[WikiEN-l] Firefox (was Re: Wikipedia: The Missing Manual (O'Reilly, Dec 2007))

[Anthony]

On 10/22/07, Ron Ritzman <ritzman at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/22/07, Zoney <zoney.ie at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The protection given to trademarks is in fact pretty
> > restricted in many cases - often the same name can be
> > used in another arena. There's a window
> > cleaning company in my area trading as "Windows 2000"
> > and they are perfectly able to do so legally. They
> > aren't in the business of computer software or
> > even anything related to that arena.
>
> That doesn't stop some from trying when a large company really really
> really wants a domain name held by a small one. A good example is
> Hasboro suing Clue Computing for the domain name clue.com.
>
"Trademark dilution is a trademark law concept forbidding the use of a
famous trademark in a way that would lessen its uniqueness. In most
cases, trademark dilution involves an unauthorized use of another's
trademark on products that do not compete with, and have little
connection with, those of the trademark owner." - [[Trademark
dilution]]