[12330] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Name Reg. Time for Policy Change
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Thompson)
Mon May 16 07:01:12 1994
Date: Sun, 15 May 94 13:06:24 CDT
From: jim@tadpole.com (Jim Thompson)
To: bruce@phantom.com, bzs@world.std.com
Cc: com-priv@psi.com, nettech@crl.com
> As much as I'd like to sympathize with Adam Curry I don't think he has
> any chance of defending use of MTV's mark for such similar and related
> activities (e.g. distributing information about rock+roll celebrities
> etc.) On the other hand that's not really his point I don't think,
> just that it's rather contentious of MTV to not just offer a peaceful
> settlement of the matter without launching lawsuits. Assuming that is
> what happened.
Actually, in a conversation with several lawyers over the weekend, this
very situation (Adam Curry .vs MTV) came up. If the facts are as Mr.
Curry states, (he asked, used the domain name on his show on MTV, etc)
then it was felt that MTV would loose.
You have to 'vigorously defend' a trademark, or you can loose it.
Jim
