On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:12 PM, Jeremy Darling<[email protected]> wrote: > Funny thing about trademarking a name and trying to utilize that trademark > against a URL, can't be done. If so, MicroSoft would have nailed people > left and right for infringement upon IE (can we say IE7.com and IE8.com) as > well as several other websites that utilize trademarked MS product names > LOL. Several other companies have tried this as well and failed. > > As for Twitter TOS and developer rights. Nope, can't sue for voilation of a > TOS on a public API either. You can suspend "suspect activities" and revoke > developer/company rights but you can't actually file suite on a TOS > violation of this type. Lots of statuatory presidence on the subject. > > On point 3, 80% rule along with the fact that you have clearly labeled in > valid font size the non-affiliation with Twitter again negates this point in > most cases. > > Actually, about the only thing they could get you for would be > Slander/Liable if you were spreading bad publicity about the company that > was un-true. In that case, they could get you for everything your worth > LOL. Then again, being a public entity they would fall under the same laws > as the movie stars and other public figures and would basically have to suck > it up in the end. > > - Jeremy >
Apparently you fail to recall the "MikeRoweSoft.com" case. Twitter can most definitely enforce their trademark here. ∞ Andy Badera ∞ This email is: [ ] bloggable [x] ask first [ ] private ∞ Google me: http://www.google.com/search?q=(andrew+badera)+OR+(andy+badera)
