Ford vs. 2600 Judge Upholds Right To Link

Posted by timothy on Sunday December 23, 2001 @02:00AM from the sky-falling-film-at-11 dept.

AnimeFreak writes: "According to this 2600 article, 2600 has won the right to link to Ford's website after Ford sued them for doing so. Ford had asserted that hyperlinking to their website or referring to it in DNS records constituted a variety of trademark violations. Judge Cleland rejected Ford's twisted interpretation of the trademark act, which claimed that by disparaging Ford's mark and preventing it from 'fully exploiting the value of its mark,'" 2600 was in violation of trademark law by redirecting a possibly offensive domain to Ford's site. We've mentioned this before, and it's nice to see a ruling in favor of linking. Thanks to Phalse Phace, here's a link to the 11-page decision.

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next step... by cowscows · 2001-12-23 02:06 · Score: 4, Funny

now they can buy and redirect wedidfuckgeneralmotors.com

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And in related news... by rickthewizkid · 2001-12-23 02:20 · Score: 5, Funny

Ford is now the owner of "wegotfuckedby2600.com"
BT can still get them though by Stephen · 2001-12-23 02:37 · Score: 5, Funny

Even if they're not violating Ford's trademark, I'm sure BT can still get them for violating their patent on hyperlinks.

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Interesting... by Anonymous Coward · 2001-12-23 02:47 · Score: 2, Funny

So, does this mean I can register fuckslashdot.org?
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They won! by Tranvisor · 2001-12-23 04:07 · Score: 2, Funny

OMG 2600 won a court case! Stop the presses! The end of the world is nigh!

Comedy aside, I was starting to wonder if it would happen in my lifetime (thme winning anything.)