BarnesandNoble.com loses round in trademark case

Promoting half-priced books could be end up costing BarnesandNoble.com more than it bargained for, if a rival has its way. 

A district court judge recently dismissed BarnesandNoble.com's motion for summary judgment in a case brought by Halfpricebooks.com, which sued the online book giant in 2002 for infringing its trademark "Half Price Books." The judge's opinion, filed last Monday, effectively allows Half Price's suit to proceed on the grounds that BN.com could have overstepped fair-use laws governing the right to use descriptive trademarks.

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Story by Stefanie Olsen