[LINK] 'Yellow Pages' as a Trademark

[Roger Clarke]

At 11:33 +1100 18/1/08, Josh Rowe wrote:
>I have received a similar letter regarding CAUBE-AU's use of the 
>term YellowPages here:  http://www.caube.oro.au/optout.htm

Boy, they really take a strategic approach to selecting their 
targets, don't they?

So far we're aware of:

(1) a significant public interest organisation - CAUBE

(2) a small management consultancy whose site has ten mentions of the
     term, most in chatty contexts:
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=%22Yellow+Pages%22+site:anecdote.com.au&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

(3) a stroppy advocate who:
-   has been a researcher on and consultant in Internet infrastructure,
     process and growing pains since the very beginning
-   is an Associate of the 'Unlocking IP' research programme in
     Graham Greenleaf's Cyberspace Law & Policy Centre at UNSW
-   knows enough about the law to do a decent first draft
-   knows who to ask in order to make the draft a lot better
     (i.e. my colleagues at UNSW, and link!)

Thanks to all linkers for the valuable responses!  It'll go out today.

I was also advised to cc. the lawyer, rather than be seen to ignore him.

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