Company Name in URL Not Copyright Infringement

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday April 5, 2005 @05:26AM from the insert-hair-jokes-here dept.

Christoph writes "CNN reports that a man's website, http://www.bosleymedical.com, criticizing the Bosely Medical Institute does not infringe the institute's copyright on its name. The man's attorney is quoted as saying that the court's decision 'is an important victory for free speech on the Internet. It makes clear that consumers can use a trade name for a company they want to criticize.' The appeals court, however, reinstated part of the lawsuit in which Bosley alleged that Kremer is violating a so-called cybersquatting law by allegedly attempting to sell the site to Bosley in exchange for removing the disparaging material."

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you 1nsensitive clod! by Anonymous Coward · 2005-04-05 05:47 · Score: -1, Offtopic

as pos5ible? How heaud spinning new faces and many
OFFTOPIC: FBI Seeks new powers by Anonymous Coward · 2005-04-05 05:58 · Score: -1, Offtopic

FBI Director Robert Mueller on Tuesday asked lawmakers to expand the bureau's ability to obtain records without first asking a judge