Competitor running adsense using our company name

#*$!

[calumniate]

< admin note: this thread was moved here from the adsense forum >

Hi there,

My first post in adsense. Basically, we've never had the need to run adsense.. however recently I was surfing and saw a competitor using our exact company name as a title in adsense.

I'm going to contact them, however I was wondering if it's possible to get reports on what types of adsense people are running or no?

All the best,

-russell

[edited by: tedster at 12:40 am (utc) on Nov. 25, 2006]

[frox]

I guess you are confusing adsense and adwords ....
that's more of an adwords question

[calumniate]

sorry.. pretty new to this stuff thanks

[calumniate]

Hmm i need to clarify. Where I saw this ad was in adsense.. it was on a private website. Now I'm curious, I know that you can host adsense but the adds the system uses come from adwords?

[jatar_k]

yes, the ads for AdSense come from AdWords

if you have a copyright on the name then just contact Google

[calumniate]

thanks.. the only contact link i found was their 'feedback' form. Is this the best way to contact them?

thanks,

-r

[hal12b]

You can do a "WHOIS" look up and find out who registered the domain name.

[koan]

You should click on the "ads by google" link and send some feedback with the "Send Google your thoughts on the ads you just saw" link selecting the "appropriateness of ads" menu. I doubt adwords advertisers are allowed to use copyrighted company names.

[John Carpenter]

if you have a copyright on the name then just contact Google

Company/product/trade names cannot and are not protected by copyright. They can be protected by trademarks or service marks.

[koan]

Company/product/trade names cannot and are not protected by copyright. They can be protected by trademarks or service marks.

What he says. My bad.

[calumniate]

our name is a registered mark. thanks, the google people have responded!

[seth_wilde]

Here is Google's form for trademark complaints

[services.google.com...]