- From: Art Miller <amiller@mta.ca>
- Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 01:03:52 -0300
- To: www-p3p-policy@w3.org
Mike, A quick search of Google (TM) using the terms "registered trademark metatag" suggest that there is lots of case law regarding this topic. The Acts govening trademark in the US state that it is illegal to use the "mark" (without the permission of the registrant), in any transaction, offering for sale, distribution or advertising of the goods "likely to cause confusion, or to cause mistake or to deceive" The use of a "mark" in a metatag in order to attract a customer to a website would be a trademark infringement if there were no "connection" between the goods represented by the trademark and the website. If the website contains materials related to the goods represented by the "mark", it does not appear that infringment would have occurred.
Received on Sunday, 18 May 2003 09:22:17 UTC