[Wikipedia-l] Re: Wikipedia Class Action

Tue Dec 13 19:15:50 UTC 2005

Anthony DiPierro wrote:

>Well, yeah, in my opinion it's a pretty obvious case of fair use as
>far as the copyright goes.  Doesn't Wikipedia have a tag for "logo of
>a company on a page about the company".  The case for dilution is
>trickier, but still probably fair use (if it's even dilution in the
>first place).  I think it'd be a horrible mistake to sue them over it,
>but hey, it'd be an interesting thing to watch.
>  
>
IIRC, most attempts by Company [x] to sue "Company [x] sucks" type sites 
for trademark infringement have ended in failure, except for the ones 
where the defendant settled.

-Mark