10-21-2009, 08:52 PM
bazookaman wrote:
[quote=Marc Anthony]
Regardless of whether or not you disclaim yourself as being a representative of X company, they may have a valid point in asking an outsider to not directly use their company name, as it may skew search engine results and hinder their own marketing efforts.
Wouldn't that be kind of like Chrysler going after a site I frequent b/c its called DodgeTalk.com? Or Apple going after a site called MacResource?
It would be kind of like that. But the fact that those companies choose to let it slide, or don't know about it, or perhaps like it, doesn't mean legal beans to what another company might wish to do. "But that guy does it!" can't offer protection from a lawsuit. Regardless of what century it is, you can lose your trademark unless you protect it. This has led to some incredibly over zealous and abusive actions, but it keeps the lawyers busy and can be hard to defend against if its regular joe vs a big corporation.