Merck Threatens Merck With Legal Action Over Facebook URL

angry tapir writes with an excerpt from a Techworld article: "Germany's Merck KGaA has threatened legal action after it said it lost its Facebook page apparently to rival Merck & Co. in the U.S., though it has yet to identify defendants in the case. In a filing before the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Merck said it intends to initiate an action based on the apparent takeover of its Facebook page at www.facebook.com/merck by its similarly-named but unrelated competitor, Merck & Co."

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Re:Companies suing companies? But, but........

[msauve]

Coffee is often made with boiling water, so 185F coffee isn't unreasonable or something which should be unexpected. McDonald's shouldn't have to warn people of that, nor should they be held responsible if people spill it on themselves.

Your link, to a self-serving article by the "Consumer Attorneys of California," does nothing to support your claim that this was anything other than an unreasonable abuse of the legal process.