Geico Corp

A consumer advocate group has sued three auto insurers, alleging the companies violated California's Proposition 103 by overcharging new customers who lacked prior insurance coverage. Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights claims that Safeco Insurance Co., Geico Corp. and the Automobile Club of Southern California are ignoring the law by not giving "good-driver" discounts to uninsured motorists who apply for coverage.

Google Inc. has resolved a trademark infringement case filed by Geico over Google's online advertising practices, the auto insurer said. Geico, the fourth-largest U.

Those Geico "cavemen" shouldn't be so upset after all -- they may get their own television series. ABC says it has ordered a pilot for a comedy, tentatively titled "Cavemen," that features the characters used in a series of ads by the insurance company.

A federal judge heard arguments Monday in a trademark dispute that could threaten millions of dollars in advertising revenue for search engine operator Google Inc.

Yahoo Inc. settled a closely watched trademark infringement lawsuit with auto insurer Geico, even as rival Google Inc. prepared to take the case to trial this month.

Search engine giant Google Inc. won a key ruling Wednesday in a case that had put an important chunk of its multibillion-dollar online advertising business in jeopardy.