----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matthew Petach" <mpet...@netflight.com>
> This would be why commercial entities > often use their trademark identifiers > as part of the SSID. You can compel > them (briefly) not to use the SSID, until > they sue you for trademark infringement > and serve cease-and-desist orders against > you for unlicensed and unauthorized use > of the Starbucks name. Totally separate > realm of enforcement, and in many ways > far more effective. Though this requires you to buy the argument that the use of a wordmark *in an address of some time* is infringing under the terms of the Lanham Act, which is a point on which I don't believe there's presently any case law, and which I think would be a difficult argument to prosecute against a properly defended plaintiff. Just *using a word* that someone has registered as a wordmark is not inherently infringement, or Ford City PA would be in serious trouble. The Lanham Act is *quite* clear on what is an infringing use, and I don't myself believe the posited case qualifies. Cheers, -- jr 'IANAL' a -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274
