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Originally Posted by Vintagedegu

Similar, but more idiotic case I read about a couple years ago-

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/15/m...golf-to-exist/

This brings up another interesting issue and that's one of trademarks.

It appears the "Classmates" spin-off business "memorylane.com" has trademark protection by buying pre-existing trademark rights several years before "memorylane Inc.", the auction house did.


http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield...06:m3n81l.2.27

http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield...06:m3n81l.2.13


Here's the search summary and there's a bunch of trademarks with that name in some form:

http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield...h=Submit+Query