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Re: BrickLink's plight recognized in the news.
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lugnet.market.theory
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Wed, 27 Feb 2002 11:39:21 GMT
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In lugnet.market.brickshops, Alfred Speredelozzi writes:
> Ok, so it was a *very* short blurb on C|Net that you can find here:
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> http://news.com.com/2110-1017-830092.html
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> But this blurb was noted by an email news clipping service run by a fairly
> famous intellectual property lawfirm (BNA). So, it is likely that many
> thousands of IP lawyers are reading about it this morning. Here is what was
> said by Prof. Michael Geist, BNA Consulting Editor:
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> "EBAY MAY MEAN NO OTHER BAYS
> While many have debated what eBay actually means, to one Web
> site it means that they can't use the word "bay" in their
> site. Brickbay.com, a lego-trading site, has changed its
> name to bricklink.com after eBay warned the site owner that
> its prior name infringed on eBay's trademark."
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> -Alfred
However, if they were using this precedence...it would mean that Canada's
Hudson Bay Company would have grounds to sue (E-bay) and likely win for
intellectual property violations to its long and historic name.
Benjamin Medinets
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