Poor form!<br><br>Thanks,<br>Steve Totaro<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 14, 2008 8:06 PM, flavio <<a href="mailto:flavio@asteriskguide.com">flavio@asteriskguide.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I was checking right now. The trademark complaint, was not targeted to us,<br>specifically. I believe, Digium has asked google not only to remove ads with<br>the words Asterisk or Digium, but to stop printing any ad using the keywords
<br>Asterisk and Digium. There is no single adword being presented now, when you<br>search Asterisk or Digium. So, marketing Asterisk related products or<br>services using google adwords is not an option anymore. I don't know if it
<br>is temporary or permanent, but it seems permanent.<br><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Andrew Joakimsen" <<a href="mailto:joakimsen@gmail.com">joakimsen@gmail.com
</a>><br>To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion"<br><<a href="mailto:asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com">asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com</a>><br>Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 9:50 PM<br>Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Digium enforcing its trademarks
<br><br><br>> Here are some good reads on the subject:<br>><br>> <a href="http://www.chillingeffects.org/trademark/faq.cgi" target="_blank">http://www.chillingeffects.org/trademark/faq.cgi</a><br>> <a href="http://www.publaw.com/fairusetrade.html" target="_blank">
http://www.publaw.com/fairusetrade.html</a><br>><br>><br>> On Jan 14, 2008 6:48 PM, Andrew Joakimsen <<a href="mailto:joakimsen@gmail.com">joakimsen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> Asterisk is a product of Digium... yes.. But it is "fair use" to say
<br>>> you are selling something that "works with" asterisk.<br>>><br>>> Its like when you go to an aftermarket autoparts place and buy a part<br>>> for a BMW... the part is not made by BMW but it is "compatible with"
<br>>> BMW so thats why they can use the trademark.<br>>><br>>> I would appeal the decisions to Google.<br>>><br>>> On Jan 14, 2008 9:33 AM, Flavio Goncalves <<a href="mailto:flavio@asteriskguide.com">
flavio@asteriskguide.com</a>><br>>> wrote:<br>>> ><br>>><br>>> > I have received today a notice of disaproval of my ad in Google<br>>> > Adwords,<br>>> > because it was using the word Asterisk (A Digiumīs trademark).
<br>>> > Interesting,<br>>> > this announce point to our eCommerce website <a href="http://www.shopvoip.com.br" target="_blank">www.shopvoip.com.br</a> where<br>>> > we<br>>> > actually sell Digium Interface Cards (we had sold more than 200 E1
<br>>> > interfaces in the last two years). I could check that other sites are<br>>> > using<br>>> > the word Asterisk in their advertisments. Anyone with the same problem?<br>>> ><br>>> > Regards,
<br>>> ><br>>> > Flavio E. Goncalves<br>>><br>>> > _______________________________________________<br>>> > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by <a href="http://www.api-digital.com--" target="_blank">
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