American Airlines and Google have reached an agreement over it lawsuit claiming Google’s search engine directed users to advertisements for the airline’s competitors. American was seeking unspecified damages for trademark infringement.
American was upset that when Google users entered search terms such as AAdvantage, the trademark name of its frequent-flier program, the results included Web sites that had no connection to American. The airline said the results could confuse consumers and divert customers from its own Web site.
Google compared its policy to grocery stores that give shoppers a More»

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