Poor form! Thanks, Steve Totaro
On Jan 14, 2008 8:06 PM, flavio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was checking right now. The trademark complaint, was not targeted to > us, > specifically. I believe, Digium has asked google not only to remove ads > with > the words Asterisk or Digium, but to stop printing any ad using the > keywords > Asterisk and Digium. There is no single adword being presented now, when > you > search Asterisk or Digium. So, marketing Asterisk related products or > services using google adwords is not an option anymore. I don't know if it > is temporary or permanent, but it seems permanent. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrew Joakimsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 9:50 PM > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Digium enforcing its trademarks > > > > Here are some good reads on the subject: > > > > http://www.chillingeffects.org/trademark/faq.cgi > > http://www.publaw.com/fairusetrade.html > > > > > > On Jan 14, 2008 6:48 PM, Andrew Joakimsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Asterisk is a product of Digium... yes.. But it is "fair use" to say > >> you are selling something that "works with" asterisk. > >> > >> Its like when you go to an aftermarket autoparts place and buy a part > >> for a BMW... the part is not made by BMW but it is "compatible with" > >> BMW so thats why they can use the trademark. > >> > >> I would appeal the decisions to Google. > >> > >> On Jan 14, 2008 9:33 AM, Flavio Goncalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > >> > I have received today a notice of disaproval of my ad in Google > >> > Adwords, > >> > because it was using the word Asterisk (A Digium´s trademark). > >> > Interesting, > >> > this announce point to our eCommerce website www.shopvoip.com.brwhere > >> > we > >> > actually sell Digium Interface Cards (we had sold more than 200 E1 > >> > interfaces in the last two years). I could check that other sites are > >> > using > >> > the word Asterisk in their advertisments. Anyone with the same > problem? > >> > > >> > Regards, > >> > > >> > Flavio E. Goncalves > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > >> > > >> > asterisk-biz mailing list > >> > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > >> > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > >> > > >> > >
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