Estee Lauder vs. iBeauty
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Online beauty site agrees to refrain from using trademarks owned by Estee Lauder, thereby resolving an e-commerce lawsuit between the two companies, Lauder announces Aug. 8. Estee Lauder charged iBeauty with using key words like "Estee," "Lauder," "Estee Lauder," "Clinique" and "Origins" to trigger banner advertising. The suit was filed in Manhattan federal court in January 1999, as the first case ever filed for trademark infringement over a keyword purchase (1"The Rose Sheet" Feb. 8, 1999, p. 13). A Hamburg, Germany district court earlier ruled in favor of Lauder in a similar case (2"The Rose Sheet" March 13, In Brief). Lauder's lawsuits against co-defendant Excite@Home are pending in the U.S., France and Germany