[asterisk-biz] Digium enforcing its trademarks

[Steve Totaro]

Poor form!

Thanks,
Steve Totaro

On Jan 14, 2008 8:06 PM, flavio <flavio at asteriskguide.com> wrote:

> I was checking right now. The trademark complaint,  was not targeted to
> us,
> specifically. I believe, Digium has asked google not only to remove ads
> with
> the words Asterisk or Digium, but to stop printing any ad using the
> keywords
> Asterisk and Digium. There is no single adword being presented now, when
> you
> search Asterisk or Digium. So, marketing Asterisk related products or
> services using google adwords is not an option anymore. I don't know if it
> is temporary or permanent, but it seems permanent.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Joakimsen" <joakimsen at gmail.com>
> To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion"
> <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 9:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Digium enforcing its trademarks
>
>
> > Here are some good reads on the subject:
> >
> > http://www.chillingeffects.org/trademark/faq.cgi
> > http://www.publaw.com/fairusetrade.html
> >
> >
> > On Jan 14, 2008 6:48 PM, Andrew Joakimsen <joakimsen at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Asterisk is a product of Digium... yes.. But it is "fair use" to say
> >> you are selling something that "works with" asterisk.
> >>
> >> Its like when you go to an aftermarket autoparts place and buy a part
> >> for a BMW... the part is not made by BMW but it is "compatible with"
> >> BMW so thats why they can use the trademark.
> >>
> >> I would appeal the decisions to Google.
> >>
> >> On Jan 14, 2008 9:33 AM, Flavio Goncalves <flavio at asteriskguide.com>
> >> 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.brwhere
> >> > 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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