on the filmmakers\u2019 Web site<\/a> have infringed her company\u2019s trademark.<\/p>\nSpecifically, Jenzabar claims that Long Bow, which makes award-winning documentary films about China, can not use Jenzabar\u2019s name as part of the meta tags on pages about Jenzabar. That assertion, however, is preposterous, said Paul Alan Levy, the Public Citizen attorney who is defending Long Bow, along with local counsel T. Christopher Donnelly and Adam B. Ziegler of the Boston law firm Donnelly, Conroy & Gelhaar, LLP.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe filmmakers\u2019 use of Jenzabar\u2019s name as a keyword meta tag on their informational web pages about Jenzabar is far beyond the concern of trademark law,\u201d Levy said. \u201cThis is a frivolous lawsuit meant to censor the examination of a historic event.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jenzabar\u2019s claim that use of meta tags caused one of Long Bow\u2019s Web pages to appear among the first 10 Google search results are disproved by statements from Google that it stopped using keyword meta tags in its search algorithms many years ago, Public Citizen\u2019s motion says. Additionally, there is no likelihood that people who come across the tsquare.tv site will confuse it as officially representing Jenzabar.<\/p>\n
Even if the meta tags affected Google\u2019s search rankings, the First Amendment protects the right to make the truthful statement that a particular Web page contains information about Jenzabar. It is disappointing that an education software company does not appreciate the value of free speech, Levy said.<\/p>\n
The tsquare.tv site makes reference to Jenzabar\u2019s lawsuit and quotes Chai criticizing the film and attacking the filmmakers as \u201cpro-communist.\u201d The information on the filmmakers\u2019 site includes references to Jenzabar\u2019s many legal disputes, controversial business practices and longtime strategy of exploiting Chai\u2019s unique story in its marketing efforts. No reasonable consumer would read this information and be confused about whether Jenzabar created or sponsored Long Bow\u2019s site.<\/p>\n
Public Citizen asks the court to enter a judgment in favor of Long Bow.
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