[ga] Re: [ncdnhc-discuss] Court throws out lawsuit over anti-General Motors domain name

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Chris and all,

  Thank you Chris for this posting and URL reference.

  Now if we could only get the WIPO crowd to learn more about
TM law...  Wishful thinking I know...

Chris Chiu wrote:

> A United States Federal court has dismissed a lawsuit against the owners of
> a domain name that criticized General Motors. In this dispute, the Ford
> Motor Company had sued the domain name's owner, 2600 magazine, on the theory
> that the term will confuse "the public into believing that somehow Ford has
> approved (of the tactic) or is somehow involved." The presiding judge
> disagreed and held that the trademark laws "cannot be interpreted so broadly
> as to include any use that might disparage or otherwise commercially harm
> the mark owner."
>
> See
> http://www.internetdemocracyproject.org/#highlights
>
> Sincerely,
> Christopher Chiu
> Global Internet Liberty Campaign Organizer
> American Civil Liberties Union
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