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Re: using "lego" in domain names
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Wed, 15 Dec 1999 08:32:55 GMT
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Matthew is absolutely right. Many companies try to take their trademark
nonsense way too far, usually without legal basis. I remember a recent case
(perhaps relevant here, noting Matthew's web address) where Toys'R'Us was
going after a collecting site, toys-r-gus, because of the name *similarity*.
Yikes, who'd be stupid enough to get them confused? And since when can you
trademark English languages words? Much of it is simply corporate bullying,
it would be a shame if Lego were a part of it.
In addition, note what Lego themselves say on their trademark rules page:
"...we have developed these guidelines to assist Internet users who wish to
refer to LEGO products for non-commercial purposes as to the appropriate way
to refer to our LEGO trademarks. However, you should be aware that it is
impossible to set hard and fast rules about the proper use of our
trademarks. "
The only real legal issue involved is that of a site pretending to be owned
or run by TLC, when it is not. I don't think having "technic" alone in your
domain name can accomplish that.
--
Paul Davidson, aka Tinman
www.theforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Star Wars
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Matthew Miller <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message
news:slrn85df6q.cb5.mattdm@jadzia.bu.edu...
> Huw Millington <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote:
> > At the time he assumed it was because he had the 2000 technic pictures
> > posted on his site, but it turned out, I believe (following a discussion • at
> > the UK LEGOFest), to be due to the fact he had recently registered the
> > domain name "technic-uk.co.uk". Clearly they treat TM infringements in • this
> > way very seriously.
>
> Not to sound nitpicky, but that'd be "they treat what they perceive to be • TM
> infringments"....
>
> "Technic" may be a trademark of the Lego Company, but it's also an
> English-language word dating back at least to 1760. (In one sense, it has
> basically the same meaning as "technique", but it has several other • senses.)
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> How can one determine from technic-uk.co.uk that this has anything to do
> with tLC's trademark? One can't. In fact, it sounds more like something
> having to do with UK technology. Manufacturing, maybe.
>
> Now, if one looks at this page and there's issues with trademark confusion
> or defamation or other misuse, that's a problem. But there's no way a • domain
> name like this in and of itself can be in violation.
>
> --
> Matthew Miller ---> • mattdm@mattdm.org
> Quotes 'R' Us ---> • http://quotes-r-us.org/
>
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| Paul Davidson <tinman@direct.ca> wrote in message news:FMrx24.EH1@lugnet.com... (...) case (...) *similarity*. (...) you (...) bullying, (...) Don't they make a fuss about anything with a back-to-front R in it? Huw (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Not to sound nitpicky, but that'd be "they treat what they perceive to be TM infringments".... "Technic" may be a trademark of the Lego Company, but it's also an English-language word dating back at least to 1760. (In one sense, it has (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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