This blog originally appeared on the Wiliam Galkin’s Law Blog. It’s no secret that piracy of music and movies over the Internet is rampant and costs industry billions of dollars annually. Most people involved in this activity are not hardened criminals, and if asked, will probably admit that it is a technical violation of the law,…

The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California recently ruled that the purchase of a competitor’s registered trademark through Google Inc.’s AdWords program for sponsored keyword advertising on the search engine website constituted “use in commerce” under the Latham Act. Trademark owners scored a recent victory in the ongoing battle over the use…