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Jerry Falwell Claims Name is Trademarked

Posted by timothy on from the have-a-nice-fall dept.

GigsVT writes: "The Lynchburg News And Advance of Virginia reports that Rev. Jerry Falwell is seeking a permanant injunction against the holder of www.jerryfalwell.com The catch is that he is arguing that his name is a valuable brand, in effect, he is arguing that he is selling religion. There are also some other interesting tidbits, such as the rules of jurisdiction, based on whether a site is interactive or not. Falwell has also sent lawyers to Geneva to appeal to the WIPO, their requests were denied."

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  1. hypo by ironfroggy · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Can't stand how people like him, who should be so thankful for the freedom of thought and opinion, could shun so many others for having that same freedom.

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  2. Re:LOL, what a joke by 0x0d0a · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Not only are the claims weak, they're weak for a reason. If you had any rights whatsoever to your given name, you'd see eight zillion collisions a year.

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  3. Karloff by AnalogBoy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I noticed that at the end of "Gods and Monsters", Boris Karloff's name had a (tm) beside it.. i wonder if this has some sort of precedent behind it?