ELLIOTT v. GOOGLE, INC.

No. 15-15809.

856 F.3d 1225 (2017)

David ELLIOTT, an Individual; Chris Gillespie, an Individual, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GOOGLE, INC., a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 16, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Wirtz (argued) and Erin K. Barns , Wirtz Law APC, San Diego, California; Thomas D. Foster , TD Foster-Intellectual Property Law, San Diego, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Angela L. Dunning (argued), Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, California; Peter J. Willsey , Cooley LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Defendant-Appellee.

Concurrence by Judge Watford.


OPINION

I.

Between February 29, 2012, and March 10, 2012, Chris Gillespie used a domain name registrar to acquire 763 domain names that included the word "google." Each of these domain names paired the word "google" with some other term identifying a specific brand, person, or product — for example...

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