[Foundation-l] Trademark problem

Thu Jan 3 14:08:11 UTC 2008

On 03/01/2008, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 3, 2008 5:54 AM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 03/01/2008, Mohamed Magdy <mohamed.m.k at gmail.com> wrote:

> > > Shouldn't http://www.wikipedia-watch.org be renamed to any other name
> > > without 'wikipedia' in it?

> > Use of a name for purposes of criticism is not a trademark violation.

> As long as they don't sell ads.

I believe that would *help* them pass First Amendment muster, but
certainly wouldn't stop them. Wikipedia's a top-10 site, it's
mainstream famous, it's a legitimate subject for public discourse. We
could wish it was higher quality than the site named, but that's
another matter entirely.

- d.