On 8/30/07, Brian McNeil brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org wrote:
The issue here can't really be progressed when all that is being provided is a graphic of the ad banner. If people are inappropriately using the Wikipedia name I have no doubt a nice letter will get Google to pull their adverts - but you can't do that if you don't know what is being advertised.
Google ads is pretty aggressive about the trademark thing.
I used adwords to promote our last fundraiser, and they shut me off after two days for using the "trademark term Wikipedia". They did not respond to my requests on what documentation I needed to provide to ensure that I had authorization to use the mark.
Ironic that they're letting some spammer use it to link to their site... but I bet it will be/was shut off after a day or two tops.