U.S. District Court Judge Jeremy Vogel on Wednesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit against Google Inc. that charges that the web search leader's AdWords program abuses trademarks, writes Reuters.

American Blind & Wallpaper Factory Inc., the top U.S. reseller of window blinds, charged in its lawsuit that Google abuses trademarks by allowing rivals of a company to buy ads that appear when consumers search the web for information on that business.

Google has prevailed in two prior trademark suits filed against its pay-per-click ads. Auto insurer GEICO lost a Virginia district court ruling and computer repair site Rescuecom lost a similar federal case against Google, but is appealing.