ELKHORN, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court has dismissed a Wisconsin woman's lawsuit against Google Inc. alleging that it was using her name to generate revenue through online advertising.
Beverly Stayart, of Elkhorn, alleged that if someone started typing in a Google search for her name, Bev Stayart, the search engine offered "Bev Stayart levitra" as one search term. Accepting that suggestion led to ads for Levitra and other treatments for erectile dysfunction, she said.
She alleged that Google was making money by using her name without her permission.
The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago threw out the lawsuit, ruling that Google had done nothing wrong, according to a Janesville Gazette report (http://bit.ly/15EJrM1 ).