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 More options Aug 24 2008, 3:57 pm
From: kenmcginn
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:57:46 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Sun, Aug 24 2008 3:57 pm
Subject: Re: Copying company name for a profile name
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Thanks I figured as much,I would like to have youtube remove the
persons account,I sent the affending profile a message explaining my
trademark and trade name ownership with no threats of legal action
just the facts.If you google search my company name at the bottom are
links that I believe are the same individual but this time it is
"porntube" maybe a virus....it's a wierd coincidence that my trademark
comes up on youtube and porntube. And my jurisdiction is Canada and so
is the offender at least they claim to be Caandian.

On Aug 22, 5:19 pm, rewboss wrote:

> It's not copyright infringement, but it is probably violating your
> trademark.

> I honestly don't know what the law is exactly, and in any case it will
> depend a lot on your jurisdiction. In many jurisdictions there are
> definitely laws pertaining to internet domain names in response to
> people registering a domain like coca-cola.it (for example) and then
> selling it to Coca-Cola at a vast profit. However, a YouTube channel
> name is not the same as a domain name.

> I think you really need to talk to a lawyer about this. Trademarks are
> often restricted to a geographical area, which will complicate matters
> greatly.

> On Aug 22, 9:17 pm, kenmcginn wrote:

> > Someone is using my registered "company" name as their Youtube profile
> > channel name,not trademarked yet..but registered in 2006 and their
> > inactive profile name was started in 2007
> >  is this copyright infringement? and can I have them change it?


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