Re:Comcast taking action against Comcastroturf.com for trade...
by maxerickson on Friday May 26, 2017 @11:23AM
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The claim that the domain infringes the trademark can be considered abuse of trademark law.
Re:Comcast taking action against Comcastroturf.com for trade...
by sp332 on Friday May 26, 2017 @12:19PM
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Trademark fair use is narrower than copyright fair use, but this does seem to qualify. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use_(U.S._trademark_law)
The concern is that if they're willing to be aggressive jerks in a situation like this, why make it easier for them to actually hijack or block the site? Of course, net neutrality is about much more than that, but that's how I understood the direct tie-in here.