Comments on: Google Bans Senatorial Campaign’s Anti-MoveOn.org Ads http://www.epolitics.com/2007/10/12/google-bans-senatorial-campaigns-anti-moveonorg-ads/ dissecting the craft of online politics and online advocacy Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:01:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Google bans anti-MoveOn campaign ads | Writes Like She Talks http://www.epolitics.com/2007/10/12/google-bans-senatorial-campaigns-anti-moveonorg-ads/#comment-152979 Google bans anti-MoveOn campaign ads | Writes Like She Talks Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:10:09 +0000 http://www.epolitics.com/2007/10/12/google-bans-senatorial-campaigns-anti-moveonorg-ads/#comment-152979 [...] Two days ago, they posted this entry, titled, “Google Bans Senatorial Campaign’s Anti-MoveOn.org Ads.” Interesting move: Google has stopped publication of a political campaign’s search ads that used MoveOn.org as a hook. According to The Examiner, The ads banned by Google were placed by a firm working for Republican Sen. Susan Collins’ re-election campaign. Collins is seeking her third term. [...] [...] Two days ago, they posted this entry, titled, “Google Bans Senatorial Campaign’s Anti-MoveOn.org Ads.” Interesting move: Google has stopped publication of a political campaign’s search ads that used MoveOn.org as a hook. According to The Examiner, The ads banned by Google were placed by a firm working for Republican Sen. Susan Collins’ re-election campaign. Collins is seeking her third term. [...]

]]> By: Justin Hamilton http://www.epolitics.com/2007/10/12/google-bans-senatorial-campaigns-anti-moveonorg-ads/#comment-152958 Justin Hamilton Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:53:31 +0000 http://www.epolitics.com/2007/10/12/google-bans-senatorial-campaigns-anti-moveonorg-ads/#comment-152958 In case you missed it, <a href="http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2007/10/our-advertising-policies-and-political.html" rel="nofollow">here's</a> google's response: "a registered trademark owner may request that its mark not be used in the text of other parties' ads" my question is: Is preemptive trademarking now a new defensive strategy in message control of political search? In case you missed it, here’s google’s response:

“a registered trademark owner may request that its mark not be used in the text of other parties’ ads”

my question is: Is preemptive trademarking now a new defensive strategy in message control of political search?

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