Similarly, I could write a "Harry Potter" parody, but I can't title it "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," because that would clearly confuse people looking for the actual book.
I think you've made a slightly bad analogy. A more appropriate analogy would be:
You could write a "Harry Potter" parody, but you can't title it "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Bone".
Remember, they are PETA, the website they own is PETA.com PETA.org is slightly different, just as "Sorcerer's Stone" and "Sorcerer's Bone" are slightly different.
I'm not a lawyer, but it stands to reason that unless they specifically hold some sort of leagal claim to "PETA.org" they shouldn't automatically have rights to it.
so because PETA owns the rights to PETA, I wouldn't be able to start a company named PETA, which stands for Personal Eating Tiny Ants? They are two different things, which PETA.org was different... in fact it was the TOTAL OPPOSITE of PETA.com
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Similarly, I could write a "Harry Potter" parody, but I can't title it "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," because that would clearly confuse people looking for the actual book.
I think you've made a slightly bad analogy. A more appropriate analogy would be:
You could write a "Harry Potter" parody, but you can't title it "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Bone".
Remember, they are PETA, the website they own is PETA.com PETA.org is slightly different, just as "Sorcerer's Stone" and "Sorcerer's Bone" are slightly different.
I'm not a lawyer, but it stands to reason that unless they specifically hold some sort of leagal claim to "PETA.org" they shouldn't automatically have rights to it.
so because PETA owns the rights to PETA, I wouldn't be able to start a company named PETA, which stands for Personal Eating Tiny Ants? They are two different things, which PETA.org was different... in fact it was the TOTAL OPPOSITE of PETA.com
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