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Originally Posted by Morkish1980
What if ford.com was a Harrison Ford website? I heard Madonna.com was snatched from a group of Italian nuns. Is there any established system to any of this or does it come down to who can pay for the most expesive lawyers.
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Its a good question which is why the standard is 'likelihood of confusion'
If you went to Harrison Ford's website and saw Star Wars, The Fugitive, etc. and didn't see the website selling autos, well, then you, the consumer, are not confused. The 'marks' in this case 'Ford' and the name 'Harrison Ford' are selling two different products into two different markets.
The cases are VERY fact sensitive. To the extent that this website is simply tacking on a .com and hoping to ride the coattails of an established trademark, well, the worse it looks for them.