Legal Opinion
Stayart v. Yahoo! Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 30, 2010No. 09-3379PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 cáse 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 Lanham Act to sue for trademark infringement. She appeals, and because we agree that Stayart lacks standing under the Lanham Act,…
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