[Foundation-l] Question regarding trademarks

[Lee Daniel Crocker]

Todd Allen wrote:
>>> Recently ran across a site, http://assignmine.com/, that's using a
>>> banner ad describing itself as "Wikipedia for assignments.
>> 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.
>>
>>     
Definitely a no-no. Try advertising your business as "The Cadillac of 
Widgets", and you can expect lawyers from General Motors to send you 
nastygrams talking about dilution of their trademark's value.  Of 
course, we're certainly free to give explicit permission for such uses 
to those we feel worthy.