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Subject: RE: UKNM: Meta Tags?
From: David Burrows
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 17:36:54 +0100

What is it with this question?

Anyway, finally found the information I was looking for the last time
someone asked it. Funnily enough it's from our lawyers (Nicholson, Graham &
Jones, highly recommended) and in their latest IP newsletter they mention a
recent decision on this matter.

A company called Mandata got taken to court by a competitor, Road Tech.
Mandata had used two of Road Tech's registered trademarks "Road Tech" and
"Roadrunner" in it's metatags and as hidden text on it's front page. To cut
a long legal document short, Mandata were found guilty of trade mark
infringement and in the 'passing off' charge were entitled to a summary
judgement. Net result: £15,000 damages, Mandata had "taken a ride" on the
back of Road Techs successful website and the court said the infringment was
"blatant and unsophisticated"

So, If someone is doing it to you, get on the phone to the lawyers.
If you doing it, stop it. It's a stupid idea in the first place.

db

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owneratchinwag [dot] com [owneratchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:owneratchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of
> jasonatloquax [dot] com
> Sent: 23 October 2000 10:53
> To: uk-netmarketingatchinwag [dot] com
> Subject: UKNM: Meta Tags?
>
>
> Hi
>
> What's the situation regarding another company using another's
> site name and domain names in the meta tags of their site?
>
> anyone know?
>
> cheers
>
> Jason
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