Volkswagen Files Complaint Over Spoof Internet Ad
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Volkswagen AG has filed criminal charges over a spoof advertisement for its Polo small car that has been circulating on the Internet, Europe's biggest carmaker said on Friday.
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Chevrolet asks web users to make their own video spots for its Tahoe SUV. A case study in customer-generated advertising. By Frank Rose from Wired magazine.
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Chrysler Group apologized on Thursday for an advertisement that showed a dog being electrocuted beside its new Dodge Nitro sports utility vehicle.
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GEICO's case alleges that keyword advertising programs infringe on its trademark.
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A computer game poster is criticised as "irresponsible" by the advertising watchdog.
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A few days ago Kerry sent around this ad:  "Yesterday, the Bush-Cheney campaign, losing any last sense of decency, placed a disgusting ad called "The Faces of John Kerry's Democratic Party" as the main feature on its website. Bizarrely, and without explanation, the ad places Adolf Hitler among those faces."  "The Bush-Cheney campaign must pull this ad off of its website. The use of Adolf Hitler by any campaign, politician or party is simply wrong."  Which of course is a mistake.  I went and downloaded the video (which is just stupid btw.  Not a masterpiece by any means.) and there are shots of Hitler in there, but only from the MoveOn contest from a few months back.  Here's the problem.  The ...
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Salt manufacturers have made an official complaint about a health campaign which uses an animated slug to highlight warnings over salt intake.
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MADISON, Wis. - Imitation might be a form of flattery, but a little resemblance might be too much of a good thing.  The state tourism agency may scrap the jingle composed for its new ad campaign because it sounds too much like a 1995 song by a British group.
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Media & professional: TV ad for  Toyota Prius banned for exaggerating the car's environmental benefits.
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Volkswagen AG, Europe's biggest carmaker, is threatening to slash 30,000 jobs to force unionized employees to accept a pay freeze in the latest and largest labor-management confrontation this year in Germany.
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Resellers are accused of selling products with fake Certificate of Authenticity labels.
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The digital roadside advertisements are springing up around the US, raising safety concerns.
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Amazon and Microsoft have filed lawsuits against companies that used their names to commit fraud on the Internet. One suit accuses Gold Disk Canada of &quot;spoofing,&quot; or sending e-mails that appear
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'Our customers are not caged rodents' Little more than two months after forking over one million smackers to settle accusations it was guilty of false advertising, Verizon Wireless has accused one of its biggest competitors of false advertising.â¦
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Blog: Volkswagen shows off its child navigation system
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Ewww... someone is marketing toilet water!
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Australia&#39;s consumer watchdog said Thursday it had launched a world-first court action accusing Internet giant Google of misleading web users by misidentifying sponsored links on its search engine.