Forbes.com: Buffett: Judge Says Berkshire's Geico Can Sue Google for trademark infringement, unfair competition and dilution of its marks
Forbes.com: Buffett: Judge Says Berkshire's Geico Can Sue Google: "Geico can sue both Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) and Yahoo!'s (nasdaq: YHOO - news - people ) Overture Services for allegedly selling ads keyed to its trademarks, a federal judge has ruled. Judge Leonie Brinkema of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia denied the search firms' motion to dismiss six charges brought by Geico, an insurer that's one of many subsidiaries of Warren Buffett's vehicle, Berkshire Hathaway (nyse: BRKa - news - people ). Geico alleged that the Internet firms' use of its moniker to trigger search-related adverts was trademark infringement, unfair competition and dilution of its marks. But Judge Brinkema did grant the search companies' motions to dismiss claims of statutory business conspiracy and tortious interference. Not sure what the latter means? You know where you can look them up..."
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