5]

The lawyers always write in mumbo jumbo, it's how they earn their living. Every letter they send to you and every letter they receive from you is costing their client $$! Get some satisfaction out that whatever happens.

[security56]

They are asking me both, remove their company ads and remove any ads which have their company trademark or a similar title of their trademark.

:) yes man is pure mombo jombo that I cannot understand now wonder people say all those nasty things about lawyers is like they are like robots not human.

But one thing I will email google about this because this is what confuses me the most, why do I need to monitor both their companies ads or other company using similar trademark, Am I really responsible for that.

Ah I already block their company ads and the others sites which they pointed out, my clicks have gone down to half which is okie is better then going to court I guess, but I it just don't seem right that they will take it to such level.

[Hobbs]

Are your pages outranking them in the serps for their company name or service? That could be it.

If for company name, they yes, they have the right not to be listed on your site if they choose so, more related to etiquette than law, but if you want to fight it you still can.

If you are outranking them in the serps for the type of service they offer, then they can just forget it as long as your site is not infringing on their copyrights.

They probably are thinking you are making money off their name by visitors you get off search engines and send back to them via the AdWords clicks that they pay for, they should really hire an SEO not a lawyer.

[Marcia]

The advertiser has to get Adwords to stop allowing others to use his trademark. Simple as that, but apparently neither the lawyer or the advertiser know how it works.

[security56]

Well, I am not on top of the rank I usually rank fourth or fifth bellow them in the actual company title. But I rank first on all other title plus other words.
For example, the company I am talking about is a software, now I and other users of my site create programs to be use in the software so people that search on google or other search engines for example.

The site on top of all search engines is mines.

Ah is hard to explain but basically any addon program that people look for can be found on my site and in all those search my site is on top.

And I remove any link to their site. now if thats also illegal.

Ah i might as well remove their ads for ever myself.

[edited by: jatar_k at 5:34 pm (utc) on June 2, 2007]
[edit reason] no specifics thanks [/edit]

[successlieswithme]

hey..
remove or edit last post,
its against WWW rules and also not advisable to do so.
don't reveal any info.

[ogletree]

That is funny. They put an ad on your site then sue you for having it there. I would try really hard to make this guy look as stupid as possible.

[jatar_k]

just a note here security56

we aren't lawyers and we can't give, nor should you ever take, legal advice on our forums

your best recourse is to consult a lawyer