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by Anonymous on November 1st, 2009

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Can a co. use (and create revenue from) a registered url that contains a word/words that are trademarked? Ex: workgroup is trademark'd term. Url workgroups.com is purchased by a diff co. to make $ in a different way than trademark owner.

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  • by Anonymous on November 1st, 2009

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    First, the term “workgroup” cannot be trademarked. It is too generic.

    Second (and I think this addresses your question), you cannot free ride on someone else’s mark. For example, I could not buy the URL “AttWirelessPhones” to start a business selling T-Mobile phones. However, I could buy the URL “AttWirelessSucks” to criticize AT&T wireless.

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