Online Use of Third Party Trademarks: Can Your Trademark Be Used without Your Permission?
Linda A. Friedman is a partner in the Birmingham office of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, where she works with clients in the development, protection and enforcement of their intellectual property assets, primarily trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. She regularly negotiates IP transactions and the resolution of IP disputes. If an online ad, post, domain name, or even hidden text is misleading, deceptive or likely to cause confusion, or if it threatens to dilute a famous