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Meridien, French for "Meridian"
Noun, An imaginary great circle on the earth's surface passing through the North and South geographic poles. All points on the same meridian have the same longitude.


Meridien hotels don't own the word, they own its use only in connection with hotels. There are other companies in France with than name, and they are allowed to advertise with than name.

Louis Vuitton are in a slightly better position because its a more obscure word. But again there is nothing stopping a company setting up a fruit company call Louis Vuitton and advertising it.

I know it sucks, their competitors advertise next to "their" search result, but its not "their" search result, and its no different from advertisers taking adverts next to a magazine feature of "theirs", or advertising flyover of "their" theme park in "their" airspace.
Posted by: Nigel Johnstone   Posted on: 02/05/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Right on!  OmarHash | 02/04/05
No, Google owns their service, they can make recomendations.  DonnieBoy | 02/06/05
I think it's more complex than that  Fred Fredrickson | 02/06/05
No, it is just that simple. Travel agents do it all the time.  DonnieBoy | 02/06/05
The French  rcark01 | 02/04/05
Bizarre  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 02/04/05
missing the point  Joe Blow_z | 02/04/05
makes sense  hipparchus2000 | 02/05/05
it has everything to do with the sidebars and ads  zijiang | 02/05/05
No, you miss the point, they can not control all uses of their name.  DonnieBoy | 02/06/05
Yes, that would be  Fred Fredrickson | 02/06/05
Good points...  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 02/06/05
Ah, the French  James T. Kirk | 02/04/05
Bad decision  Nigel Johnstone | 02/05/05
I wonder  Nigel Johnstone | 02/05/05
Well, in any case, you can not stop people from making recommendations  DonnieBoy | 02/06/05
Quite right, but...  Fred Fredrickson | 02/06/05
Google does not sell the actual search results, adds are clearly marked  DonnieBoy | 02/06/05
Someday  cardinal33 | 02/05/05
but the trees  hipparchus2000 | 02/05/05
I call a travel agent asking about a resort, and they recommend another  DonnieBoy | 02/06/05
No, it's not about free speech  Timothy (TRiG) | 07/07/09

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