WhenU (Allegedly Unethical Firms)

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EFF: Trademark Law Shouldn't Prejudice Internet Ads EFF: Trademark Law Shouldn't Prejudice Internet Ads: EFF is asking a federal appeals court to reverse a lower court decision involving WhenU's right to provide online advertisements during web browsing. Online contact lens distributor 1-800 Contacts won that decision. (WhenU) http://www.eff.org/IP/TM/20040219_eff_pr.php Pop-up Seller Loses Round in Court Pop-up Seller Loses Round in Court: "A U.S. district court judge bars WhenU from delivering pop-up ads to some Net visitors, going against decisions in favor of the software maker's controversial marketing tactics." [CNET News] (WhenU) http://news.com.com/2100-1024_3-5135313.html Symantec Security Response - Adware.WhenU Symantec Security Response - Adware.WhenU: According to Symantec WhenU is usually installed when one installs other software, or when one visits some websites and it can update itself without informing the user. (WhenU) http://sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/adware.whenu.html Search Engines Delete Adware Company WhenU Search Engines Delete Adware Company WhenU: Yahoo and Google disabled links to WhenU for "cloaking" to dupe search engines into favorably listing decoy Web pages.[ZDNet] (WhenU) http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-5212479.html U-Haul v. WhenU.com, 2003 WL 22071556 (E.D.Va. 2003) U-Haul v. WhenU.com, 2003 WL 22071556 (E.D.Va. 2003): A Federal Court in Virginia held that WhenU's pop-up ad didn't infringe U-Haul's trademarks and copyrights. (WhenU) http://homepages.law.asu.edu/~dkarjala/cyberlaw/U-HaulVWhenU(DVa2003).htm Spyware Company Sues Utah Over Anti-Spyware Law Spyware Company Sues Utah Over Anti-Spyware Law: Slashdot discussion forum takes up issues surrounding this news. (WhenU) http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/04/04/13/1750259.shtml?tid=123&tid=158&tid=99 WhenU Can Keep On Popping Up WhenU Can Keep On Popping Up: A federal judge refused to grant Wells Fargo's request to shut down the desktop advertising service. [ClickZ News] (WhenU) http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3111501 Whenu.com SaveNow, Enemy of Affiliate Program Members Whenu.com SaveNow, Enemy of Affiliate Program Members: Gives example of how affiliate commissions are lost as web site visitors are encouraged to click on their popup offers. (WhenU) http://www.thiefware.com/whenu/ Adware Maker Challenges Utah Anti-Spyware Law Adware Maker Challenges Utah Anti-Spyware Law: In its legal motion WhenU is charging that Utah's recently enacted Spyware Control Act violates free-speech guarantees and could unfairly harm its business. [CNET] (WhenU) http://news.com.com/2100-1024_3-5190880.html Clickz - WhenU Banished By Google, Yahoo! Clickz - WhenU Banished By Google, Yahoo!: The adware firm is no longer listed in Google and Yahoo!'s search results because of charges of 'cloaking.' (WhenU) http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3354171 WhenU Wins Another Legal Victory in Fight for Consumer Desktop Freedom WhenU Wins Another Legal Victory in Fight for Consumer Desktop Freedom: WhenU's press release about its legal victory against Wells Fargo where the Court found that it engaged in "legitimate comparative advertising." (WhenU) http://www.whenu.com/press_release_03_11_19.html Methods and Effects of Spyware - WhenU Violating Own Privacy Policy [pdf file] Methods and Effects of Spyware - WhenU Violating Own Privacy Policy [pdf file]: Comment submitted to recent FTC hearings about spyware, alleging that WhenU software violates its own privacy policy by transmitting some of user-visited web page URLs to its own servers. (WhenU) http://www.benedelman.org/spyware/ftc-031904.pdf WhenU Spams Google, Breaks Google "No Cloaking" Rules WhenU Spams Google, Breaks Google "No Cloaking" Rules: Author presents detailed evidence to show that WhenU sends bogus search results to search engines, in violation of search engines' rules. (WhenU) http://www.benedelman.org/spyware/whenu-spam/