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Old 04-21-2011, 08:49 PM  
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Originally Posted by SuckOnThis View Post
So you don't see a problem with someone spending money to promote a brand only to have jokers like the OP trying to take advantage of that? Should I be able to open a hamburger joint throw up some arches and call it MacDonalds?

Years ago some asshat thought it would be clever to register 4 different variations of a popular domain name that I have (a registered trademark) and proceeded to throw sites up that were similar to mine. When my Attorney sent him a letter similar to the one above he responded back that he would sell them to me for $1000 a piece along with some smart ass response that I didnt own the english language. So then not only did I have him for violating my trademark I had a case for cybersquatting which he could have been liable for $100,000 for each occurrence. We filed a Federal lawsuit and he wisely settled for 25k and the domains.
Yeah, but face book is a generic name, it's not a Panasonic or Toyota. Trademarking words or common phrases is big bullshit!
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