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mcintyre1994 on Aug 13, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: This coupon code is a slap in the face

I wonder if a competitor could grab the sale by purchasing ads against "<Your Company> Coupons" claiming to be 20% cheaper or something.

johnward on Aug 13, 2013 [–]

They could. Accept they won't be buying them from Google since they have ridiculous trademark rules. You can't bid on things like that now.

mcintyre1994 on Aug 13, 2013 | [–]

Ah fair enough, pretty pointless now then. Google have done a great job forcing the legitimisation of a very gray market.

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