[Foundation-l] Question regarding trademarks

[Thomas Dalton]

> Recently ran across a site, http://assignmine.com/, that's using a
> banner ad describing itself as "Wikipedia for assignments." (Will be
> happy to send a screenshot upon request.) Seems to me that this would
> be an issue with use of the trademark, but what would generally be the
> position on this?

It sounds like they're comparing themselves to Wikipedia rather than
calling themselves Wikipedia, so it's not too bad. I'm not an expert
on trademark law, though, so I don't know if it's allowed.