STAYART v. YAHOO! INC.

No. 09-3379.

623 F.3d 436 (2010)

Beverly STAYART, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. YAHOO! INC., Overture Services, Inc., d/b/a Alta Vista and Various, Inc., d/b/a Friendfinder.com, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 30, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory A. Stayart (argued), Elkhorn, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Marc Zwillinger , Christian Genetski (argued), Zwillinger Genetski LLP, Washington, DC, Melissa S. Blair , John F. Hovel , Kravit, Hovel & Krawczyk, Milwaukee, WI, Ira P. Rothken (argued), Rothken Law Firm, Novato, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before MANION and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and DARRAH, District Judge.


MANION, Circuit Judge.

Like many, Beverly Stayart was curious about what she would find when she put her name into a search engine. In this case it was Yahoo. To her dismay, the comprehensive search results eventually contained links to websites and advertisements that she found shameful. She then sued Yahoo and the other alleging trademark infringement and a host of state law claims. The district court dismissed her complaint, finding she lacked standing under the...

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