[asterisk-biz] Digium enforcing its trademarks

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Flavio Goncalves wrote:
> I have received today a notice of disaproval of my ad in Google 
> Adwords, because it was using the word Asterisk (A Digium´s 
> trademark). Interesting, this announce point to our eCommerce website 
> www.shopvoip.com.br <http://www.shopvoip.com.br> where we actually 
> sell Digium Interface Cards (we had sold more than 200 E1 interfaces 
> in the last two years). I could check that other sites are using the 
> word Asterisk in their advertisments. Anyone with the same problem?
>  
> Regards,
>  
> Flavio E. Goncalves
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What was the exact text of your ad?

It would seem painfully silly to go after people who used the terms 
'works with Asterisk'   or 'Asterisk hardware' or some such, but perhaps 
it's all in the wording.