September 18, 2007 at 9:20 pm
#749202
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I think you’re right, but I think it also has to do with intent. If you’re trying to trade on the name of the organization in order to make money, this might not hold true.
@Engineer 139202 wrote:
This might be off topic —
I think you can own a website or domain containing a trademarked name, followed by the word “sucks.” e.g. walmartsucks.com, disneysucks.com, microsoftsucks.com, etc. I think there was a court ruling that protected a website owner’s freedom of speech in a case like this. The “sucks” represented the domain owner’s opinion of the company, and therefore it was protected…
This article might do a better job explaining the issue: xhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/07/15/sucks_com_issue_rears_ugly/