Trademark Violation? "On Track"

[MediaSpree]

My ads have been running smooth for a few months, today I received an email that a few of my ads have been disabled because ther words "On Track" are trademarked. Without giving away the theme of the site which i will replace with "blankity blank" the line in my ad reads:

"Get Your "blankity blank" Back On Track!"

I changed it to simply:

"Get Your "blankity blank" Back!"

as to comply but should I really have had to?

[inbound]

It's a bit late now but you should have filed for an exception. That would have retained your CTR history.

You could now have an uphill battle to regain your position. Requesting an exception has been swift on the odd occasion I have had to and I've never had one refused as I've never violated the trademark, it's just been a coincidence (like yours seems).

You'll know the next time.

[MediaSpree]

Thanks, luckliy there is not too much competition in my sector so i think my ads will be ok. I just thought it was strange...you would think if it was an alogorithm looking at the ads it would have been identified a long time ago as a violation.

[Sanenet]

Often this is because the marketing manager runs a script that identifies all affiliates that send them traffic using the keywords "blankety blank".

So, they get a list of 100 affs who use the trademarked name "blankety blank", and then don't bother checking the list before sending out a blanket "cease and desist" email.

If you think you're in the right, just apply to their (and G.s) common sense). If not, drop it and go to some other scam :)

[MediaSpree]

Hey Sananet

I don't think you understood me fully. Google sent me the email about my adwords ad. So I am adversting a product (a service really, owned by me) which will help get someones "blankity blank" back on track. But since google identified the phrase "On Track" as trademarked I had to change the text of my ad to remove the words "On Track" There was no dispute over the use of "blankity blank" in my ad. Just thought I'd calrify if I was not clear before :)

[MediaSpree]

Just an update, I received an email from google saying the trademark violation was a mistake and my ads have been re-approved. Thanks for listening!