[IDNO:460] Re: Car makers fight for domains

Karl Auerbach (karl@CaveBear.com)
Thu, 17 Jun 1999 18:03:36 -0700 (PDT)

> Porsche has gone to court to retain Internet rights to its trademark,
> and now Volkswagen may do it too. The German giant has filed a
> complaint against a small ISP that owns the vw.net domain.

I just sent a note to volkswagen indicating that I would not consider
purchasing an automobile from a company that feels it can use its
financial size take a domain name from someone who is not infringing on
its trademark.

While the circled VW symbol might be famous, I don't consider the simple
letters to be.

--karl--

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