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Originally posted by CoolE
Completely irrelevant. If it is close enough to a trademark to benefit from the popularity of that trademark (which is clearly the intent here as the original poster said), then it is a violation of that trademark.
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I said nothing about using the word <small>(bay)</small> to benefit <small>(from ebay)</small>.
Also, where did Goonx say anything of the sort?
mmm, the hypothetical I was contemplating was that she opened a personal site, in no competition to ebay.com.
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..So if Elaine Bay wants to open an ecommerce site named after herself, she is shit out of luck; EBay got there first. That's the way it is. Write your congressman if you think it's unfair.
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I don't. Trademark violation is not acceptable.