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[OT] Where to find laws on the internet? Toys R Us Trying to shut down a site
Just zis Guy, you know? suggested:
Try calling your new model of car a "325" and see what happens. I like the idea of calling it a "C5", then see how much people laugh. -- Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address) http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/ "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine |
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[OT] Where to find laws on the internet? Toys R Us Trying to shut down a site
"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote in message Try calling your new model of car a "325" and see what happens. You have to wonder about the wisdom of Citroen calling a car C5 E |
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[OT] Where to find laws on the internet? Toys R Us Trying to shut down a site
The Patent Office is very helpful. You need to look at Trade Marks and Design
Rights. From a cursory read of the stuff I think they might struggle as I doubt you are acting in the areas defined by their trademarks and could hardly be said to be likely to confuse their customers. You could always offer to sell them the name and domain name. Friends of mine beat of McDonalds when they tried to stop him calling a chain of Chinese fast food shops McChina. The judge in Court said of McDonalds "Anyone who thinks they own rights to anything with the Mc prefix should consult the Glasgow telephone directory" Tony "Mark Thompson" (change warm for hot) wrote in message ... Sorry for the utter and almost complete OT-ness of this post[1] but you lot are always quoting bits and pieces from laws. Anyone any idea if the text to the UK law relating to Trademark infringement and internet domin names is on the web? A website I occasionally visit is under threat of legal action by Toy R Us (http://www.ratzrus.co.uk/toysrus.htm), despite being non-commercial and not about Toy R Us at all. We don't think that the trademark laws apply to non-commercial sites but would like to make sure. Any other information would be helpful if you've got it to hand - I assume this kind of pointless bullying happens quite a lot. Oh, to make it a bit on topic, my rat absolutely loves sitting on the handlebars of my bike when I'm riding. It'll be wearing lycra next... [1] If you're using OE then Tool, Message Rules, News, New. Then click the box 'Where the subject line contains specific words'. then select 'delete it'. Click on the blue text at the bottom and type in [OT] (including the square brackets). You'll never see another correctly tagged off topic post again :-) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.601 / Virus Database: 382 - Release Date: 29/02/2004 |
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[OT] Where to find laws on the internet? Toys R Us Trying to shut down a site
On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 21:11:35 -0000, "Frobnitz"
wrote (more or less): "Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote in message Try calling your new model of car a "325" and see what happens. You have to wonder about the wisdom of Citroen calling a car C5 Or calling a car the MR2 in France. (a homonym of '****' in the local pronunciation) Toyota used a different name after a while Or calling a car the Nova in Spanish-speaking territories. (It means 'doesn't go' chevrolet didn't sell many of these in Mexico...) Cheers, Euan Gawnsoft: http://www.gawnsoft.co.sr Symbian/Epoc wiki: http://html.dnsalias.net:1122 Smalltalk links (harvested from comp.lang.smalltalk) http://html.dnsalias.net/gawnsoft/smalltalk |
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[OT] Where to find laws on the internet? Toys R Us Trying to shut down a site
You could always offer to sell them the name and domain name.
Ah, that would show evidence of bad faith, and thus lose the owner all her rights! It's basically there to stop cyber-squatters. Incidentally, my sneaking suspicion that this would be the right newsgroup to post on was right - you've all been far more helpful (and vocal) than the miserable buggers over on uk.legal! Cheers guys --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.601 / Virus Database: 382 - Release Date: 29/02/2004 |
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[OT] Where to find laws on the internet? Toys R Us Trying to shut down a site
Gawnsoft wrote:
You can't /trademark/ a number. Which is, indeed, why Intel went to You /can/ do something with a number, though I'm not sure what. Porsche were going to call a well-known "ass-engined Nazi slot-car" the 901 until they discovered that all three-digit combinations with a 0 in the middle were the "property" of Peugeot. -- Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/ ================================================== ========= Editor - British Human Power Club Newsletter http://www.bhpc.org.uk/ ================================================== ========= |
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[OT] Where to find laws on the internet? Toys R Us Trying to shut down a site
On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 12:07:58 -0000, Dave Larrington
wrote: Gawnsoft wrote: You can't /trademark/ a number. Which is, indeed, why Intel went to You /can/ do something with a number, though I'm not sure what. Porsche were going to call a well-known "ass-engined Nazi slot-car" the 901 until they discovered that all three-digit combinations with a 0 in the middle were the "property" of Peugeot. I once heard, probably apocryphally, that IBM bought the number 800 from Atari. Colin -- |
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[OT] Where to find laws on the internet? Toys R Us Trying to shut down a site
On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 12:07:58 -0000, "Dave Larrington"
wrote (more or less): Gawnsoft wrote: You can't /trademark/ a number. Which is, indeed, why Intel went to You /can/ do something with a number, though I'm not sure what. Porsche were going to call a well-known "ass-engined Nazi slot-car" the 901 until they discovered that all three-digit combinations with a 0 in the middle were the "property" of Peugeot. Not in the USA, which is what Intel was principally concerned with. Cheers, Euan Gawnsoft: http://www.gawnsoft.co.sr Symbian/Epoc wiki: http://html.dnsalias.net:1122 Smalltalk links (harvested from comp.lang.smalltalk) http://html.dnsalias.net/gawnsoft/smalltalk |
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[OT] Where to find laws on the internet? Toys R Us Trying to shut down a site
In article , Gawnsoft wrote:
Or calling a car the Nova in Spanish-speaking territories. (It means 'doesn't go' chevrolet didn't sell many of these in Mexico...) http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp "Claim: The Chevrolet Nova sold poorly in Spanish-speaking countries because its name translates as "doesn't go" in Spanish. Status: False. " |
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[OT] Where to find laws on the internet? Toys R Us Trying toshut down a site
Alan Braggins wrote:
In article , Gawnsoft wrote: Or calling a car the Nova in Spanish-speaking territories. (It means 'doesn't go' chevrolet didn't sell many of these in Mexico...) http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp "Claim: The Chevrolet Nova sold poorly in Spanish-speaking countries because its name translates as "doesn't go" in Spanish. Status: False. " However the Toyota MR2 is just the Toyota MR in France. |
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