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(...) Maybe the Hudson's Bay Company of Canada should look into asking eBay to change it's name. After all I think they were the frist to use the term "Bay" since they started in the late 16th Century :) (23 years ago, 27-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.brickshops)
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Matthew Gerber wrote in message ... (...) and (...) As I posted in the Brickbay discussion forums, If you (the collective YOU, not Matt specifically :-) ) really want to fight eBay, this is NOT a good forum to discuss tactics or strategy. It's a (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't know if this sheds any more light on the situation, but here is my understanding of large companies defending their trademark: I was reading an article in Florida one day that was telling of "Disney" sueing a day care center for using (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.general)
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(...) D'OH! Sorry Dan...head meant to type about BrickBay, fingers decided to type about BrickShelf! Matt (23 years ago, 27-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.general)
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(...) Now, see, I think it has a lot to do with the service, maybe even more so than the name. I'm sure eBay does regular sweeps of the Web, WHOIS, domain registrars and such, and looks for *Bay names...mostly assuming that these services ARE (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.general)
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