Jurin
Jurin v. Google Inc.
Opinion
Opinion
England, J.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Through this action, Plaintiff Daniel Jurin (“Plaintiff’) alleges several violations of state and federal law arising out of the use of its trademarked name “Styrotrim” by Defendant Google, Inc. (“Defendant”). Presently before the Court is Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs Second and Sixth Causes of Action for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) . As set forth below, Defendant’s Motion will be granted in part and denied in part.
BACKGROUND
Plaintiff challenges the lawfulness of Defendant’s keyword suggestion tool in its for-profit “Google AdWords” program.
A. Background On Search Engines
Defendant is a highly recognized corporation most known for its widely used search engine website. As part of operating its search engine, Defendant “indexes” websites, and collects information regarding their contents so that it, in turn, can store the information for use in formulas which respond to search queries. Generally, when a user enters a query into Defendant’s website, the search engine will process relevant websites based on several information factors and then return results to…