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Posted by M. Arthur Auslander on February 03, 2000 at 12:37:34:

In Reply to: Yahoo Trademark Infringement posted by Mark Langlois on February 03, 2000 at 07:45:47:

: I have a domain name yahoopricing.com After reading some of the post on your site I am now confused as to if I am infringing on the Yahoo! tradename. It appears to me that Yahoo! and Yahoo Pricing! are different and that any reasonably educated person could distingush between the two. My business will stricly focus on pricing searches where Yahoo is a information content portal. Although both have a similar word in the domain name does that give Yahoo Inc. exclusive rights to exclude everyone else from using a word that has been around long before the company Yahoo Inc. was ever formed.
If I represented Yahoo I would go after you. There is trademark, tradename right, antidillution, and unfair competition. Yahoo can't stop contextual use of the word but they have an economic stake in the commercial use of the word.
M. Arthur Auslander
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212-594-6900, fax 212-244-0028, aus@auslander.com

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: : I have a domain name yahoopricing.com After reading some of the post on your site I am now confused as to if I am infringing on the Yahoo! tradename. It appears to me that Yahoo! and Yahoo Pricing! are different and that any reasonably educated person could distingush between the two. My business will stricly focus on pricing searches where Yahoo is a information content portal. Although both have a similar word in the domain name does that give Yahoo Inc. exclusive rights to exclude everyone else from using a word that has been around long before the company Yahoo Inc. was ever formed. : If I represented Yahoo I would go after you. There is trademark, tradename right, antidillution, and unfair competition. Yahoo can't stop contextual use of the word but they have an economic stake in the commercial use of the word. : M. Arthur Auslander : ELAINE's Workshop (sm) : E arly L egal A dvice I s N ot E xpensive : Auslander & Thomas-Intellectual Property Law Since 1909 : 505 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018 : 212-594-6900, fax 212-244-0028, aus@auslander.com

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