GreatFire is tracking Apple iOS applications for instances of censorship

Re:GreatFire is tracking Apple iOS applications for instance... by joe_hoyle on Sunday February 03, 2019 @08:02PM (#19073216)

It was my understanding that this doesn’t cover using a trademark in a domain name. I could be wrong; my only experience of this is that “WordPress” is a trademark, and therefore it’s generally accepted that any WordPress related product is not allowed to use the trademark in their domains.

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Re:GreatFire is tracking Apple iOS applications for instance... by tonyztan on Sunday February 03, 2019 @08:45PM (#19073383)

I am not a lawyer, but this 6th Circuit case might be relevant: Taubman v. Webfeats.

"Even if [the] use is commercial, it must still lead to a likelihood of confusion to be violative of the Lanham Act. 15 U.S.C. § 1114(1). In Planned Parenthood, the defendant used the plaintiff's trade name as a domain name, without the qualifying moniker 'sucks,' or any other such addendum to indicate that the plaintiff was not the proprietor of the website. In contrast, 'taubmansucks.com' removes any confusion as to source. We find no possibility of confusion and no Lanham Act violation."

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-6th-circuit/1213191.html.

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Re:GreatFire is tracking Apple iOS applications for instance... by thaumasiotes on Sunday February 03, 2019 @11:16PM (#19073961)

If it is true that that is "generally accepted", it's not for any reason based in the law.

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