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Re:Comcast taking action against Comcastroturf.com for trade... by skewart on Friday May 26, 2017 @11:17AM (#14424633)
But there is no trademark or copyright abuse here. The domain and website in question - comcastroturf - is protected under fair use. It's not impersonating Comcast in any way.

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.

Re:Comcast taking action against Comcastroturf.com for trade... by maxerickson on Friday May 26, 2017 @11:23AM (#14424693)
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 (#14425138)
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)
Re:Comcast taking action against Comcastroturf.com for trade... by djrogers on Friday May 26, 2017 @11:47AM (#14424872)
It's the infringement claim and threat of legal action that is the abuse.