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IP: an article on Trademark issues in the SJ Mercury News
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 09:49:33 -0400
Who will police domain names on the Internet? Legitimate, competing claims to trademarks a thorny issue BY HOWARD MINTZ Mercury News Staff Writer A college student named John Abercrombie registers a Web address for Abercrombie.net and gets a letter from the legal department of upscale clothier Abercrombie & Fitch. A 12-year-old boy, ``Pokey,'' sets up a Web site bearing his lifelong nickname and is warned off by the legal department of the makers of the rubbery animated figures Gumby and Pokey. [The rest cut - article available at url below.] http://www.sjmercury.com/premium/front/docs/domain25.htm
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