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I created a new Google Adwords Campaign for a small client. Everything seemed to be going OK. The client wanted to run a second ad with a different offer. I duplicated my current ad, changed the offer, and then was met with a “Limited due to Trademark” restriction. I thought that was rather odd because the first ad was nearly identical to the second – and none of the words that were different were trademarked. Actually, I don’t think any of the words, even in the client’s name (the title of the ad – blurred for privacy), or the client’s web address, were trademarked. I was confused and decided to e-mail Google’s Adwords team. Here is where I’m currently at with them. I included the same screenshot included here with my e-mail. TL;DR: Just skim my short responses to get an idea of what’s happening :) Original Message Follows: ———————— From: Will Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 Thanks for your previous help. I’ve duplicated and edited an ad, but I’m getting the same "trade mark" error as before. I’ve attached a screenshot. What did I do wrong? How can we fix it? On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 8:01 AM, AdWords Support <adwords-support@google.com wrote: Hello Will, Thanks for writing in. I am sorry that you’ve been getting the same trademark issue as before when you submitted your ad. I am not sure of the exact reason why that happened, it may be that your message was triggered for potential trademark … Continue reading →