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Re: Lego at Gerf.Org
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lugnet.publish
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Wed, 29 Sep 1999 16:50:26 GMT
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Matthew Miller wrote:
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> Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote:
> > Note that trademarks usually are limited to the market domain (both
> > region covered by the market, and the product set) of the trademark.
> > Thus, using LEGO in association with construction toys is an
> > infringement of TLG's trademark. Using LEGO to in association with
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> Actually, I think that the goods/services class system is an extremely good
> reason for not allowing trademarks to have anything to do with domain (or
> host) names. Since there's no way from looking at a domain/host name to tell
> what content -- if any -- might be possibly hosted at that site, the name
> can't be an infringement in and of itself. Furthermore, this is a _fan_
> site, not selling or endorsing anything, and therefore doesn't fit into a
> class at all.
As a consumer, I really appreciate that when I form a host name out of a
company name, 9 times out of 10, I get that companies web site. Imagine
if instead, 9 times out of 10 you got a competitor's site? What if
lego.com pointed to a porno site?
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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