Who had the gadgets first? That’s the question posed in a lawsuit filed by a Lafayette Web site design company suing search engine giant Google, alleging the company infringed on its trademarks. The Advocate reports that Firefly Digital is alleging in a federal lawsuit that it owns both state and federal trademarks for its “Web site Gadget” and “Gadget,” a proprietary Web site content management system and add-on applications. Firefly Digital claims Google’s use of features and programs, such as ‘Google Gadgets,” “Google Gadgets Editor,” “Google Gadget Ventures,” “Gadgets API,” and “Gadget” create a likelihood of injury to Firefly’s business reputation and a weakening of the distinctive quality of Firefly’s famous marks. To read the full story in The Advocate, click here.
Lafayette firm sues Google over gadgets
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