I wonder - is there any concept in trademark law for getting official approval? Ie, could Adobe issue a legal document saying siteX has permission to use Flash in the name? That allows it to 'respond' to all trademark violations but allow community sites to keep it since they have official permission.
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Dave l <cfl...@jamwerx.com> wrote: > >> How is this "actively protecting" their trademark? >> > > This is pretty standard practice for many companies. > > >> If this is how they are now playing the game then all you with sites and >> blogs with "coldfusion" in the name better be ready & understanding to stop >> using "coldfusion" in the name and url! >> > > Any site that uses someone else's trademark runs the risk of this happening > to them. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. That site may have been > chosen because it's generating money on the Flash name. Most blogs don't > (directly) make money, even if they have the words Flash or ColdFusion in > their names. > > -Cameron > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:305975 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
