A federal appeals court has rejected Yahoo Inc.'s bid to move a trademark lawsuit filed by American Airlines from Texas to Yahoo's home turf of Northern California. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Yahoo wanted the case transferred because its sponsored search agreement says that any disputes be settled by courts there or another site picked by the company. But a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled Wednesday that the contract clause didn't apply to the trademark claim made by American.

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