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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 335197, member: 4626&quot;]Even if Blockbuster Video did invent the word &quot;blockbuster&quot; that&#039;s not guarantee of a succesful trademark infringement case.&nbsp; In order to prove trademark infringement, you have to prove that someone else is marketing a similar (or identical) product or service under your name or that it&#039;s reasonably likely one can be mistaken for the other.&nbsp; Thus, Delta Faucets is not infringing on Delta Airlines&#039; trademark even though they both have &quot;delta&quot; in their name, as it would be unlikely anyone is going to walk into a hardware store trying to buy plane tickets or anyone is going to walk up to a ticket counter trying to buy a faucet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone know how the case went?&nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t think Blockbuster would have much of a case, unless they could prove that Blockbuster Pizza was actively trying to encourage people that it had some sort of connection to the video store.&nbsp; I recall a case in Hawaii where a small local brand of baking soda was called Coors, and Coors Brewing Company tried to sue them for trademark infringement.&nbsp; Coors the brewing company lost, as the judge ruled it wasn&#039;t reasonable to believe someone would mistake the baking soda for the beer and vice-versa.&nbsp; McDonalds once tried to sue a pub in Scotland for use of the name &quot;McDonald&quot; where the pub pointed out that it was based on the clan name of the owner and had in fact been used long before McDonalds even existed as a company.&nbsp; McDOnalds (the fast food restaurant chain) lost that suit.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for Ebay vs. Coinbay, Ebay may have a case if Coinbay&#039;s logo looked especially similar to Ebay&#039;s... the color scheme isn&#039;t in Coinbay&#039;s favor either... but the suffix &quot;bay&quot; itself wouldn&#039;t be sufficent evidence of trademark infringement.&nbsp; My guess is that the owner of Coinbay decided the expense and hassle of dending against the lawsuit wouldn&#039;t be worth it, even if he&#039;d likely win.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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