Nominative Use of Trademark Names
July 14, 2010. Two legal events will bring some relief to owners of domain names having trademark name as part of domain name or those that use trademark names as keywords in ads. Of course, the domain should satisfy the fair nominative use clause.
A Canadian court recently held that advertising campaigns on keywords that are trademark names, do not infringe on trademark rights. Read more about this legal brief on trademark names at Sedo.
In another case, a US Federal Court rules against Toyota in Buy-A-Lexus.com & BuyorLeaseLexus.com. In brief, it says when the alleged domain owner is obviously promoting the trade mark itself and not competing with it, then it is not bad faith. Read more details about Toyota losing the domain case at TheDomains.com.
Categories: General Tags: legal, nominative use, trademark
